I did take the rap for my husband in 1993. He had to pay dearly for it for many years to come and it still comes up from time to time. I am not so sure that I would do it for a "P" plate if the time should ever arise. Jenny, formerly from Sydney

Stupid parents! Let them take the rap. These kids, will of course keep speeding, but the downside is that sooner or later they will kill themselves or someone else. Then let these same stupid parents wonder why it happened to their kid. Because they were never made pay the price for their actions.

Once again children are not learning that their actions have consequences - same as the smacking issue. Lots of things have changed in 40 or so years (and there are a lot more temptations), but we certainly didn't have as many rude, disrespectful and lawbreaking children 20, 30, 40 or more years ago

My teenage child lost his licence for a year and it was us, his parents who were punished because we were the ones who had to drive him and pick him up to work to social activities and other places. It was a very stressful time for us, not for him. So it was very tempting to take the rap for him.

Im a p plater and my parents would never take the rap for me in a million yrs. People who lose their licences in the first place give us good p plate drivers a bad name and they deserve to not have their licence.

I think the authorities are ignoring there responsibilities and duty of care. An unsafe act or situation should be stopped or controls immediately put in place to prevent it from harming the person or others, or so the government department work safe states. Stop and ID them in the act not by post.

No way, they now that speed kills, speed you get demerit points taken off of you. how do they know responsibility if you take the fall for them. Damn stupid parents if they do. No Respect breeds contempt in society. Do they realise their actions can kill somebody or injure innocent other drivers?

Someone needs to clue these idoits in; when they're behind the wheel, they're in control of a lethal weapon. How will these parents help anyone when their teenager kills someone or themselves? But the problem goes beyond P-platers, too; If your mind isn't on the road, you shouldn't be, either.

no the have to make thereown mistakes. the thing is they changed the kyllawatts of a motocycke many years ago to stop mainly young male killing them selves on hi powered bikies. why the bloody hell dont they do the same to young drivers in cars to under 100 kyllawatts to stop the carnige,

i totally agree, p platers should only be allowed to drive 4 cylander cars. Theres no need for them to have a v8.