brianhaddon wrote:Perhaps we should put our own ideas here and present them to the government. For a start what would be your aim? If you were to change the test what changes would you make? Do you think that speed limits are a good tool?
Gareth wrote:Surely the starting point is to identify the problem ... so with approx 3000 deaths per year, how many million miles per death? How are the deaths distributed, in terms of circumstances? How many millions of miles per death for each category? I'm thinking, for example, motorways, rural primary, rural non-primary, and urban, might be possible categories. Then we need to ask what are acceptable levels given the utility that motorised mobility gives. And then when we have identified the problem we want to fix, we can consider the impact of proposed changes - is the impact to the benefits worth the expected improvement.
Gareth wrote:brianhaddon wrote:Perhaps we should put our own ideas here and present them to the government. For a start what would be your aim? If you were to change the test what changes would you make? Do you think that speed limits are a good tool?
Surely the starting point is to identify the problem ... so with approx 3000 deaths per year, how many million miles per death? How are the deaths distributed, in terms of circumstances? How many millions of miles per death for each category? I'm thinking, for example, motorways, rural primary, rural non-primary, and urban, might be possible categories. Then we need to ask what are acceptable levels given the utility that motorised mobility gives. And then when we have identified the problem we want to fix, we can consider the impact of proposed changes - is the impact to the benefits worth the expected improvement.
ROG wrote:2 - Is the new pre-qualification course which is likely to be an 'option' of the school curriculum a good idea![]()
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5 - Have they missed out on any ideas which you would like to see included![]()
Oh yes. They totally missed compulsory post test training and/or periodic assessments.
waremark wrote:This indicates the thinking of the current government, but it is a consultation document. Do you think the next government will implement the proposals as they stand?
waremark wrote:I think the vision should be to reasonably balance safety with the interests of an efficient transport system and of the enjoyment of recreational road users.
waremark wrote:One interesting point which I learned from the consultation document is that ESP systems are to be required to be fitted to all new cars throughout the EU 'progressively from 2011'. This I welcome.
Custom24 wrote:waremark wrote:I think the vision should be to reasonably balance safety with the interests of an efficient transport system and of the enjoyment of recreational road users.
I agree, although I would argue all road users, not just recreational.
MGF wrote:We need to be careful of chasing the first place position as we need to think about the means rather then the ends although politically it is a very attractive goal.
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