christopherwk wrote:Also another idea, say if you pass the standard driving test, your licence will be valid for 3 years, before you have to take another driving test. If you pass an advanced driving test (IAM/RoSPA etc), then perhaps the time your licence will be valid will be longer due to the advanced nature of the test, say 5 years?
ipsg.glf wrote:How much will all of this cost? Let's say £100m
Would that £100m be better spent on:
Targeted Problem Drivers - Insurance companies know who are responsible for collisions (their NCB directly reflects that) - If you have had one at-fault collision, aren't you more likely to more soon thereafter? These are the drivers we should be concentrating on.
To spend £100m on drivers who are not causing collisions is, IMHO, simply absurd.
I vote No and No on both counts.
Gill Taxis wrote:Well I don't know if it would cost 100 million pounds !
( Oh you mean by the time you pay the politicians wages then yes )
I can see that you priorities other issues above this, so be it.....that is your decision.
Gill Taxis wrote:So you don't think road safety is priority ?
So you don't think that by educating people in the use of probably the most dangerous thing apart from "firing a gun direct at a person" is not priority ? OK/.....Let the fools drive around....un-educated in the skills available to them.....Let them believe 35 is OK to to do in a 30mph area......let the man that has restricted sight and can not see much drive on our roads......Why should we let them ? cos they have driven years and years..thats right ( let them fall into a system of habit )/....Get every one tested...the government has room to improve road safety and YES the funds as well. It Will never cost 100m pounds to enforce it will actually give instructors and examiners more work and RAISE THE STANDARDS ON BRITISH ROADS.
Gill Taxis wrote:So hold on...lets get down to basics here ! are you saying road safety is out of the question ? And is all drivers qualified enough to to be safe on the roads ?
Gill Taxis wrote:100million....LOL...
Give instructors the right to re-assess the ability of a driver ,,,simply book an appointment and they will assess the pupil at the cost of the driver.
THIS IS A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION
If you can not drive a car correct you can KILL other road users.
It is a dangerous activity in the hands of an un-trained or undereducated individual.
Whats wrong with you lot ? This is our lives at risk and our kids and generations to be....
GET the road standards raised now....Stop been silly.
Steve
Gill Taxis wrote:ipsg.glf wrote:How much will all of this cost? Let's say £100m
Would that £100m be better spent on:
Targeted Problem Drivers - Insurance companies know who are responsible for collisions (their NCB directly reflects that) - If you have had one at-fault collision, aren't you more likely to more soon thereafter? These are the drivers we should be concentrating on.
To spend £100m on drivers who are not causing collisions is, IMHO, simply absurd.
I vote No and No on both counts.
Well I don't know if it would cost 100 million pounds !
( Oh you mean by the time you pay the politicians wages then yes )
I can see that you priorities other issues above this, so be it.....that is your decision.
So you don't think road safety is priority ?
So you don't think that by educating people in the use of probably the most dangerous thing apart from "firing a gun direct at a person" is not priority ?
OK/.....Let the fools drive around....un-educated in the skills available to them.....
Let them believe 35 is OK to to do in a 30mph area......let the man that has restricted sight and can not see much drive on our roads......
Why should we let them ? cos they have driven years and years..thats right ( let them fall into a system of habit )/....
B******S
Get every one tested...the government has room to improve road safety and YES the funds as well.
It Will never cost 100m pounds to enforce it will actually give instructors and examiners more work and RAISE THE STANDARDS ON BRITISH ROADS.
So hold on...lets get down to basics here ! are you saying road safety is out of the question ? And is all drivers qualified enough to to be safe on the roads ?
The government blows millions on silly ideas everyday so why not spend a few quid on preserving life on roads when the chance of been killed by the mistake of an idiot behind the wheel of a car is massive ?
100million....LOL...
Give instructors the right to re-assess the ability of a driver ,,,simply book an appointment and they will assess the pupil at the cost of the driver.
THIS IS A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION
If you can not drive a car correct you can KILL other road users.
It is a dangerous activity in the hands of an un-trained or undereducated individual.
Whats wrong with you lot ? This is our lives at risk and our kids and generations to be....
GET the road standards raised now....Stop been silly.
Steve
ipsg.glf wrote:Put simply I do not understand why you think it is a priority to target all drivers for additional training when we need to focus on those drivers that are actually causing collisions.
Gill Taxis wrote:Hello this site is an official petition site if you do not know about it please book mark it.
Petitions have long been sent to the Prime Minister by post or delivered to the Number 10 door in person. You can now both create and sign petitions on this website too, giving you the opportunity to reach a potentially wider audience and to deliver your petition directly to Downing Street.
I feel quite strongly about the two petitions below, If you feel that they are correct and feesable please sign the petition. It takes a few mins thats all.
I do not think the petitions are noticed on the site so feel free to spread the word and get these subjects noticed.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/recurring/
AND
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/betterdrivers/
Steve
Gromit37 wrote:ipsg.glf, I do not follow your logic. It seems you think it is only a small percentage of the UK drivers that repeatedly have accidents, and therefore only they need education.
In fact, while there are repeat offenders, every day, somebody is having their first (and perhaps only) 'accident'. It may be a BIG accident, it may not, but targeting only the repeat offenders is not going to solve the problem for the vast majority.
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