fatvegan

I've often wondered why the government is so relaxed about young men driving very expensive cars very fast. I read the other day that of 70 new model GT3s ($500,000-ish sorts of cars) imported into Australia, only about 40 were still on the roads. Probably most of those weren't bought by young men, but it reminded me how many crashes expensive cars seem to be involved in. I've ended up deciding that every time a government minister, wandering along the street, sees a fancy car speed past dangerously, he or she isn't troubled by it at all.

Instead, I reckon they think about how wonderful it is that the driver is spending all night driving around in cars and all day working his arse off to pay the insurance and loan repayments. They've convinced young men to go and find work. Convinced them to stay in jobs long term. Convinced them to work hard to get promoted so they can afford a faster car. Given them something to lose. Given them something to do at night which makes them look cool without beating people up or stealing stuff. They've successfully co-opted people into an economic system which is notorious for excluding the sorts of people driving these cars. If the cost of this is a higher number of road accidents, maybe the government has decided it's worthwhile. I have no idea if the costs are worth it, but it has made me think about it a bit differently.