A new approach to managing driver behaviour is set to unleash chaos on Australian roads.
Motorists, cyclists, public transport users and pedestrians will risk serious injury and death as the Australian government removes consequences for all traffic offences.
Fully licenced drivers, as well as those on their Ls and Ps, will escape any form of punishment for offences such as speeding, wearing a seatbelt, drink driving, texting or failing to stop at a red light or indicate, when the changes come into effect on January 1, 2026.
Incredulous Australians swamped the federal government with complaints and questions, and this is the response they received:
“Consequences will no longer be imposed on road users breaking road rules, just as consequences are no longer imposed on students breaking the rules in schools.”
“The move comes after seeking advice from modern education experts and school leaders, who have steadily removed consequences from Australian schools during the past decade.”
“If it’s good enough for our schools, it’s good enough for our roads.”
Australians are warned to prepare for hordes of teenagers hooning around on electric bikes, because school kids know better than anyone that there are no consequences for bad behaviour. Street races are likely to increase, and driving bad enough to be on a reality TV show will now become the norm.
Authorities then went on to explain that instead of applying consequences for traffic offences, enforcement officers will be encouraged to establish a rapport or a connection with all road users, especially those with the worst driving record. This is how teachers are expected to manage behaviour in modern classrooms, so police, parking officers and employees of road and traffic authorities will have to do the same.
As a result, authorities will be required to contact every road user personally and ask them about their hobbies, their family and their favourite computer game, as well as providing ongoing positive support.
“We have been assured by the education experts that once the authorities establish this rapport with motorists, there will be no more traffic infringements, and everybody will always do the right thing.”
Online comments demonstrate the absolute disbelief among the Australian public upon hearing the news.
“This is ridiculous. How can any society function without enforcing road rules? asked one Aussie, to which another replied,
“How can any school function without enforcing rules?”
“They don’t,” came the reply, “…ever wondered why young Aussies can’t read or write these days.”
Further comments highlighted another major flaw in the plan.
“So, let me get this right…cops, traffic officers etc, have to keep people safe on the road, but they’re not allowed to enforce any of the rules designed to keep people safe????”
“That’s like telling teachers that they’re not allowed to enforce rules at a school, but they still have to teach students how to read and write and everything else.”
Concerned citizens also predicted that those entrusted to enforce road rules will simply walk away from their jobs, just as Australian teachers are quitting the profession en masse.
One comment appeared to summarise the sentiments of most of the respondents.
“Our once proud nation, which had a strong international reputation for safe roads and strong education, is sliding into chaos.”
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