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Edgeware Road conference report

2007 conference held following the deaths of Jane Young and Hannah Rossiter at a party on Edgeware Road.

Your thoughts and ideas on what we can do to bring the road toll down - from our November 2005 competition:

Some sort of device on vehicles so that you can’t go over the speed limit
Increase drinking age and driving age
No drinking in public places
Limit alcohol intake although it’s just about impossible as too many teens think it’s dope to drink. They need their idols to speak out against that sort of stuff so they won’t hop in a car with intoxicated people
Keep the drinking at home - or don’t do it at all!
Boy/girl racers need to stop thinking they’re invincible and stop trying to prove themselves to their mates
Better indicating rules
Slower speed limits and bigger fines
Opening a drag strip on Friday and Saturday nights so boy racers have a safe place to race
Limiting the power of cars for those on their restricted licence
A couple more years on the driving age limit might mean a couple more years maturity and better judgement
More speed cameras and police on the roads
More road safety awareness in schools. Probably be a good idea to make it part of the curriculum.
Drug testing should be part of getting your licence
Need to be more aware of what the road code’s all about
Put the drinking age up because at the moment, teenagers are getting their full drivers’ licence AND their licence to drink at about the same time, so unfortunately they’re experimenting with both together.
Nothing
Better quality roads
How to handle a car in a dangerous situation
Having people take YEARLY practical defensive driving courses
Take all speeders off the road
More police patrols
Put the speed limit down to 80K
Education about what to do in a crash situation

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Your thoughts and ideas on what we can do to bring the road toll down - from our November 2005 competition:

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