[idi banashapan]

perhaps then, we should look at the quality and time we spend on learner drivers. perhaps if a law was brought in whereby a new driver cannot take any practical driving test within the first 40 hours of starting to drive. reduce the costs of the hourly rate as an across-the-board rule to ensure that the relative (i use the term loosely!) affordability of learning to drive is maintained. make the law for being allowed to drive more like the law for learning to fly, where one has to have a certain number of hours in control of a vehicle before one is allowed to 'go solo'. perhaps even introduce a 2 tier system for testing. the first test enables a driver on roads up to 40mph and the second, more advanced test 6 months after for roads up to motorway speeds and sizes.

as said, it's not the speed that is the problem. it's those who think they can either handle the speed, or are just idiots when behind the wheel. why punish everyone because of the few numpties out there and not even bother looking at the root causes?