before the article even mentioned tax i was already thinking of that,

in my view the aussie built cars arnt too crash hot (in terms of appeal) and probably dont meet emission standards of japaneese cars, but they are protected by aussie government to protect the local industry making the better cars more expensive

plus, the fuel, i mean if we had better qualitly fuel (we know aus gets some of the worst fuel too right) available at a comparible price people would buy it (optimax, synergy are a start but most people dont bother because face value is higher), therefore reducing emissions

i think road safety is in the hands of the driver and it all comes back to one thing, ALERTNESS

i honeslty believe that when driving faster and enjoying my driving (comonly known as hooning) i am much much more alert and therefore in a great number of circumstances a lot safer

the only times ive nearly crashed or frightened myself, and usually when i get a speeding ticket. i am actually attempting to drive "normally"

e.g. late one night i decide to try following another car late at night instead of overtaking above speed limit like i usually would, i fell asleep woke up half way into next lane. so i wound the window down, cranked the stereo and booted it the rest of the way and didnt come anywhere near having an incident the rest of the way