djparkin wrote:Would you let your son or daughter take driving lessons on private land with a ADI instructor even before they have reached 17?
Let me know what you thing. Maybe give for and against.
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IVORTHE DRIVER wrote:....Am I right in thinking that in the states Schools operate a young driver scheme, teaching kids from 14-15?...
waremark wrote:Neil Greig, Director of Policy and Research at the IAM, quoted in last week's Autocar, when asked what he would do if he were Transport Minister for the day, said the following. Thankfully, he took the opportunity to advocate more and better driver education. On new driver education:
"I would start young with consistent road safety education in the curriculum. Then I would give all 15 and 16 year olds a chance behind the wheel in a safe environment to deal with the basics of car control and have their early attitude to safety assessed. This would give much more time at 17 to build experience on a wide variety of roads, including motorways - where learners would be permitted - and night driving in the countryside. Currently, we don't include 60 mph roads in the test, so I'd change that immediately as well.
To counter the high risk of a crash in the first six months of driving, I would bring in a new licensing system with three interventions in the first year. These would look at attitudes, bad habits and eco driving and train new skills such as skid control. There would not be any restrictions on night driving, car size or passenger numbers, as I believe these limt opportunities to learn."
waremark wrote:Neil Greig wrote:Currently, we don't include 60 mph roads in the test, so I'd change that immediately as well.
crr003 wrote:waremark wrote:Neil Greig wrote:Currently, we don't include 60 mph roads in the test, so I'd change that immediately as well.
Well I know the councils are doing their "best" to remove NSL/60 roads, but I didn't realise it had gone this far!
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