I think $200 is a bargain if it saves your life,but the government should include driver training compared to the cost to rehabilitate a car accident victim,the driver training cost is minusculeSlickholden originally posted
With driver training it's about time it was cheaper. I know of a guy that went to one he had a massive ball doing it, Used his own car but it cost something like $200 i think. To much.
If the Government payed for 5 sessions@ $200, they would still be way ahead.
Heres some figures for cost per accident from a NSW government study
Medium : Urban Amenity / Transport
Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics (1994)
Country Australia Location Victoria
Measured
Unit person costs for road accident casualties for different casualty classes Unit incident costs for reported and unreported accidents in Melbourne and the Rest of Victoria Total annual cost of Victorian road accidents
Units
($A1992) $ per person per accident for each casualty class $ per accident $ for 1988 year
Method
Benefit Transfer
Key Results
Values Year Value Australian$ 2002
Cost per person killed 1992 631,171.00 A$810,232.35
Cost per person admitted to hospital 1992 108,315.00 A$139,043.65
Cost per person medically treated 1992 7,071.00 A$9,077.02
Cost per person injured, not treated 1992 825.00 A$1,059.05
Cost per person not injured 1992 309.00 A$396.66
Unit cost - reported accidents - Melbourne 1992 14,247.00 A$18,288.83
Unit cost - reported accidents - Rest of Victoria 1992 12,801.00 A$16,432.61Unit cost - unreported accidents - Melbourne 1992 7,476.00 A$9,596.92
Unit cost - unreported accidents - Rest of Victoria 1992 6,120.00 A$7,856.23
Total annual cost of Victorian road accidents 1992 3,634,000,000.00 A$4,664,955,070.60