So? They will drive without a licence with almost zero chance of being caught if they take it easy. There is nothing revolutionary about licence cancellation; it's been happening for years and, like all pissy little punishments has very little effect. Jail is the best way to deal with these potential killers. Vehicle confiscation and, in repeat or extreme cases, crushing.

When banned drivers are occasionally caught, their 'sentence' is just a further ban. Lock the bastards up!

Lock the bastards up!
ttbn,
That should also apply to incompetent & corrupt Law makers ! A law should be there to help make society better, not worse by making it difficult in the extreme to deal with daily life.
I agree with you that those who don't have the mentality to discipline themselves, should have their vehicles impounded.
Safety is paramount but when safety becomes unaffordable or impossible to comply with then it is only natural that people seek alternatives. If we expect a better society then we must start on ourselves & our authorities to do the right thing.
Our jails are full with people who shouldn't be in them in the first place whilst those who should be locked away are running free courtesy of integrity-devoid Lawyers & incompetents in Authority !

Yep Licence suspension is a joke.

A neighbour copped a silly suspension. He had a 0.052 suspension, & this time his friends had parked his car just out of the tavern, & he was asleep in the thing, sleeping it off. He was arrested & taken to a police station a long way away. He rang me to go & get him & his car.

He got a 6 month suspension, & a year of a breathalyser fitted to his car after that. A bit tough for someone sleeping.

He's a plumber & had to drive or loose his house. He organised a different ute & drove for the 6 months. The police had the number of his car & ute highlighted, & his wife was stopped & checked a number of times. He did not drive either expecting this.

I don't drink, but feel the whole thing is more revenue raising than a safety measure, at least the way it is currently done. I don't want to share the road with drunks, but feel the way this is handled by the cops & magistrates today, is about as useless as tits on a bull.

May I recommend once again the SMH this day?
NSW has an awful record in the last two years for death and maiming on our roads
Two stories worth reading, a woman charged with running over cyclist, dragging him for 50 yards
Then reversing over him, he died
Another, *on a freeway 110 kph*, man stopped in lane, bringing about an 11 car pile up
We see about one smash while using phone a week
We have a lunatic law too
All cars trucks buses must, must, slow to 40 klm when an emergency with lights flashing, is stopped on the side of the road
If you need a cruise control in my view you should not be driving

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-11/fatal-crashes-cyclist-and-m4-pile-up-two-charged/11104024
One link, the other is equally terrifying
My state has the highest number of convictions for drivers but
It is said 50 percent of low range drivers leave the court without being fined or any thing
We do, if you read our daily recording of such events, seem to be giving driver's licenses out too easily
The other highlighted story, was a fatal, it too is purely horrible
My first driving instructor was my work forman, he over and again warned never take your eyes of the road
I consider myself still a petrol head, learn every day, but how do I defend myself against the driver chatting away on the phone, car on cruise control or even putting makeup on?

Belly I think you are right about licence tests being too easy. Now I'm going to have to get racist.

There is a New Zealand cops show my lady watches, which I have caught occasionally. It regularly shows people stopped for bad driving on some bridge in a city. I only see it very occasionally, but have been surprised at the high percentage of Asian drivers stopped for driving dangerously, & for using phones while driving.

I don't have any idea of how many Asians live in or visit NZ, but it can't be any near as high a percentage as are stopped for bad driving on this show. I also have no idea if these people are residents or tourists, but it appears they have a NZ drivers licences.

Personally I don't find all that much poor driving around here, but I don't have much city driving these days. I do find a slightly annoying number of very slow drivers on my country main road. Being held up is annoying particularly with the growth in double no overtaking lines today, butter better granny drive at a speed she feels & probably is safe at, than drive faster than she is comfortable with.