Learners on motorways

Loanranger

Astra GTE.

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Don't know why learners are currently banned from motorways anyway, it's not like it's any harder. There are plenty more difficult city centres to negotiate than a simple long straight wide road.

springdreams

GTE_Boy wrote: »

Glad you hear you have wealthy parents.

But seeing as you can drive at 17 but cannot leave school until 18 these days it think 120 lesson is going to be out of the reach of a lot of youngsters.

It is going to be out of the reach of a lot of parents too! At roughly £30 - £35 per hour, that is a lot of money!!!

I agree that driving lessons should extend to the motorways. I got my licence in South Africa, and part of my driving instruction was on the motorways. In fact the first part of every lesson took place on a motorway en route to the driving range to practice parallel parking and the like. I found it quite odd that the same is not done here.

I also think people should be taught to drive in adverse weather, and at night.

docmatt

As long as it teaches them to stay out of that middle lane then I'm all for it. I only read the posts on the first page, GTE boy certainly isn't young seeing as when Astra Gte's were about that was almost 30 years ago.

And swerving off topic a little, I was 17 when I drove the GTE 16v with the digital dash, I was working at a car sales place in wednesbury and the gaffer let me take it out. It was like driving a 2million pound harrier jet. I was beaming from ear to ear. :cool:

Mercdriver

dannyrst wrote: »

No, your age has no baring on my life. You do seem extremely angry though, is everything OK?

When I think of GTE I think of the Chevette or the Opel Kadette GTE. That would be the 80's. If GTE Boy was driving a GTE as a young man (or dreaming of driving one) he would have been born in the early to mid 1960's.

I'd say he is being honest about his age.

Edited to add my apologies if I have made GTE boy older than he is, but I believe I am in the ball park. I was born in 1970, so I remember a neighbour having a Kadette GTE (the pre runner of the Astra, and still what GM Opel were calling Astras until quite recently). There was a Vauxhall/Opel garage at the bottom of the road so they would advertise both GTEs

Mercdriver

dannyrst wrote: »

I wish, could buy fancy Golf GTE's if I did :rotfl:

That's why it goes hand in hand with my other point. 17 is too young to be able to drive.

Or a Golf GTI? Is that what you mean?

Ageist assumptions don't serve to support your opinions. Some 25 year olds are too immature to drive. Many 17 year olds do indeed have the maturity required.

chrisw

Mercdriver wrote: »

When I think of GTE I think of the Chevette or the Opel Kadette GTE.

Opel Manta GTEs for me. Had my first one at 18, insurance was £200 a year. :j

agrinnall

Car_54 wrote: »

They aren't. No-one is suggesting it will be compulsory.

If you reread my post you will see that I was responding to precisely that suggestion. Obviously nobody with an ounce of sense is suggesting it but that doesn't apply to quite a few people who spout their nonsense on this board.

Car_54

agrinnall wrote: »

If you reread my post you will see that I was responding to precisely that suggestion. Obviously nobody with an ounce of sense is suggesting it but that doesn't apply to quite a few people who spout their nonsense on this board.

True, true.

I should have said "the government is not suggesting ..."

Not that the government are immune from spouting nonsense.

GTE_Boy

Mercdriver wrote: »

Or a Golf GTI? Is that what you mean?

Ageist assumptions don't serve to support your opinions. Some 25 year olds are too immature to drive. Many 17 year olds do indeed have the maturity required.

There's now a Golf GTE, but I'm not into plug in hybrids.

I've had a couple of GTi's.