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driving test overhaul.....
I hear the driving test is due for an overhaul in a bid to cut deaths. What do you think they should include in the new test?
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I don't think introductions of test criteria will help reduce the numbers much.
I think we should have a 12 or 24 month curfew after passing your test that you can't drive between 6pm and 7 am for a year or two after passing your test.
You can already get reduced insurance on that basis and insurance companies know their risks!
I think we should have a 12 or 24 month curfew after passing your test that you can't drive between 6pm and 7 am for a year or two after passing your test.
You can already get reduced insurance on that basis and insurance companies know their risks!
It is to a certain extent but it's an argument about reducing deaths caused by accidents.
Not all of them are caused by ar$eholes (sometimes it's inexperience driving at night is harder).
Even if they were they don't have it tatooed on their heads when they take a driving test and by the time they've had a nasty smash it's too late.
Like I say the insurance companies think it's enough of an issue to offer substantial discounts on this basis and they know about risks.
We already have just about the lowest number of road fatalities in the world by head of population because we've done the easy things like drink driving laws and seat belt laws and making cars better.
If you want further gains you'll have to do harder more unpopular things like restricting peoples driving or putting governors or cars.
Adding in more stuff into tests isn't going to hack it - although a night driving section would be good it's impractical
Not all of them are caused by ar$eholes (sometimes it's inexperience driving at night is harder).
Even if they were they don't have it tatooed on their heads when they take a driving test and by the time they've had a nasty smash it's too late.
Like I say the insurance companies think it's enough of an issue to offer substantial discounts on this basis and they know about risks.
We already have just about the lowest number of road fatalities in the world by head of population because we've done the easy things like drink driving laws and seat belt laws and making cars better.
If you want further gains you'll have to do harder more unpopular things like restricting peoples driving or putting governors or cars.
Adding in more stuff into tests isn't going to hack it - although a night driving section would be good it's impractical
I think a driving test should also include being shown a 30 minute film of the police cutting bodies out of cars, or showing the faces of people who went through the windscreen because they thought it was cool not to wear a seat belt.
It should also include interviews with friends and relatives of those killed or injured in a car crash.
Perhaps if they saw the result of stupid driving or fast driving they MAY think twice about speeding or reckless driving.
When my daughter passed her test she did not get a car for about 2 months and I think that short break helped her, rather than leaping in a car the minute she passed.
A young person I know passed their test and then went out thinking they knew everything. Few days later they pulled right out in front of someone and their car was a write off.
Maybe we need a short cooling off period AFTER passing a test would help. You pass the test, but dont get the pass document for say 2 months.
It should also include interviews with friends and relatives of those killed or injured in a car crash.
Perhaps if they saw the result of stupid driving or fast driving they MAY think twice about speeding or reckless driving.
When my daughter passed her test she did not get a car for about 2 months and I think that short break helped her, rather than leaping in a car the minute she passed.
A young person I know passed their test and then went out thinking they knew everything. Few days later they pulled right out in front of someone and their car was a write off.
Maybe we need a short cooling off period AFTER passing a test would help. You pass the test, but dont get the pass document for say 2 months.
I think they should only be allowed to drive a small car with a speed limiter attached until 1 to 2 years after passing, I think there should be a follow up to the test like a refresher after so many years as peple who have been driving longer get careless and have bad habits, say have them every 5 years. For the first 3 month's after passing your test you should only be allowed to go short distances on familiar roads until you are confidant enough to drive further, as you can pass your test and drive across the country the next! I come from an area where a lot of young people have died in road accidents in the last few years and something needs to be done.
How about this for a radical suggestion:
we all know there are "drivers" out there who, in a sane world, should never be allowed to be left in control of a vehicle, BECAUSE
they have been taught how to pass a driving test, NOT how to drive a car.
It would be better if a minimum amount of driving experience had to be completed before taking a driving test.
In principle, someone could get behind the wheel of a car ,for the first time, on their seventeenth birthday, receive expert tuition and pass the test after a few hours, having no experience.
Incidentally, education is going the same way: being taught to pass the exam, without actually learning the subject.
we all know there are "drivers" out there who, in a sane world, should never be allowed to be left in control of a vehicle, BECAUSE
they have been taught how to pass a driving test, NOT how to drive a car.
It would be better if a minimum amount of driving experience had to be completed before taking a driving test.
In principle, someone could get behind the wheel of a car ,for the first time, on their seventeenth birthday, receive expert tuition and pass the test after a few hours, having no experience.
Incidentally, education is going the same way: being taught to pass the exam, without actually learning the subject.
Raise the driving limit for young men to 21.
They cause a disproportionate amount of accidents because they do not possess the maturity to be in chage of a car.
Actuarial stats confirm this.
Yes I know there are many young men out there who are probably very fine drivers, but the fact of the matter is there are many who are not, and if that means tarring them all with the same brush in order to reduce the number of accidents this group have, accidents that quite often end in the tragic, wasteful loss of life of young people, then so be it.
They cause a disproportionate amount of accidents because they do not possess the maturity to be in chage of a car.
Actuarial stats confirm this.
Yes I know there are many young men out there who are probably very fine drivers, but the fact of the matter is there are many who are not, and if that means tarring them all with the same brush in order to reduce the number of accidents this group have, accidents that quite often end in the tragic, wasteful loss of life of young people, then so be it.
They cause a disproportionate amount of accidents because they do not possess the maturity to be in chage of a car.
Actuarial stats confirm this.
Stats prove that young people cause a disproportionate amount of accidents.
It does not prove that it is their maturity that it is at fault - though I agree that this is probably a contributing factor.
Actuarial stats confirm this.
Stats prove that young people cause a disproportionate amount of accidents.
It does not prove that it is their maturity that it is at fault - though I agree that this is probably a contributing factor.
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Some driving schools will provide a voluntary additional type of advanced driving lessons i.e. motorway experience, at an additional cost. This should be a compulsory addition, to the lessons and test.
But it is time that Britain's roads were brought up to 21st century standards. The cause of a large proportion of today's accidents, is because of our out dated roads. The recent accident near Alton Towers was a typical example, a double decker bus, driving alond narrow winding country lanes, that were designed for the horse and cart.
But it is time that Britain's roads were brought up to 21st century standards. The cause of a large proportion of today's accidents, is because of our out dated roads. The recent accident near Alton Towers was a typical example, a double decker bus, driving alond narrow winding country lanes, that were designed for the horse and cart.
Carry out the driving test whilst talking on a mobile phone, perhaps? Well, that is what I see on the road every single day of my life. If I do that in my role as bus driver I get the sack instantly.
Seriously though I think "P" plates should be made law to display for at least one year after passing, and the car you drive in that time restricted to only 1,000cc.
Seriously though I think "P" plates should be made law to display for at least one year after passing, and the car you drive in that time restricted to only 1,000cc.
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