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Range Rover Blues:
If I had my way we'd all be retested very 5 years or so.  I wouldn't make the existing test harder (as it's rumoured to become) that's pointless.  Longer yes, but not harder.

The problem is that young persons stop driving the way they were taught the moment their mates see them (and take the p**).  What we need to do is make it more important to practice the driving skills that cost so much to learn, so I would have all newly quailified drivers re-tested after a certain period.

Between the first and second tests they should carry P plates, like in other countries.  Try getting insured on a Porche as a probationary driver.

Anyone failing their statutory retest would become a P driver with 12 months to pass, otherwise you'd have so many sods moaning that they will loose their job without a licence, even though they aren't fit to hold one.

Anyone wanting points taken off their licence should also have to take the test.

Right, now you're all going to argue "but how would I drive my......."

YOU DON'T, the rules are there as thet stand, if they are changed you have to abide by them.  If you want a bigger car, prove you can handle it, if you can, it will be cheaper to run.

Some of the spin-off benifits from retesting, which already happen in the 'states

Compulsory eye-test on the spot before the licence is re-issued

The photo on your licence WILL be you, take the picture in the test centre.  No more forgeries, no more stand-ins taking driving tests for other people.

Drivers will have to keep their skills up to date, or pay me a lot of money to cure their bad habbits.

Some of the w***ers on the road might be a tad more sympathetic to student drivers.

If you want to insure a hoofing big people carrier, your insurance company might be 'interested' to know what you drove for your retest.


It'll never happen mind, not unless you all vote for me :wink:

Rich_P:
There are some flaws with what you say there though, as much as I hate to say it.

An example of a situation:

Have you driven a Series?  I personally would like to see someone drive a Series, especially a 2A or earlier vehicle how you're supposed to drive for the test.  Feeding the wheels through your hands at slow speeds such as when turning around is almost impossible in many cases.  You have to heave the wheel round.

Although I clearly understand your overall point, in some cases it wouldn't quite work all that well.  But no plan is absolutely perfect...

Range Rover Blues:
But the test is not that strict, you have to be 'in proper control'.  However feeding the wheel is commonly accepted as the best method of moving the wheel quickly and under full control.

You would also struggle with the turn in the road manouvre and possibly reverse parking.

But then you want to drive this on public roads, it's down to the examiner to judge whether you can do that safely and asking you to a number of manouvres is one of the ways he does this, the locations chosen should reflect the vehicle in question.

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