Essay

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...