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EDUCATION BEATS LITIGATION

I AN PENDERED of Wilton, New South Wales, believes it’s time for a fresh approach in the way police and other enforcement agencies treat young drivers. “We need to treat our younger drivers differently, and if we do treat them differently we may attract some more,” Ian says.

“It’s absolutely torturous for a truck driver … to get pulled up by these overzealous officers.”

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