[MattK]

I think there has always been good and bad drivers in this great hobby of ours.
I do think for young drivers coming into the hobby it's too easy to get all the power and speed of top drivers without the experience of learning the basics first. If you look at 1/10th buggys for example you used to start with a basic kit with manual speed controllers, 1300 batteries and silver can motors. The majority of clubs at the time ran stock motor rules and as your kit broke you would upgrade step by step. Now you go go as fast as an old 16 turn motor using fairly basic brushless and Lipo cells.
Its great the hobby is cheaper and people are not at a disadvantage because they can't get team cells.
The down side is what use to be the old "all the gear and no idea" setup but without the outlay of cash.
I love watching the New drivers learning, but recently the speed and quantity of crashes is slightly worrying.
I don't know how you get around these problems, just my personal observations.