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jjsaul:
As someone who in 5 yrs of driving has done car, trailer and lgv tests, I don't think the current car driving test goes anywhere near to people being able to actually 'drive' a car. It simply seems to test their ability to operate the controls in a safe manner.
Admittedly this opens up a minefield of costs etc but making people experience a car on a skidpan, or the lack of visibility from larger vehicles etc etc might hopefully make some of them at least think a bit more about what everyone else on the road is up to, and also learn a bit more about dynamic vehicle control.
I'm lucky in that i've had many opportunities to do a lot of driving in different vehicles in varying conditions, and it all adds to the knowledge and experience required for driving. It just scares me when I realise that half my contemporaries (when i'm sat shotgun with them) fail to notice things and react accordingly in good time then it all comes as a shock when someone pulls out,...when will they teach people to look past the end of the bonnet?!

Just my 2p worth...

SteveGoodz:

--- Quote from: landmannnn on June 30, 2010, 19:34:08 ---Are you sure?  I heard road deaths were 2200 last year compared to over 4000 in the early 90's.
Probably more down to abs and airbags than petty speed controls

--- End quote ---

Yes, I'm sure. The Government's own statistics show a fairly constant figure around the 3500 KSI mark. Some years have been a bit better and some worse.

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