Driving tests' are getting harder

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Tougher Tests For Young
Updated: 08:14, Tuesday January 02, 2007


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Young people could soon find themselves facing tougher driving tests - and they may have to learn about driving in new school lessons.

The Government wants to make a certain level of formal training compulsory before taking the test.

And some form of education in driving may become part of the school curriculum.

Road standards minister Stephen Ladyman said the current system was flawed.

It allowed would-be drivers to pass the test without developing a proper sense of road safety.

He told The Times: "We've developed this attitude that you first learn to pass the test, and then you learn to drive."

The Driving Standards Agency is understood to be looking at the Swedish system, under which young people accumulate 120 hours of driver training before taking their test.

Also under consideration is the possibility of expanding the current 40-minute practical test.

In future it could cover a wider range of skills, including night-driving and the use of different types of road.

Government research reveals that young males have the best pass rates in the driving test despite being the most dangerous drivers once they pass.

Male drivers aged 17-20 are almost 10 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured behind the wheel than men aged 40-59.


http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-13559773,00.html
 
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i think its kinda better in that way cuz then there will be more practice, lessons n pples will learn to drive better so they will prevent any type of accidents than an simple n easy driving test
 
I'm glad I've passed mine :D but a year before I passed it there was no such thing as the hazard perception theory test so things change very quickly. I just hope I don't lose all my points and have to go through the whole thing again :skeleton:

I don't think a lack of education is the problem in driving. There's alot of guys my age that speed to give them an image. They try to impress girls in a dangerous manner. What I do find funny though is these people putting a spoiler, speeding, dressing up their Corsa or Ford Fiesta as a sports car lol
 
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Yeah apparently the hazard thing is really stoopid, pathetic and annoying :D

Ahh man....!!
 
salam

my mum was telling me about this earlier today. they're always saying things about the driving age and tests etc.
i've got 10 months till i'm 17 so i can drive, and the closer to 17 i've got, the more 'issues' there are about driving!!!
remember they were saying they want to move the age up to 18 or 19, i asked an instructor and he laughed! he said it was just rumours that have been going on for years.

wslm
 
The hazard perception was the hardest step in the test. I'm not I could pass that again despite being on the road for the past 2 years.
I agree with you.... STOOOOOOOOOPID :blind:
 
If you were a Muslim i wudv'e taught you a good way of passing without trying, ahh nevamind...you loss *ahem*

MaArya i heard dah too :|

Tc bro
 
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Maarya said:
salam

my mum was telling me about this earlier today. they're always saying things about the driving age and tests etc.
i've got 10 months till i'm 17 so i can drive, and the closer to 17 i've got, the more 'issues' there are about driving!!!
remember they were saying they want to move the age up to 18 or 19, i asked an instructor and he laughed! he said it was just rumours that have been going on for years.

wslm
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There are too many cars on the road so the government are doing their best to keep cars off the road. They're supposedly drawing up plans to make drivers pay to use the roads. A certain amount every mile. It's STOOOOOOOOPID. :rollseyes
 
tasmiyah_B said:
If you were a Muslim i wudv'e taught you a good way of passing without trying, ahh nevamind...you loss *ahem*

Marya i heard dah too :|

Tc bro
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I don't need to know :p So there! The only way I'd need to is if I lost my licence but I won't because I'm aware of the consequences.

Blackmail lol
 
i never once blackmailed...jeeeez, i was jus saying init.

so there x infinity!
 
England said:
There are too many cars on the road so the government are doing their best to keep cars off the road. They're supposedly drawing up plans to make drivers pay to use the roads. A certain amount every mile. It's STOOOOOOOOPID. :rollseyes
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you're right. it is very stupid!!
 
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*notices the image in this article has been limited. Perhaps with it being a blonde lady*
 
right when im old enough to get my license the make it harder , how great:mmokay:
 
It's only the hazard perception that is a problem. Everything else is easy. I paid £530 for week crash course, failed my first test, passed the 2nd with flying colours. At the moment the driving isn't much of a problem but it's recommended people to get in it before it gets harder and harder. When I pass my joinery/carpenter course it's going to be VERY useful.
 
Do you have to pump up a tyre? during the test,

I dun wna do it! If you do!
 

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