ok so heres a few views from me. im a young driver and i drive a 73 1200 ute. i try my hardest to keep my car in a good roadworthy condition but what is a roadworthy condition for an older car? the government stops you from doing many things to your car, i.e. you cant re-enforce the side impact protection without this being a threat to your heatlh in an accident. im sorry but id much rather have two heavy steel tubes running along the door if i were to be T-boned then the original 2 sheets of steel at like .8mm thickness. also you cant fit aftermarket steering wheels coz these to will hurt you more in a crash. again i beg to differ as my car has a non collapsable steering column and id rather be hit by a full steering wheel then the broken centre and the column.

now to insurance. how the hell can you be expected to fully insure a car when for a young driver has to pay out $2000+ a year then in the event of an accident have to pay out twice as much as any one else, its just crazy when we are the least paid age group. but i very much agree with compulsory third party property though

now i have put more than just money into my car, i mean all the hours spent changing this and that only to be told by some police officer that me driving around a corner to fast is considered "hoon" driving and that he has the right to confiscate it from me is just bullshit! fines are fine when deserved but then there are many a cop out there at look at a young driver in a 'modified' car that immediatly think hoon. now may from time to time give a lil wheel spin but i dont do it on busy main roads but instead in an industrial area with big wide roads and no pedestrain traffic.

i also think that if the government expects to create 'hoon' free streets then they need to provide a place that offers people to take their car to a place where they can have a lil fun and throw it around and not at some stupid price either. i mean to open up mallala for a day is a couple of grand so you need to pull a team of cars together to even consider the idea.

and when it comes to licencing in finland i think one of the stages to getting your licence is two weeks of learning to drive on a skid pan as well as being able to handle a car and a whole heap of very advanced driving schooling. why do you think finland has the largest percentage of international rally drivers per population
better schooling is needed

just some of my veiws and i agree with alot of what you have said