The main problem as I see it is that driving lessons and the test itself is not good enough. How do you learn to use motorways properly when learner drivers are not allowed on them, or never getting to drive small back roads or driving in extreme weather conditions. When I did my lessons and test I never went outside an urban area!!
Then when I was let loose on my own for the first time it was one of the most scary experiences ever!! Here I was thinking i knew how to drive and learnt very quickly that experience is everything (i have never had an accident)
IMO the whole way of teaching people how to drive should be changed, it should take years to get a full licence not months and it should cover as much as possible. I know we don’t get a lot of snow in this country but there are snow making machines and plenty of empty airfields that would be fine to use in winter. The same airfields could be used to teach motorway driving and controlling a car in dangerous situations.
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