The government is finally beginning to realise that having thousands of revenue-generators speed cameras does not really educate drivers. The new suggestions (from a think-tank, of course)Â are:
- lower the age at which you can start driving to 16,
- increase the number of lessons to around about 100 before the driving test can be taken,
- include night-time and motorway driving in the lessons.
Whilst I disagree with the number of lessons (100 x £20 = crapload of money for a 16 year old), I certainly agree with the principles. There are an obscene amount of drivers on the road who do not have a grasp of of even the basic principles of diving, e.g. indicating, lane positioning on roundabouts, hogging the middle lane, ad nauseum. Increased education can only be a good thing: lack of education is a cause of many ills in the world, but more on that in another post…
Unless, of course, the idea is to deny the use of cars to those who can’t afford it, but surely not 
