Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Make the driving test: [a] much harder (already being fiddled with), a five or ten year repeat event, and [c] graded from sub-litre size cars, through 1 - 2 litre, to 2.0 litre plus. Insurance companies do it, why not DSA? That would be a good incentive to learn more and move up a grade or two. (hides from missiles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 I dont know about you but the faster I drive the more I concentrate and therefore the safer I am! There you go sorted it speed is safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 the idea that the government would like us all to use public transport more is a classic piece of new labour spin! if everyone left thier car in the garage and used public transport 2 things would happen, first the system would collapse because it is poorly run and second it would collapse from lack of cash from the £36 billion contribution from the motorists and road haulage! it is just an excuse to tax the motorist, nothing more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_m Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 Bit O/T really but I've just renewed my tin top car insurance and all the Insurance companies are now asking if I have any recognised advanced driver training. A couple of years ago only 1 out of 5 companies were asking this but today all 5 or so companies asked this question and all were willing to give a discount based on advanced training. I guess if Insurance companies have finally recognised that training is a key factor in risk then the govt won't be far behind, especially if they can charge more for the training ! Interestingly none of them were too bothered about speeding convictions, one lady I spoke to said that almost everybody she speaks to has at least one SP30 fixed penalty. If a couple of SP's doesn't affect the premium by more than 10% (probably half of that is oportunitistic profiteering) then Insurance companies can't see moderate speeding as significantly increasing the risk, therefore moderate speeding doesn't increase the liklehood of an accident - contrary to what the Scamera Partnerships claim. (I'm not talking about 90mph down the local high street ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v7slr Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 I wonder if they'd take a few signatures on your RAC licence as "advanced driver training"..?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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