COMMENT | The government is proposing major amendments to the Road Transport Act, and frankly, it is about time.

For too long, too many people have treated roads in this country as though the law does not matter. Speeding is normalised. Illegal racing keeps coming back. People drive without valid licences.

Some even continue driving after being suspended, as if enforcement is just a joke and the rest of the public is expected to live with the risk.

Among the proposed changes is an increase in the minimum fine for several offences that many motorists have long treated as routine summons matters.

These include...