Young Drivers And The Law Chloe Hayward “Statistics show that South Australia has the second worst fatality rate for the 16 to 19 year old age group of all Australian States and Territories‚ it is also almost double that of Victoria and new South Wales.” Changes to the provisional 1 licence system were first proposed in October in 2012. At the time it was made open to the public’s opinion and consultation. The new and improved laws were suggested by road minister Michael O’Brian. The current
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era of ‘young drivers’ in order to suit the changing behavioural patterns of young drivers. Young drivers are those who are under the age of 25 and posses a valid driver’s licence. Who causes the most accidents on Australian roads? Why is this-the case? What has been done? And what needs to be done? Young drivers (17-25 years) represent one-quarter of all Australian road deaths‚ but are only 10-15% of the licensed driver population. Currently the task of providing accurate and relevant driver education
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Young drivers aged 17-24 years of age are twice as likely to be involved in fatal crashes than drivers aged between 25-59 years of age. Young driver’s high involvement in road crashes and accidents is often attributed to a lack of driving skills and ability to concentrate on the road. Law reforms have been implemented across Australia by the NSW RTA through delegated legislation and entails that: * Learner drivers must be over 16 years of age and must gain 120 hours of certified supervised
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Part A. 1. Conditions that give rise to law reform Changing social values: The values of societies change over time. Society is forever changing values which then place’s pressure onto the law to change and adapt over time. What is seen as as acceptable may not be considered acceptable at another time. The urge for tougher sentencing in law reform may satisfy the deserved aspects of punishment‚ but harsher penalties are not statistically shown to reduce crime rates. Thus in seeking to promote social
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------------------------------------------------- Evaluate the role of law reform in achieving just outcomes for family members and society ------------------------------------------------- -Recognition of same-sex relationships ------------------------------------------------- Olivia Jane To achieve just outcomes‚ justice needs to be done and seen to be done. To do this the law must adapt to accommodate society’s changing needs and attitudes. This means that‚ over time‚ new laws must be introduced and old ones repealed
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contemporary law reform issue of young drivers and the law. Firstly this report will outline what young drivers and the law is. Secondly this report will examine the conditions that give rise to the need for law reform. Thirdly the agencies and mechanisms of reform will be identified. Finally‚ the effectiveness of the law reform process of the law reform process in achieving just outcomes in reform to young drivers and the law will be discussed. This report will conclude that the law reform process is
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Bibliography and Synthesis Young Novice Drivers in Australia: Inexperience and Presence of Passengers on Crash Risk Student Name: Chun-Wen CHENG Student No.: 07097859 Coordinator: Dr Mark King Tutor: Alexia Lennon & Lyndel Bates Due Date: 28/03/12 Word Count: Bibliography (1150) & Synthesis (1546) Annotated Bibliography Chen‚ L.‚ et al. (2000). "Carrying passengers as a risk factor for crashes fatal to 16- and 17-year-old drivers." JAMA 283(12): 1578-1582. This
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Young Drivers Hundreds of young drivers die or are injured from horrifying car crashes on Australian roads every year‚ almost all of them are preventable. ‘Young drivers represent 13% of licensed drivers‚ yet they are involved in 26% of all fatal crashes...’- Sydney Morning Herald 2010. The Australian Government is continually researching multiple new strategies in hopes to reduce this statistic. This essay will critically evaluate two of the current and suggested strategies and try to determine
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Is law reform necessary? Without law reform the law would struggle to uphold relevance and obtain high compliance leaving a society in a state of anarchy. The key role of law reform is to reflect the social values of a community this includes new concepts of justice‚ changing social values and adopting changes of new technology. Youth Justice Conferences is a law reform crucial in society as without it youth offenders would almost indefinitely become criminal offenders a second time and the state
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Report Law reform is a process of changing the law. It is done for many reasons and is considered by many agencies of reform. It is then up to mechanisms such as the parliament and courts to further investigate the change. Law reform is needed for a number of reasons. There are three factors that give rise to law reform which are: new technology‚ changing social values and new concepts of justice. Social values are the standards and principles to guide people in thinking about the aspects
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