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Old 20-03-2010, 08:55 PM   #1
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Default RTA's answer to young drivers - I promise Pledge

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YOUNG people will be able to practice driving tests on their iPhones, have representation on a new road safety body and be the targets of a massive online campaign in a revolutionary assault on the road toll.
The State Government will roll out the unprecedented multimedia enterprise over the next three months in partnership with The Daily Telegraph's I Promise campaign.
Learner and P-plate drivers will be offered free I Promise glovebox guides at every motor registry and be encouraged to take the safe driving pledge when they go for their licence.
The RTA website will also link directly to the I Promise pledge.
Young drivers who take the pledge will receive an I Promise car sticker, which is also free with Monday's The Daily Telegraph. The glovebox guide will be free in next Saturday's The Daily Telegraph. The announcement follows a wave of support for the campaign, with triple V8 Supercar champion Craig Lowndes yesterday taking the I Promise pledge.
He joins hundreds of ordinary drivers who have pledged to take responsibility for their road behaviour. There are four main planks to the Government campaign:
* AN iPhone application allowing learner driver to practice their driver knowledge test;
* AN online campaign including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to support I Promise;
* A PUSH for learner drivers to take the I Promise pledge; and
* A NEW road safety advisory committee to advise the Transport and Roads Minister on issues of road safety, with a person aged under 25 appointed to the committee.
Personally... they basically are just asking young drivers to drive safe.... I can't see it working...

More can be found at http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ipromise

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Old 21-03-2010, 01:22 AM   #2
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Next they'll be giving out rings and they'll be asking kids to remain virgin.. I mean safe drivers.
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Old 21-03-2010, 01:52 AM   #3
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well at least they are trying something different as opposed to, oh...just so you kids no, you can't drive anything that has a petrol motor in it, only electric for you kiddies...
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Old 21-03-2010, 01:59 AM   #4
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This has got to be an utter crock of ********. Instead of spending all this money on advertising and marketing the campaign it'd be much more useful in funding driver training program for Learners or new P platers to learn how to properly control a car responsibly.
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Old 21-03-2010, 04:58 AM   #5
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phones teaching kids how to drive : . oh just great !
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Old 21-03-2010, 07:51 AM   #6
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who the hell keeps thinking up this horse **********? Spend the money on sometihng that will actually help these new drivers, not stickers and a little book for the glovebox.
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Old 21-03-2010, 09:18 AM   #7
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well at least they are trying something different as opposed to, oh...just so you kids no, you can't drive anything that has a petrol motor in it, only electric for you kiddies...
I've seen electric cars out drag a few Ferraris....
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Old 21-03-2010, 09:24 AM   #8
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Too bad they only have enough juice to last till the end of the race.
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Old 21-03-2010, 12:01 PM   #9
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It starts with, 'I promise I won't steal cookies from Mummy's cookie jar'
Then it's, 'I promise I will do my homework as soon as I get it'

Now it's, 'I promise I'll drive safer.'

Hmm...I see a pattern....
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Stupid is as stupid does, and the RTA is by far the stupidest (sic).
RTA = Road Tax Authority, full of bureaucrats that sit on their backsides and do nothing. Sort of like the hospitals with 9 bureaucrats to manage each bed. No wonder there's no funding, no wonder they don't fix roads, no wonder we're all paying more in tax.
I thought the idea was to discourage behaviours such as using a phone in the car etc.
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Old 21-03-2010, 08:49 PM   #11
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Might have to put the "I promise to drive safely" sticker on the back of the burnout car see if it gets any looks
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Old 21-03-2010, 09:01 PM   #12
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What a fantastic brainwave, sure road rules is a big part of driving on the road....but does it teach them how to drive? Or have the right attitude and behaviour both before and during they are at the wheel?

Who are these peanuts!
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Old 21-03-2010, 10:16 PM   #13
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This new idea isnt the least bit surprising...another rubbish idea which will not help...

When will the rta/gov stop trying to find cheap fixes and start putting money where it needs to be.
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Old 21-03-2010, 11:12 PM   #14
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Its just a cheap publicity stunt . Makes them look like there doing somthing or at least they can say there doing somthing .
But all the really have done is flush money down the toilet.
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Old 22-03-2010, 11:10 AM   #15
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On the iPhone.....

am I not the only one who thinks that those fookin things are the bane of our iExistence?
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Old 22-03-2010, 11:14 AM   #16
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I promise to drive at 80km/h in the right hand lane on a 3 lane freeway.

Sounds like every new P plater I see.
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Old 22-03-2010, 12:53 PM   #17
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How about the RTA's promise?

You can promise all you like in one in one hand and crap in the other, see which one gets filled first.........

RTA??? Pffffft :
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