Young driver blitz criticised

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Transport Reporter Michael Milnes
From: The Advertiser
August 10, 2011 12:30AM
THE Youth Affairs Council of South Australia has criticised a police road safety campaign.
The council objects to the drive because the campaign targets young people.
The SA Police month-long blitz saw 606 of the state's most inexperienced drivers, aged between 16 and 24, reported for bad driving.
Youth Affairs Council executive director Anne Bainbridge said it was almost as if SA Police believed no one over 24 had ever driven drunk or sped while driving.
"In fact, the most recent fatality crash statistics from police show that so far this year, six people between the ages of 16 to 24 have been killed in vehicle crashes," she said.
Supt Linda Fellows said SA Police made no apology for focusing attention on young drivers over the past four weeks.
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And if Operation Young Drivers saved one life or prevented one person from being seriously injured then it had succeeded.


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