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AS AUSSIE AUTHORITIES honourably yet tepidly pursue ‘Towards Zero’ road fatality programs, the focus is on the same old five culprits: speeding, drug and alcohol use, not wearing a seatbelt, fatigue and distraction.

I’d like to propose a sixth: people not giving the remotest damn about driving.

In Australia, this is endemic. It’s baked into Australian driving culture like that bit of

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