VIC roads trying something different

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Well at least its better then speed camera's.

http://theage.drive.com.au/roads-and...026-171ds.html

TAC plans Victorian education centre for L-platers
David Rood
October 26, 2010

The Transport Accident Commission will spend $50 million to build a student education centre in a bid to slash the number of young drivers dying on the state's roads.

The Road Safety Experience Centre will focus on L-plate drivers, with students able to use interactive technology, including a simulation of a car roll-over, as well as hearing from road accident victims.

It will also feature a role-play scenario of emergency services workers at a crash scene and driving simulators that reproduce the effects of driving while drunk or influenced by drugs.

TAC Minister Tim Holding said learner drivers were the state's safest drivers, but when they got their P-plates, ''overconfidence'' led them to become the most dangerous, resulting in ''terrible road trauma and death''.
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He said the centre would enable students to learn about the tragedy of road accidents without having to experience it.

Drivers aged 18 to 25 make up 18 per cent of road users but 27 per cent of road fatalities.

The centre will be complete by early 2013 and will be built on a yet-to-be-determined Melbourne site.

Students who go through the centre will receive a $50 voucher for a driving lesson, with Premier John Brumby promising regional students will receive assistance to use the centre.

He said the centre is about confronting young people about the reality of a horrific accident: ''What happens when a pedestrian hits a windscreen. What happens when you come off your motorbike at 80 kilometres an hour and you wind up in The Alfred Trauma Centre.''

Victoria's road toll is 257, up from 226 at the same time last year.