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8am BBC News, are going to be allowed on the UK Motorways! Is this safe?
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Almost every morning this week, there as been a serious accident on the M4 here in South Wales, and most occasions, its been due to serious driving errors.
Tailgating, not using lights or indicators, and driving far too fast. It seems to me that everybody needs to learn how to drive on Motorways, not just the newly qualified.
We have had poor visibility most of the week too, and yet there are still plenty of cars around with no lights on. Or, even worse, driving with just side-lights
( my pet hate ! )
People just don't seem to realise the difference between driving at 30-40 mph, and 70+.
Tailgating, not using lights or indicators, and driving far too fast. It seems to me that everybody needs to learn how to drive on Motorways, not just the newly qualified.
We have had poor visibility most of the week too, and yet there are still plenty of cars around with no lights on. Or, even worse, driving with just side-lights
( my pet hate ! )
People just don't seem to realise the difference between driving at 30-40 mph, and 70+.
Motorways are by far the safer road type when looking at fatal,accidents:
Although motorways carry around 21 per cent of traf c, they only account for 6 per cent of fatalities and 5 per cent of injured casualties.
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Although motorways carry around 21 per cent of traf c, they only account for 6 per cent of fatalities and 5 per cent of injured casualties.
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Ummm....yes, probably true. These bad habits are now ingrained in some people.
Another of my pets hates is people driving modern cars with DDL's......daylight driving lights, when they should be using their headlights. Most cars come with this facility now, but some people are unaware that while there are lights of some sort at the front, DDL's don't show from behind.....ie they are like sidelights on in the front only.
I have never really understood why DDL's only show at the front ?
Another of my pets hates is people driving modern cars with DDL's......daylight driving lights, when they should be using their headlights. Most cars come with this facility now, but some people are unaware that while there are lights of some sort at the front, DDL's don't show from behind.....ie they are like sidelights on in the front only.
I have never really understood why DDL's only show at the front ?
If they are learning in certain makes of cars, they would have to learn:
Do not use your indicators, stay in the third lane until 100 yards before your exit junction etc.
On a serious note, I think it's a good idea as long as they are supervised by a fully qualified instructor. They are already allowed on similar sorts of road, with 70 MPH speed limits. To be honest, they would probably go faster off the motorway!
Do not use your indicators, stay in the third lane until 100 yards before your exit junction etc.
On a serious note, I think it's a good idea as long as they are supervised by a fully qualified instructor. They are already allowed on similar sorts of road, with 70 MPH speed limits. To be honest, they would probably go faster off the motorway!
I've always found it wierd that there is an advanced level of driving. I passed the IAM test a long time ago and found it strange that there are so many simple techniques to make you and other road users safer drivers, that aren't taught as standard. Speed awareness courses are also useful for this.
The safest way for learners to be taught is in stages. Continue as it is at the moment but with night driving added which can be as frightening as motorway driving the first time it's tried. After the person has passed the written and practical test allow them to drive for a period to gain experience and confidence and then be taught with an instructor how to drive on motorways.
Talking of inexperienced drivers, Motorcyclists teach themselves and a large number of them should have their licences removed for a period of time if caught riding between lanes on Dual Carriageways or Motorways. I hardly think that a car driver in the smallest of vehicles would get away with such behaviour, just because there was a wide gap between lanes.
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