That’s why there are 3 mirrors so that you can see what is coming up behind you. Remember – mirror, signal and if clear execute.
A competent driver should not only know what is ahead but also know what is coming up behind.
Old Drivers
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A competent driver should not only know what is ahead but also know what is coming up behind.
The same criticisms and negativity were probably levelled at the Fisher Education Act of 1918, which saw compulsory education for all children.
If you want something to happen, and it's for the good of all, you can make things happen.
The cost will be a lot less than going to war, and in this case will actually save, not end lives.
if you had said "Know Your Limitations" would have asked fer yer autograph.
Ok, go on, tell me why!
summat "Clint Eastwood used to say in his early films.Ok, go on, tell me why!
though he wasn't driving lol
goverment figures show that one third of road deaths involing a car a driven by 17-25 year old driver .this age group acounts for 1 in eight licence holders.so were the blame lies is not just with young drivers what about the other two thirds of deaths.young drivers are being target as i have said before in my opinion because it is a easey way for the goverment to take volume of traffic of the roads in years to come thats why test are becoming harder thats why lessons are more expensive.NOT ALL YOUNG ONES ARE BAD
heh, your figures are a bit out, ABI2006 puts number of private car owners as 25 million. It would not be unheard of to improve things that some people feel are too 'hard' .
Even taking this number 25million = 5 M/year across the 370 test centres = 40 tests per day extra. or at 45 mins each 5 extra examiners/centre. Not exactly unachieveable now is it. You would probably save nearly 5 people (traffic plod/nurses/doctors/ambulance/recovery drivers/insurance assessors) each day in reduced accidents etc.
See, think things through and its not that hard to come up with workable solutions.
Got to agree mallard, did the same thing myself, still have a full licence but wild horses would not get me behind a steering wheel again. Not only do I not drive I feel unsafe with other drivers, everyone drives far to fast for safety these days.
My figures were conservative so as not to weight my point in favour of it. My original guesstimate was 20 million full driving license holders.
I’m assuming that your figure of 370 test centres is a correct one so 5,000,000 extra re-tests would mean 13,513 per centre. Ignoring Sundays and Bank Holidays that would be about 310 days per year or 44 re-tests per day per centre. Even if a re-test took 45 minutes there would still be some 15 minutes ‘change over’ time. Even examiners are entitled to a break - by law.
However all that apart how long would it take to train 1,850 extra examiners to the required standard? It certainly couldn’t be done in a few months. More like a few years. How much does an examiner earn? Well it is advertised that a driving instructor can earn £30K so taking that as a yardstick it would cost a minimum of over half a billion quid just to provide the extra examiners not forgetting the cost of the test centres expansion to cope with the extra staff. I doubt if you would get much change out of TWO BILLION QUID.
It all sounds nice in theory but the reality of the situation is that it would be too expensive to set up even if the incompetent civil servants could actually do so without cocking things up.
I reckon the government would rather keep on increasing the duty on fuel and Road Fund License and price many drivers off the road that way. Fewer cars, fewer accidents.
I work on the road and it is mainly Mr BMW or Mr merc that seem to think that they have right of way over everyone. Old drivers are a pain as they trundle along at 20-25 in a 30 area and 40 on a dual carriage way. Alot dont even notice me in my big bright yellow and red van.
Just because a road sign shows 30, 40, 50, 60 or 70 mph it doesn’t mean that everyone has to dash along at that speed. The road sign is a SPEED LIMIT meaning that you must not exceed that limit and that means that you can travel at any speed UNDER that limit subject to the road conditions.
I find that Mr BMW and Mr Merc, as you put it, have more respect for their vehicles to try and force their right of way. It is silly to generalise a driver by the car he drives but if you must go down that road then I would suggest that most 4 x 4 drivers are the ones who are pushy.
Drivers in vans of any colour are the real pain in the butt. They hurtle around as if they own the road and try to push the car in front to go faster by tailgating.
I'm sorry my actions have brought you distress, but my feet cannot join in the queue.
I'm afraid I have problems with getting around-I'm not quick and lively like you.
It takes me some time to get anything done, which is why I'm not shopping at dawn.
I do hope one day yo'ure not in the 'same boat', otherwise you'll be feeling forlorn.
Just try to have patience with people like me, we'd all like our health in full bloom, It's not like we are pushing to get way ahead.
We just need a little more room. Mrs A Samuels.
Enfield, Middlesex. via Daily Mail.
I agree with Jambutty, retesting is impracticlal, I think that people over a certain age should look at themselves and ask the question "am I fit to drive" or better stile a close relative should ask. My Father was over 80 and I had to tell him to call it a day before he killed himself or caused anaccident, he took my advice.
Some people might not have concerned relatives, or even if they do, choose to ignore their advice.