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120 Hours To Learn To Drive
Further to the thread started by TWR on Learner Drivers being allowed to drive on the motorway; apparently The Times reported today that the government was considering plans to introduce a mandatory minimum learning period for learner drivers, which could see them being made to spend up to 120 hours behind the wheel before taking their test.
When I learnt to drive, the conventional wisdom was that you needed an hour of tuition for each year of your age to become sufficiently proficient to pass the driving test.
Such a proposal of 120 hours tuition will make learning to drive prohibitively expensive – but all this will become academic once self-drive cars become the norm and ultimately humans are prohibited by law from engaging in such a dangerous activity.
When I learnt to drive, the conventional wisdom was that you needed an hour of tuition for each year of your age to become sufficiently proficient to pass the driving test.
Such a proposal of 120 hours tuition will make learning to drive prohibitively expensive – but all this will become academic once self-drive cars become the norm and ultimately humans are prohibited by law from engaging in such a dangerous activity.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Sounds like a good idea to me. As I commented on the other thread,
I've always found it wierd that there is an advanced level of driving. I passed the IAM test a long time ago and found it strange that there are so many simple techniques to make you and other road users safer drivers, that aren't taught as standard. Speed awareness courses are also useful for this.
I've always found it wierd that there is an advanced level of driving. I passed the IAM test a long time ago and found it strange that there are so many simple techniques to make you and other road users safer drivers, that aren't taught as standard. Speed awareness courses are also useful for this.
ToraToraTora – see this link in which the CEO of Ford expects them to be producing driverless cars by 2021 and other manufacturers sooner.
http:// www.dri verless -future .com/?p age_id= 384
So if you are not one of those people who replaces their car every 3 years – there is a good chance that if the next car you buy is not driverless, the one after that will be – despite what ToraToraTora says.
I predict that come 2025 the demand for cars which cannot drive themselves will be such that only a niche market exists for such vehicles (which the likes of Ford, Volkswagen, Nissan etc have no interest). The switch to driverless cars will be accelerated by the reduced insurance premiums payable because the vehicles are much less prone to crashing compared with those controlled by humans.
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So if you are not one of those people who replaces their car every 3 years – there is a good chance that if the next car you buy is not driverless, the one after that will be – despite what ToraToraTora says.
I predict that come 2025 the demand for cars which cannot drive themselves will be such that only a niche market exists for such vehicles (which the likes of Ford, Volkswagen, Nissan etc have no interest). The switch to driverless cars will be accelerated by the reduced insurance premiums payable because the vehicles are much less prone to crashing compared with those controlled by humans.
well the tech issues are one thing and really linear software cannot cope with all scenarios but leaving that aside, the legal/insurance issues are just as large, see here:
http:// observe r.com/2 016/02/ why-dri verless -cars-w ill-scr eech-to -a-halt /
for example the cars will have to be programmed to break the law in some situations.
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for example the cars will have to be programmed to break the law in some situations.
I know a few people of whom I wonder how they managed to get out the womb – but even some these simpletons have mastered (to some degree) the challenge of every possibility they might encounter on the road.
I’m not saying that I am an expert driver, but I managed to pass the driving test based on only around 20 hours of tuition – if today’s computers can’t match that level of control, I’d be very surprised.
I’m not saying that I am an expert driver, but I managed to pass the driving test based on only around 20 hours of tuition – if today’s computers can’t match that level of control, I’d be very surprised.
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