This will cause ill feeling!

[TWR]

Young drivers, should they undergo a primarily test that lasts for 6 months? If they have a bump or get caught for speeding within that 6 months their license gets revoked, if a full 1 year has been completed they get their entitlement to drive on condition if they get done for speeding etc, their licence then gets revoked. too many think " I've passed my test & I can drive"

[Bbbananas]

Oh, I feel ill :-(

[ChuckFickens]

A test that lasts for 6months seems a little excessive!

I assume you mean a probation period for 6 months.... but isn't this pretty much already in place.

[dotty.]

I thought that was why they had to display a green L

[Ankou]

surely if you have passed your test, it means you can drive?

[milly143]

Out of interest, do you feel this would have been neccesarry when you were young and took your test?

[sallybb]

Yep, thats sure to to cause ill feeling without a doubt. This area has seen more than its fair share of young drivers and their passangers killed. If it makes new drivers think, hopefully the death rate and waste of young lives
will fall to a much lower figure. It is so sad to hear of a young death , my daughter knows a few who have lost theirs lives far to early.

[DENZIL88]

Good point. But I also think old people still attempting to drive are a major hazard on the roads. Over 75's are the main claimants on car accident inurance claims!

[Sqad]

Denzil

<<<<Over 75's are the main claimants on car accident inurance claims!>>>

Didn't know that.

[DENZIL88]

Yes, relative works for big insurance company in the City. Fact.

[ChuckFickens]

here are the details of the current new driver probation period.
http://www.2pass.co.uk/retest.htm

[karenmac60]

A 44 year old man killed a woman the other day by driving the wrong way up a one way street and mowing into cars, buildings and 2 women. He was supposedly suffering from a 'diabetic attack' at the time. Should all diabetics then only have probationary licences too?

[Sqad]

Denzil...thanks.........but if this is the case and i am sure it is, then why are first time drivers and the under 25year olds "hammered " for car insurance more than others?

[TWR]

I am not knocking the young by any means, I have been there, the difference! I have never had a bump, it's a different ball game if she/he get smacked up they @rse, Yes the right term should have been Probation, regards the Green plate, that only tells other drivers that you have just passed your test, I do not think it's excessive at all, there are too many stories of youngsters & passengers getting killed & yes, I would also think that seniors passed the age of 75 should have a test for their own & other peoples Safety, regards pass your test, you can drive! far from it.

[DENZIL88]

"After the age of 75, the risk of driver fatality increases sharply, because older drivers are more vulnerable to both crash-related injury and death. Three behavioral factors in particular may contribute to these statistics: poor judgement in making right-hand turns, negotiating roundabouts, drifting within the traffic lane; and decreased ability to change behavior in response to an unexpected or rapidly changing situation."

[mccfluff]

its already in place - 6 points in the first two years and your out

i would like to see a min amount of hours driving practice before you are allowed to take your test

[Ankou]

sqad, probably because they have not accumulated any 'no claims' period.

[DEN53]

My Dad is 82 and is a brilliant driver - his reactions are as sharp as a knife - so not all 'oldies' are crashes waiting to happen.

[mccfluff]

and that bloody oap driving at 20 miles an hour was an idiot and should not of been anywhere near a road let alone a duel carriageway

[sallybb]

We used to have an old boy drive around the village, dont think he ever change up from second gear.Or above ten miles per hour. When he died, every one in the village complained that we had lost our own unique traffic calmer.