Knew it would get me in trouble.......
- Thread starter jaypers777
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Couldn't agree more!! Unfortunately you're always going to get bigoted people that fail to remember how it was when they were a young driver. Everyone did things as a younger driver that they wouldn't do now. I think this and I'm 22.
ads.lawrence
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Maybe making the test more stringent would help but making motorway driving compulsory is impossible with certain parts of the country hours of driving away from the nearest stretch.
I think the problem lies in people's perceived threat and that the current system relies on 'right of way' with drivers ever so safe sitting in high tech cars full of safety features. If everybody took Compulsory Basic Training on a scooter as part of the driving test they'd be better able to read the road and more aware through self preservation.
Anecdotal but I remember a suggestion that one way to tackle Road safety would be to remove signs and put a spike in the middle of steering wheels. It's an extreme extrapolation but from a sound basis.
Anyway I agree wholeheartedly that it is the general standard of driving that's the problem not necessarily speed, though it is a definite factor.
In my experience cameras are for revenue generation, I don't know the stats but it would be interesting to know the accident figures in Wiltshire, both before and after they turned off all static speed cameras.....
I think the problem lies in people's perceived threat and that the current system relies on 'right of way' with drivers ever so safe sitting in high tech cars full of safety features. If everybody took Compulsory Basic Training on a scooter as part of the driving test they'd be better able to read the road and more aware through self preservation.
Anecdotal but I remember a suggestion that one way to tackle Road safety would be to remove signs and put a spike in the middle of steering wheels. It's an extreme extrapolation but from a sound basis.
Anyway I agree wholeheartedly that it is the general standard of driving that's the problem not necessarily speed, though it is a definite factor.
In my experience cameras are for revenue generation, I don't know the stats but it would be interesting to know the accident figures in Wiltshire, both before and after they turned off all static speed cameras.....
Before I even started any driving lessons I took and passed my motorcycle test on a 50cc Honda scooter. Riding that around certainly makes you aware of the traffic. Some years ago I decided to buy a scooter, this time a 125cc Honda, to get to and from work and I went on a refresher course before riding it. It's certainly good experience for using the roads safely. Part of the problem with car driving these days that there are so many distractions in a modern car, Sat/Nav, radio, mobile phone (even if it's not hand-held). Too many things not actually related to driving the car. How often do you follow another driver only to see the driver constantly turning his or her head to look at their passenger when they are obviously talking to them.
