Page 508 - Week 02 - Thursday, 22 February 1990
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ADJOURNMENT
MR SPEAKER: Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Mr Collaery: I require the question be put forthwith without debate.
Question resolved in the negative.
MOTOR TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. 2) BILL
Debate resumed.
MRS NOLAN: This amendment Bill aims to minimise risks which result from inexperience or lack of basic knowledge. As it was first endorsed, as I said before, by ATAC in 1984, it is in fact a pity that it has taken as long as it has to come to fruition. As I also stated earlier, it is consistent with all States except Western Australia. I commend the previous Government for introducing the amendment Bill on an administrative basis late last year. I commend the amendment Bill to the Assembly.
MR MOORE (4.31): Mr Speaker, having been directly involved in this matter as the coordinator of driver training at the last driver training course in an ACT college, I would like to speak very positively on the Bill and reiterate some of the comments that people have made. It is an absolutely critical part of driver training that the attitudes of the young are developed and very carefully monitored. The attitudinal aspect is far, far more important than skills. It is the combination of those skills and those attitudes that produce a good driver.
I have taught many very skilful drivers who are very bad drivers, and I think that it is most important that this sort of training be taken very seriously. This applies far more to motorcyclists rather than to other vehicle drivers because it would appear that often it is the motorcyclists who seem to have an attitude that their bikes are, in some way, an extension of their ego, rather than a method of transport. Therefore, this is an ideal opportunity to provide a change of attitude and a realisation of the sorts of methods that can be used to modify behaviour.
Let me draw the Government's attention to the fact that whilst it is arguing about the importance of such matters, that last driver education course in a college thanks to budget cuts in education, has closed down. The vehicle that had been donated by Commonwealth Motors Pty Limited for some 10 years has now been returned to Commonwealth Motors. That vehicle, which was valued at $13,000, represented a major contribution to the safety and attitude
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