I really don't see the problem with motorways? They're no different from dual carriageway A roads tbh. What exactly are people finding difficult about them? 
I'd say you probably had a pretty poor teacher tbh Ben, some obviously just teach purely for the test. My instructor taught a lot of extra stuff....but then we had plenty of time due to where I live...wasted an hour every lesson on the same road as there's only one between my village and town lol.
And as for many tests, one of my mates from school passed on his 9th test.... But he'd been driving on private ground for years so was determined to pass eventually lol.
This is THE biggest issue with driving. Operating a car isn't difficult. Negotiating roads/corners/spacial awareness isn't difficult. Whats difficult is judging what the other people are doing - a lot don't bother with indicators, a lot don't bother chosing a lane until the last minute where they dive across and expect you to let them in, several cant negotiate corners where theres two lanes of traffic in one direction again expecting you to brake to avoid scraping the side of their car and then you get the ~80% of people that can't understand give way lines and cut you up.... Oh and then theres always those that believe 30mph is perfectly reasonable for a national speed limit piece of road...so you go to overtake where its clear and they speed up.....only to slow down again immediately after! Other drivers are what ruins driving tbh, its much nicer at ~11pm when theres barely anyone on the road!
I'd say you probably had a pretty poor teacher tbh Ben, some obviously just teach purely for the test. My instructor taught a lot of extra stuff....but then we had plenty of time due to where I live...wasted an hour every lesson on the same road as there's only one between my village and town lol.
And as for many tests, one of my mates from school passed on his 9th test.... But he'd been driving on private ground for years so was determined to pass eventually lol.
(14-10-2013, 10:59 PM)rtha6551 Wrote: You can be as safe and careful as you want but then youve got to look out for the other idiots on the road -.-
This is THE biggest issue with driving. Operating a car isn't difficult. Negotiating roads/corners/spacial awareness isn't difficult. Whats difficult is judging what the other people are doing - a lot don't bother with indicators, a lot don't bother chosing a lane until the last minute where they dive across and expect you to let them in, several cant negotiate corners where theres two lanes of traffic in one direction again expecting you to brake to avoid scraping the side of their car and then you get the ~80% of people that can't understand give way lines and cut you up.... Oh and then theres always those that believe 30mph is perfectly reasonable for a national speed limit piece of road...so you go to overtake where its clear and they speed up.....only to slow down again immediately after! Other drivers are what ruins driving tbh, its much nicer at ~11pm when theres barely anyone on the road!