James wrote:My thoughts were that if there is evidence to suggest that lives could be saved by a zero alcohol policy then why not adopt it no matter length of licence held, as it may save more lives!
crr003 wrote:James wrote:My thoughts were that if there is evidence to suggest that lives could be saved by a zero alcohol policy then why not adopt it no matter length of licence held, as it may save more lives!
I wonder how it would work. You have three or four pints of ESB on a Friday night. Can you (legally) drive Saturday morning? Sunday morning? Monday morning? When does your body clear out the alcohol? Maybe a good market for alcohol testers.
ROG wrote:there is a formula for how long it takes to purge the body
jasonh wrote:Everyone knows stories of someone failing a breath test when they expected to be OK
Susie wrote:For the full report rather than a bit of BBC-style reporting which only touches upon the subject, you can read it by clicking here:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/p ... 5/355i.pdf
steev wrote:In reality yes you can pass your test at 17, and lots of people do. However, other than the odd few that pass on the day of their 17th due to some astute planning and off road training most are well on the way to being 18 when the do pass.
My guess would be that we may have a half house solution where you can learn to drive at 17 but not take a test until 18.
steev wrote:As for education in schools - I have been offering this for over 1 year now and schools don't even bother to reply despite the fact I make it very clear that I'll do it FREE and without any commercial slant, even offering them transcripts of the talk and a copy of the presentation.
steev wrote:My PERSONAL view is that we should have an 'L' test, then a short time later - say 3 months, have another test. This would give a real incentive to keep good standards (hopefully forming good habits that may stick for life) and perhaps even seek additional training from a recognised source - IAM, RoSPA or dare I suggest ADI ?
steev wrote:My PERSONAL view is that we should have an 'L' test, then a short time later - say 3 months, have another test.
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