You can't stop people from making mistakes to learn lessons, that's how you mature - you learn what mistakes are worth making and which aren't. In fact, i'm fairly sure the government's dogged attempts to do just that is what's turning this country into such a stunning example of stupidity, the term nanny-state applies more every year.
Personally I was driving for 18 months before passing my test, had a fantastic instructor who ensured i had experience in ALL conditions, only got one minor on the test (which the tester admitted he'd been harsh with), i had finished education, had a steady job and was well into my 20s (23 iirc). So, based on the reasoning in this latest nonsense, technically i was the government's ideal candidate for passing the test and becoming a safe and competent driver. However, i still wrote off two cars within three months of passing in accidents involving other vehicles... well, technically it was the same car written off twice lol.
Measures such as the curfew will just delay the inevitable, if anything they'll make it worse. Oh i've been driving a year so now i can drive at night by myself, amazing! Except, i have bugger all experience of driving at night, and am now over-confident thanks to a year already spent behind the wheel. Fecking genius.
EDIT: Exactly that, Darren.
Personally I was driving for 18 months before passing my test, had a fantastic instructor who ensured i had experience in ALL conditions, only got one minor on the test (which the tester admitted he'd been harsh with), i had finished education, had a steady job and was well into my 20s (23 iirc). So, based on the reasoning in this latest nonsense, technically i was the government's ideal candidate for passing the test and becoming a safe and competent driver. However, i still wrote off two cars within three months of passing in accidents involving other vehicles... well, technically it was the same car written off twice lol.
Measures such as the curfew will just delay the inevitable, if anything they'll make it worse. Oh i've been driving a year so now i can drive at night by myself, amazing! Except, i have bugger all experience of driving at night, and am now over-confident thanks to a year already spent behind the wheel. Fecking genius.
EDIT: Exactly that, Darren.