Raise the age of driving to 18

[Daniel]

Young drivers are already restricted to small engined cars because they can't afford to be insured on anything bigger.

Personally I think that driving lessons should be cheaper but you should have more of them. Because they are so expensive, it encourages people to have as few as possible.

The driving test should also be changed. They should be more specific and consistent over what is a the difference between a minor fault and serious fault, whilst implementing night driving and motorway driving on the test. Some kind of personality test should be involved as well.

But on a slightly different note I don't see where the issue really is. Why is our government so anti-driving and why does the media make us feel like our roads are so dangerous.

THE FACT IS, OUR ROADS ARE PROBABLY THE SAFEST IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD!!!!

http://www.abd.org.uk/safest_roads.htm

Road fatalities per 100,000 population

France 14.4
Italy 11
Germany 9.5
UK 5.9



Motorways — Deaths per billion vehicle-km.

Italy 12.8
France 5.4
Germany 4.5
UK 2 (thats right,2!!)



Motorway usage
(Average daily vehicle flow)

UK 64,900
Germany 45,800
France 29,400
Italy 26,000



A-class roads — deaths per billion vehicle-km

France 20.6
Germany 19.5
United Kingdom 6.2



A-class roads usage

UK 17,200
France 10,100
Germany 9,500

I agree Something needs to be done about people's attitudes because 2 deaths per billion vehicle km is 2 too many so to speak but I think you won't get the road toll down much further though.