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Contemporary Law Reform Issue – Young Drivers and the Law
* Identify and investigate a contemporary law reform issue
* Examine the conditions that give rise to the need for law reform, the agencies of reform and mechanisms of reform
* Assess the effectiveness of law reform in achieving just outcomes with regard to a contemporary law reform issue
http://www.legalanswers.sl.nsw.gov.au/students_teachers/prelim_drivers.cfm
Conditions that give rise to the need for law reform
AAMI Young Drivers Index (In handout)
RTA Crash Statistics
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/downloads/accident_statistics_dl4.html
RTA Geared
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/geared/index.html
Austroads, Australasian Road Safety Handbook
http://www.austroads.com.au/handbook.html
Agencies of Law Reform
Australian Government
State and Territory Governments
Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA)
Non-Government Organisations (e.g. NRMA and AAA motoring clubs, Universities)
Mechanisms of Law Reform
Australian Government, National Road Safety Council Keys2Drive $17 million Initiative
http://nrsc.atcouncil.gov.au/young_drivers/
Australian Government, National Road Safety Strategy 2011-2020 (NRSS) adopted by Australian Transport Council (ATC)
http://www.atcouncil.gov.au/documents/atcnrss.aspx
NSW Parliament Staysafe Committee, Report on Young Driver Safety & Education Programs
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/committee.nsf/0/7AAF6ED09D659875CA2574FF001B2BEE
http://www.youth.nsw.gov.au/__data/page/1105/Young_Driver_Safety_&_Education_Programs_Report.pdf
NSW Government & RTA Initiative, Improving safety for young drivers
http://www.brake.org.au/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=L4lITI5AtCs%3D&tabid=62&mid=550
Roads and Traffic Authority
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/youngdrivers/index.html
Monash University Accident Research Centre, Graduated licensing as an option for managing young driver safety...