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Govt announce increased speed limits.
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That would be ridiculous.0
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But i still believe speed kills, if you are in an accident you've got more chance coming out unhurt if you're going slower.
Hmmm.
Personally i believe inappropriate speed for the conditions is the problem, not speeding itself per se.
I dont think too many accidents happen solely due to speed - moreoften carelessness0 -
The cost and hassle of running such a scheme would be huge. I think a test a couple of years after passing, then one every 10 years would be more than enough.0
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Driving test centres are struggling now with testing new drivers.Why? Are you afraid you'd fail?
Add retesting at intervals into the mix and you probably need to book your 5 yearly retest as soon as you pass your testThis is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
Who is going to pay for all these extra tests?
Simple. Those being retested. I did say that in the post...Personally I find bad driving is usually wilful rather than due to lack of ability.
Perhaps. But it'll be far easier for the beefed-up real live traffic police in real live stripy volvos to detect that, once incompetence can be ruled out more easily.Driving test centres are struggling now with testing new drivers.
Gawd knows why, unless the service is deliberately being mismanaged. Once tests and testing become revenue-neutral, although they should be already, there's no financial reason not to increase the number of slots available.0 -
You can only increase the slots if you can get the extra examiners to utilise them and I think that is where the problem isGawd knows why, unless the service is deliberately being mismanaged. Once tests and testing become revenue-neutral, although they should be already, there's no financial reason not to increase the number of slots available.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
You can only increase the slots if you can get the extra examiners to utilise them
Obviously.and I think that is where the problem is
Clearly. Why that is, I have no idea - except for my earlier suggestion... I'm sure there are plenty of semi-retired Police Class 1 drivers and experienced "vanilla" driving instructors who would be welcome of an opportunity to train... If anything, the skillset required of an examiner is lower than that of an instructor.0 -
If you look both ways instead of blindly stepping out, there is a 100% chance you'll live.Joe_Horner wrote: »If you hit me at 30mph I have a 20% chance of living
If you hit me at 20mph I have an 80% chance of liviing
Please just stop trying to hit me!Understeer is when you hit a wall with the front of your car
Oversteer is when you hit a wall with the back of your car
Horsepower is how fast your car hits the wall
Torque is how far your car sends the wall across the field once you've hit it0
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