24-07-2014, 08:01 AM
It's all down to the fact that in this country, driving is considered a right, not a privilege.
I personally take pride in my driving skill, but I know multiple people who simply cannot be bothered, they use cars to get from A to B. I personally don't think it should be allowed, the driving test needs to be vastly updated, I mean, they teach you to reverse around a corner, which yes shows car control, but people don't practice doing it, so they instantly lose the skill... Soon as people pass their tests, some people are too scared to parallel park, so they just don't do it... It needs to be vastly updated and tested on a regular basis IMHO - or at least some scheme of self improvement.
It winds me up that I'm considered the same in the eyes of insurance as your stereotypical lawyers tea boy in a financed up 116i who absolutely twats it everywhere but cannot drive for shit.
My other massive bugbear is people who drive into parking spaces - usually I try and explain why driving into a space is so vastly more dangerous (you've got to blindly reverse out - when you reverse in, you always have where you're looking towards the front and can see what's going on...) There's only one time people should be allowed to drive into spaces - that's supermarket carparks as then you can get into the boot to put your shopping in.
I personally take pride in my driving skill, but I know multiple people who simply cannot be bothered, they use cars to get from A to B. I personally don't think it should be allowed, the driving test needs to be vastly updated, I mean, they teach you to reverse around a corner, which yes shows car control, but people don't practice doing it, so they instantly lose the skill... Soon as people pass their tests, some people are too scared to parallel park, so they just don't do it... It needs to be vastly updated and tested on a regular basis IMHO - or at least some scheme of self improvement.
It winds me up that I'm considered the same in the eyes of insurance as your stereotypical lawyers tea boy in a financed up 116i who absolutely twats it everywhere but cannot drive for shit.
My other massive bugbear is people who drive into parking spaces - usually I try and explain why driving into a space is so vastly more dangerous (you've got to blindly reverse out - when you reverse in, you always have where you're looking towards the front and can see what's going on...) There's only one time people should be allowed to drive into spaces - that's supermarket carparks as then you can get into the boot to put your shopping in.
