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Driving test changes in 2010
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Yes, you most definitely are missing the point.
The proposal, not my proposal I might add, is that newly qualified drivers should be restricted to a less powerful car. The reason, as I understand it, is to protect other road users from from the lesser experienced driver.
Get it?
The lesser experienced driver who has recently seen the highway code?
The ones who indicate on roundabouts?
Or have a clue what lane they need to be in?
My driving instructor has aid that 19 out of 20 'experienced drivers' would fail both the theory and practical tests.
I know it's the governments ideas not yours.
It's the ones who've been driving 40/50/60 years and never looked at the highway code since we need protecting from!Mum of several with a twisted sense of humour and a laundry obsession:o
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More information about the 'independent driving' part of the new test: http://learnerdriving.org.uk/2009/11/28/driving-test-changes-in-2010/
http://www.dsa.gov.uk/Consultation.asp?id=SXF68F-A7831798&cat=3360 -
ETA: 17 year old boy racers can kill themselves just as well in small cars as they can in big ones. Maybe someone should tell Mr.Brown :rolleyes:
Fully agree, when I passed my first car was a 1l metro then a 1l micra, both those I could get up to around 85-90mph. This is easily achieveable in most modern cars regardless of cc. infact they can all do atleast 70mph, so can just as easily be driven at these speeds in inapropriate areas as large cc cars can.
I currently have a landrover Discovery, which would be too big for a proposed new driver, but does 0-60mph in 6 weeks, down hill with a tail wind:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: some of these larger cars are alot more safer in a collision than the smaller ones.
Just usual govt crap really0 -
The lesser experienced driver who has recently seen the highway code?
The ones who indicate on roundabouts?
Or have a clue what lane they need to be in?
My driving instructor has aid that 19 out of 20 'experienced drivers' would fail both the theory and practical tests.
I know it's the governments ideas not yours.
It's the ones who've been driving 40/50/60 years and never looked at the highway code since we need protecting from!
Delain, i'm sorry to have to say but I know of a lot of young local drivers who have died or been injured in accidents. The statistics of them having an accident are way higher than that of older drivers.0 -
Fully agree, when I passed my first car was a 1l metro then a 1l micra, both those I could get up to around 85-90mph. This is easily achieveable in most modern cars regardless of cc. infact they can all do atleast 70mph, so can just as easily be driven at these speeds in inapropriate areas as large cc cars can.
I currently have a landrover Discovery, which would be too big for a proposed new driver, but does 0-60mph in 6 weeks, down hill with a tail wind:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: some of these larger cars are alot more safer in a collision than the smaller ones.
Just usual govt crap really
Safer for you maybe, but definitely not for other road users.0 -
Safer for you maybe, but definitely not for other road users.
I agree if your in a crash with another viechle, but not if its a single car ina a tree or something.
This rule would exclude a large proportion of ford focus's. I know first hand from seeing a rolled one and one that split a tractor in half but only had damage to the drivers wing, that these are very safe cars for the occupants. In both incidents the drivers only suffered minor cuts and bruises.0 -
Just a thought, but surely the whole point of insurance premium loading should already preclude the most dangerous new drivers (Male under 25, with certain cars) from going out and buying 3 litre deathtraps.Fight Crime : Shoot Back.
It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without being seduced by it.
Support your local First Response Group, you might need us one day.0 -
The lesser experienced driver who has recently seen the highway code?
The ones who indicate on roundabouts?
Or have a clue what lane they need to be in?
My driving instructor has aid that 19 out of 20 'experienced drivers' would fail both the theory and practical tests.
I know it's the governments ideas not yours.
It's the ones who've been driving 40/50/60 years and never looked at the highway code since we need protecting from!
I would agree that that is true. My OH has just passed her test last month, and from the way they teach to pass the test has very little resembalance to how you have to drive on the UK's roads today. The driving test and the way its taught need to be more inline with what is actually required on todays roads. They are still stuck in the 60's0 -
they should change the dam insurance rates for males compared to females running about in the little ford KA's cant even drive and there paying like £300 for fully comp insurance and me im paying like £1200/0
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Delain, i'm sorry to have to say but I know of a lot of young local drivers who have died or been injured in accidents. The statistics of them having an accident are way higher than that of older drivers.
I've been out driving all day today.
I've been cut up on roundabouts
People have pulled out in front of me causing me to break
I've been overtaken on bends when i was 1mph under the speed limit
I've been undertaken
And none of the people I saw doing these things looked a day under 50
Much of the problem with younger drivers is drink and drug driving, and that's just as lethal whether they've got a micra or a brand new mazda 3
I don't disagree with any poster, just the government.Mum of several with a twisted sense of humour and a laundry obsession:o
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