Comments on: Driving Tests To Get Harder http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/01/02/driving-tests-to-get-harder/ Taking a different one on the news Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:01:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: John Pegg http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/01/02/driving-tests-to-get-harder/#comment-5257 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:38:10 +0000 http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/01/02/driving-tests-to-get-harder/#comment-5257 Maybe re-testing everyone every year would be a good idea? That would certainly get a few people worried! Would anyone out there pass their test if they had to do it again? Probably not, which is worrying considering that the driving test is the MINIMUM test of safety we have. If everyone drove to the current test standard wouldn't the roads be relaxing, unfortunately some people can't plan their lives properly, and think they should be able to do what THEY want in their speeding tonne or two of metal. Maybe re-testing everyone every year would be a good idea? That would certainly get a few people worried!

Would anyone out there pass their test if they had to do it again? Probably not, which is worrying considering that the driving test is the MINIMUM test of safety we have.

If everyone drove to the current test standard wouldn’t the roads be relaxing, unfortunately some people can’t plan their lives properly, and think they should be able to do what THEY want in their speeding tonne or two of metal.

]]> by: Matt Freeman http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/01/02/driving-tests-to-get-harder/#comment-2921 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:00:30 +0000 http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/01/02/driving-tests-to-get-harder/#comment-2921 Yes, make it harder! The number of people in London driving without a license, I read once, was estimated to be 1 in 5 or something. Giving the driving I have noticed, it feels like 1 in 3. Some more of what needs to be taught is expected rules of the road - for example, trying to do a three-point-turn in the middle of an A-road in Central London is just not on. My other favourite is that people seem to think that you can park anywhere, no matter how much you are blocking other people, if you've got your hazard lights on. Yes, make it harder!

The number of people in London driving without a license, I read once, was estimated to be 1 in 5 or something. Giving the driving I have noticed, it feels like 1 in 3.

Some more of what needs to be taught is expected rules of the road - for example, trying to do a three-point-turn in the middle of an A-road in Central London is just not on.

My other favourite is that people seem to think that you can park anywhere, no matter how much you are blocking other people, if you’ve got your hazard lights on.

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