A federal MP whose electorate takes in the Great Ocean Road wants stricter standards for international tourists on driving holidays.
"These tourists are coming across from other parts of the world, getting into a hire car and they really are a moving time bomb," government backbencher Sarah Henderson told ABC Radio, adding that 20 per cent of crashes on the Great Ocean Road involve international drivers.
Ms Henderson said there are cases of tourists driving on the wrong side of the road, stopping in the middle of the highway to take pictures of koalas and ignoring stop signs.
She's called for a review of international driver's licences and for tourists to watch compulsory road safety video clips.
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The carnage on NSW roads during the Christmas and New Year period was double that of the previous year with police frustrated at the number of road users not abiding by the law.
During Operation Safe Arrival, which started on December 15 and ended on January 1, 28 people died on NSW roads compared to 14 during the same period in 2016.
"This is very, very sad for us that NSW has had such a horrific road toll this festive season," Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn told reporters in Sydney on Tuesday.
"I am also bitterly disappointed and frustrated in the fact there are people that are not getting the messages and putting other people's lives at risk."
Ms Burn said many of the fatal crashes were avoidable and a result of "senseless" behaviour by road users.
Speed was a huge factor with more than 20,000 speeding fines given out during the 18-day road safety campaign.
"Many of those people who died, it was completely avoidable and it was senseless," Ms Burn said.
"The fact that we still have so many people that aren't listening is seen by the statistics."
In total, 168 people in 2017 lost their lives on NSW roads because someone was driving too fast.
Officers handed out 250,000 speeding tickets in 2017, with Ms Burn pleading with drivers to obey the road rules and stop the carnage.
"We are seeing people not heeding the law and that is a major problem," she said.
"We have to stop what is happening on our roads."
The deputy commissioner also expressed her disappointment in the road toll for 2018 which is already at three.
