I don't think we have much to worry about seeing as each robot needed about three people running beside them just in case.

Also why did they make one of them a dwarf 😂

Oh I agree on the image handling on mobile, actually I find it annoying doing most things on mobile. I usually wait until I'm on laptop or desktop. Unless I'm just commenting, like this!

481 local subscribers! But only like 10 people I see regularly posting.. 🙁

I didn't know you could transfer demerits in other countries, interesting. Someone more knowledgeable than me can probably tell us why it's not implemented here.

Unfortunately a person doesn't need to be a dickhead to be bad driver, there's a pretty long list of things you can get demerits for.

Yes, it's 100 demerits within two years and you get a suspended license for three months.

Someone did point out to me on another post that speed camera tickets get sent to the registered owner of the car, not the driver at the time, which makes sense why they don't hand out demerits for them.

Still I think it stands to reason making it slightly more painful for regular speeding tickets would at least discourage some from making it a habit, or at least change their habits once the amount starts piling up.

Thinking about it, I haven't had to change a headlight bulb in years either. The only time I can remember doing it was at least 10+ years ago.

The one time I stopped at a mechanic to get it done on the way home, they basically did it for $15 and it took literally 5 minutes in the parking lot.

So we ended up getting a new car a couple weeks ago, but it had some bad oxidization spots and scratches on the headlights. I spent countless hours over the last week on sanding them back and trying to restore them with headlight restoration kits, but I just couldn't get them back to looking clear again. I bit the bullet and took it to a detailer to get them restored yesterday and now they basically look like new. It only cost $170.

I probably spent that much on kits and tools, not to mention time. I should have just done that from the beginning sigh...

Well, that's my story for the week.

Ah yeah, that makes sense. I didn't really think about it enough.

I guess technically we do have system kind of like that, maybe not as strict. Every speeding offence gets demerit points, and I believe if you get 100 in a two year period you get a suspended license for three months. But I did just read that you don't get demerits for speed camera offences, I'm not sure why that is.

Oh I agree being on time is good. But it shouldn't count as a "fail", just needs to be rescheduled if they're too late. The test is for assessing driving competency, not time management. Unless I'm reading it too literally and that particular comment in the article was hyperbole.

Ah thanks I'll read up on it a bit later.

Thanks that's kind of interesting.

Following introductions I was politely informed that if it were a real testing situation, I would have already failed because I was five minutes late.

However I think this is bullshit.

My dad tried to give me driving lessons when I was going learners > restricted and it just ended up in arguments. I had pretty low driving confidence when I went into the tests, which is probably what affected me. I'm definitely shelling out for lessons for my kids when they're of driving age.

I guess it makes sense that they wouldn't publish the details.

I think it's a case for a lot of people that they study to pass the test rather than study to retain information or change their habits. That's why I think advanced driving courses/lessons are a good idea. I never had them and ended up failing my first go at one of the practical license tests. I can't remember if it was my restricted or full though.

By any chance do you know which countries have mandatory third party car insurance? I'd like to find out a bit more

That's interesting. I love to know in what way the restricted and full test have changed if there's details anywhere. I don't think anyone drives like they do in the tests. I'm willing to bet if they made everyone take a another practical test when they're 40 or 50, many full license holders would fail.

But is there a point where it's too low that people don't even think twice? I mean currently for anything up to 10km over it's only $30. Even in Australia the lowest I can see is at least $100. $30 is like skipping a takeaway meal or two.

I agree that increasing punishment in every case doesn't always work though. But it just seems too low to me.

I think the fines for speeding here are too low. We should follow some of Australia's pricing if we actually want to discourage speeding. It's clearly not high enough if people can consistently get fines and not even bother to change their habits.

I'm only ok with this if they add mandatory third party insurance or a mandatory defensive driving course.

Honestly it's been so long since I've done my full license test, I can barely remember it. I don't know what it's like now, but I remember people complaining a few years ago how some testing stations are so busy it takes months to sit or rebook a full license test. I don't actually think it's going to make much difference to the quality of drivers we have.. unless policing and fines become a lot stricter.

Oops I forgot to vote.. please forgive me!

Would that not just make US products more expensive for us? Not that I'm buying many US based goods these days.

To be honest I don't even know what are our major imports from America are.