Government slammed over road safety response

The increase in the number of "Speed "cameras has not reduced dangerous and careless driving,

active and positive i patrols will modify careless and dangerous driving , the emphasis in cutting Police expenditure means that there is few designated Traffic Officers with the skills and experience

to concentrate solely on traffic , "Speed" cameras are purely cash cows .

i would have new drivers 17 to 21  restricted to cars of no more that 1000cc and not allow them to have any passengers at night unless it is with an adult of 25 with at least three years full licence, Then they would sit a further exam 21 to 25 year olds for a car of no more that 1400 cc uncharged  

Also they would have to show a  (R) Restricted plate with max cc written on it on both licences.

Double the fines for any infringements, (as they are allowed to do on the continent)

 But this would no doubt infringe there so called Human Rights and the corrupt Polit Euro would order us to change the law back to the slaughter house it is now

So the Government cannot win

In any situation, there is always a sweeping and totally inaccurate statement made as a headline. In this instance it is `The most dangerous places to drive in Britain.'

The danger comes from inexperience, not location. The time to brake is when the traffic half a mile away, brakes, not the vehicle in front.

Spacial awareness seems to be non existent. I would like the test to include an understanding of steering geometry. That way drivers would realise that the back wheels do not follow the front ones during turning and the way to turn correctly is to drive slightly beyond the obstacle and `swing' the front end round thus ensuring the back wheels do not cross the pavement and endanger pedestrians. Instead, we have drivers moving to the middle of the road before a manoeuver. Right hand turns invariably involve the wrong side of the road, but one of the most dangerous manoeuvers occurs on a dual carriageway when traversing a roundabout. Drivers in the inside lane feel obliged to cross to adjacent the roundabout and back again. Where do they expect the traffic in the outside lane to disappear to. It's simple, two lanes on the carriageway, two lanes round the roundabout. If you can't handle that, then buy a car you CAN handle

@ Ian Halliwell. Thank you for your inane comment, I take it you have Never had to deal with a RTA as the result of young drivers.

Now crawl back into the crash site you managed to extract yourself from and stay there until you can perhaps grow up and learn a little of life.