South Australia Wants to Implement Mandatory Training for Supercar Buyers

The South Australia Premier Peter Malinauskas has proposed a new licensing scheme that would require high-power car buyers to go through specialized training. The proposal, itself a result of a South Australia teenage girl dying after being struck by a Lamborghini Huracan in 2019, also includes a ban on disabling traction control in high-power cars.

The Premier's plan, reported on by CarExpert.au, targets "high-powered super sports cars." Though we don't have access to any detailed language laying out what vehicles this would apply to, the idea is to require high-horsepower car owners to go through additional training in order to get permission to drive them on public roads. The scheme mirrors the additional training and licensing required to drive a commercial vehicle in the U.S.

The state is also attempting to strengthen existing laws that punish dangerous driving, after the driver of the Lamborghini was acquitted for causing the death of teenage pedestrian Sophia Naismith. The driver plead guilty to driving without due car, per CarExpert.au.

In a taped announcement released by 7News Adelaide on Twitter, Malinauskas said that high-powered supercars like a Lamborghini require a "high degree of driver competency." With the new plan, he hopes that the government can ensure a driver possesses those skills before they take the wheel of a supercar.

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