Australian Youth Facts and Stats

Australian Youth Facts and Stats:

"Young Australian drivers aged 17–25 years have double the risk of all-age drivers for being involved in a fatal road accident. This is despite a 42% reduction in the fatality rate over the last 20 years.

In Western Australia, drivers aged 17–24 years represent 13.6% of the state’s licensed drivers but account for 34% and 30.5% of driver deaths and hospitalisations respectively."

This site provides a wealth of information about young people and profiles them well. We constantly get news of speeding drivers and young deaths as a result of it. We are getting through to other age groups but we are currently powerless to stop the speeding behaviour which results in death. It must be traumatic for the police constantly dealing with these young deaths. It must traumatise the hospitals and then it must break the hearts of the parents. It has to be something we are doing that they are prepared to put their lives on the line in their risk taking behaviour. There has to be an approach we have which is making them so self destructive and oblivious to the harm they will cause others. Extreme hedonism and thrill seeking with a pretty high price and they do not seem to mind. Why not? Every one else values their life. What can be done? I am certain we are looking into it, but what can be done. It has to start with the birth of the child...because speed freaks tend to reoffend .