Speaking on a road transport bill in Parliament on Wednesday evening, Mr Johnson expressed concerns about foreign drivers and their lack of "understanding at all of the conditions of the roads that they drive, on the distances they drive and what lays ahead".

Speaking to Fairfax Radio 4BC Mornings on Thursday, the Member for Gregory went further.

"It's foreign people who come here, want to work here, we get a lot of backpackers working in this country now," he said.

"Some of those people come from countries where they drive on a different side of the road to us.

"Many of those Asian people, and I'm not against Asian people and don't get me wrong, but a lot of those Asian people come from an environment where they have no comprehension of road rules in their own countries let alone come here and think they can just meld into the system. It doesn't work like that.

"Many of these people don't understand the distances they drive.

"We've had fatalities on the roads here in Queensland and Australia, many of them have been foreign people with no comprehension at all of the distances of the fatigue factor and every other factor that goes with driving in our country."

In November 2009, Mr Johnson took to Parliament to express his concerns about foreign taxi drivers, saying "they all look the same" and questioning their ability to drive.

The Liberal National Party MP, who told Parliament earlier this year that the female body was the "most sacred thing on the planet", is known for his outspoken brashness as well as his advocacy of road safety issues.

He said he did not have a breakdown of the number of foreign drivers involved in car crashes to back his claims, but said every driver needed to take more responsibility on the road.

"What I would like to see here is people that want to drive in our country have a full understanding of the complexities of driving here to do a course through a proper driving instructors' operation," he said, adding that he would like those even on a short holiday to "learn the rules".