13-10-2013, 07:41 AM
Vaughan, go and learn to math.
As ever the proposed plans have been misreported, if you look at the original proposal it's not completely idiotic. The curfew thing is bloody daft though, most of my friends learnt to drive when they did because it afforded them a new level of freedom, banging a curfew on it would take that away, i suspect everyone at that age would end up on scooters/bikes instead. Best way to improve driving standards imo would be to toughen up the regulations on instructors, some of the ones round my way are worse than useless. Last week I watched one lady in a mini direct her pupil the wrong way round a roundabout because traffic was blocking her path...
As ever the proposed plans have been misreported, if you look at the original proposal it's not completely idiotic. The curfew thing is bloody daft though, most of my friends learnt to drive when they did because it afforded them a new level of freedom, banging a curfew on it would take that away, i suspect everyone at that age would end up on scooters/bikes instead. Best way to improve driving standards imo would be to toughen up the regulations on instructors, some of the ones round my way are worse than useless. Last week I watched one lady in a mini direct her pupil the wrong way round a roundabout because traffic was blocking her path...