(12-10-2013, 09:56 PM)Andy Wrote: As some of you who may watch the news know, our poor excuse for a government are proposing this:
when you turn 17 you can only begin to learn to drive and you cannot get a full licence until you're 19 and have completed 100 hours of lessons and have filled a logbook out (this is what pilots do to log their flying hours)
They are also proposing that any newly qualified drivers (didn't say for how long) have a curfew (10PM to 5AM) So that means if you work late you can drive to work but cannot drive home unless someone over the age 30 accompanied you.
So if you're a single parent who's fairly newly qualified then you can't take your kid out. Because you're NOT allowed anyone under the age of 30 in your car!
Disgraceful.
Your thoughts...
Holy crap, they come out with this nonsense every few years, I don't think it will go through because it is a pile of crap anyway.
(12-10-2013, 10:29 PM)Niall Wrote: I agree with parts of it to be honest!
Quite frankly, the skill level of new drivers in this country is shocking compared to most overs in Europe. We have one of the highest rates of accidents for young drivers and i genuinely think its because people are not shown what can happen when it all goes tits up. How many of you have had a accident or a near miss and its calmed your driving right down?
It will effect a lot of people for the first year (the curfew they are proposing is for 1 year after passing your test) who are genuinely good drivers and work late, visit friends late etc but there is also a substantial number out weighing those sensible ones who think because they have a pink licence and a ripspeed air filter on their saxo (Jamie....), they can drive like they are on the set of fast and furious.
Personally i think the best way to go about it is driving instruction like in Sweden. minimum of 1 years driving learning with learning how to control a car when it all goes wrong and what to do in the event of an accident.
Yeah but you are old and boring! Actually, you are 3 years younger than I but with the mentality of a friggin' 60 year old! SMH. If the silly young drivers want to kill themselves then so be it, someone would appreciate having their organs (especially if they were an attractive female), I get tired of seeing "young people" wrapped up in cotton all the time.
Edit: If you think that is the best method of instruction then why not lower the age to 16 so that when they are 17 they already have a year's experience? None of this 19 crap.
(12-10-2013, 10:43 PM)r3k1355 Wrote: Something needs to be done.
I binned two cars shortly after passing my test.
Young people just drive like morons, I should know cos I was one of them.
No, that means you drove like a moron. Don't tar everyone with the same brush. I was and still am a very nervous driver, I took Pass Plus and the IAM test shortly after passing and I am still nervous sometimes. You binned two cars? Who paid for them? Parents? That's why, I had to save up all my birthday money and Christmas money over several years to buy the car that I still have now. And I appreciate it more for it as well.
(13-10-2013, 09:02 AM)Piggy Wrote: the craziest thing still needs changing in my mind...
that of currently no training on motorways. dumbest idea ever
No difference between a motorway and a dual carriageway and any idiot can drive on a motorway they are the easiest roads to drive on.