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21 Aug 10:00am

Filed under: Confederation Of Australian Motor Sport Cams, Driving, Learners, Road Safety, School

You can’t learn to drive early enough, according to the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS). They’re running a pilot program for kids as young as 12 in Adelaide that they hope the Government will pick up and run across all secondary schools.

Have you learned your 12 x tables yet, son? Photo: Herald Sun

It’s an absolutely fantastic idea. Not only will it prevent kids from picking up bad habits from parents or older siblings who drive them around, it’ll also prevent anyone chickening out of driving and waiting too long to get a licence.

As a child of the era of the first really graphic road safety television ads, I waited till my mid 20s to start learning to drive because I always felt too anxious to take the responsibility of getting behind the wheel.

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Cat says:

06:51pm | 21/08/12

I have done some postgraduate research in this area and I am aware of a body of evidence which strongly suggests that twelve year olds (and older) are still developing in many ways. They are simply not mature enough to drive - even off road as the programme suggests. Driving… Read more »
bananabender says:

06:24pm | 21/08/12

@M The main islands of Japa are all interconnected by tunnels. The north-south distance is over 2200km - further than the distance between Adelaide and Brisbane. The Japanse don’t like trucks because they are inefficient, dangerous and expensive. Read more »

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