Driving skills

Posted by: muckypaws

19th May 2014 12:52pm

OK who is with me on this one? In my opinion, the Government should make it compulsary for all new drivers to go through a Defensive Driving Course suplimented by the government prior to moving to the next stage of their licence process. With luck this should eliminate some stupid accidents occuring on our roads as of late.

lmewburn

4th Feb 2015 04:57pm

In total agreement. I worked for a company back in the 80's and they put all company car drivers through an advanced and defensive driving course which was undertaken at GMH's Lang Lang proving ground this was the best thing they ever did and it certainly showed the very confident younger drivers that in fact they were nowhere near as skilful behind the wheel as they thought they were. The companies accident claims fell sharply after this training and why it is not compulsory for all new drivers is beyond me, because from where I sit as a driver covering 50-60,000k per year the current scheme of parents teaching their children how to drive is a complete failure as I have lost count of the times I see L plate drivers sitting in right hand lanes on motorways, exceeding the posted speed limits, driving straight through stop signs all because that is what Mum & Dad do these days and a high percentage of these learners have Mum or Dad beside either talking on the phone or head down texting a great example and we wonder why the young drivers are doing the same, sorry but bad habits are witnessed most of the time and Parents really need to set a good example

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