by Laurence Jacquemin » Mon Feb 22, 2016 6:57 pm
Agree with waremark, I did not select driver education as it is not directly driver education (which to me means driving lesson) causing the problems it is learner drivers have had 17 years of bad habits built into their head from seeing parents speeding, people jumping red lights to the driving test just being seen as a hurdle to over come and once passed you can speed jump light and such like, just don't get caught.
To combat this more education in schools is needed, as well as possible restrictions for a new driver or raised age for learning, as the risk area of humans brain is not fully until mid twenties. So perhaps something like getting a provisional at 17 but you can't take a test until you have driven for over a year or are 18. Also the current set of drivers need to be re-educated, with more policing of the roads and/or stricter fines, for example an instant ban if caught using a mobile while driving. Re-testing every 10 years could also help, but would be very hard to implement.
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