jont wrote:jbsportstech wrote:I have heard the discount for under 25's is going to be abolished as its ageist Its nothing to do with age its to do with accident statistics.
Maybe it should be changed to a discount for anyone doing IAM within (say) 5 years of passing their DSA test? That would avoid the ageist limit and probably not add significantly to the overall cost of a discounted scheme?
I'd heard that as well...the accusation was the Skill for Life U25 price was against anti-discrimination law but I believe that only applies to employment - there are loads of services that have differential pricing...bus ticket anyone? I think it's rubbish and if the discount were abolished it would be for financial reasons.
ROSPA is a different organisation and the advanced driving bit has even less media coverage than the IAM (and that's bad). The IAM rightly or wrongly are spending significant money on 'research and advocacy' via it's IAM Motoring Trust. Administering 7500 tests per year and 110,000 members must take a fair bit of man-hours. The IAM has many fingers in pies (and that may be wrong also) in 'promoting road safety' rather than the narrow 'administering the advanced driving test' that many think the IAM should stick to.
I don't know how ROSPA finances work - is ROADA self-sustaining or does it rely on subsidy from ROSPA?