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Should Driving Lessons Be Made More Simple

By Alexander Mason

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Published: 30Jul2010
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As a society, we have become safety mad. The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) has doubled in size in the last ten years and the bill for companies and individuals to adhere to safety directives has increased proportionately.

Is this right? Whilst there can be no serious argument that living and working in a safe and secure environment is preferential, society as a whole seems to have got it into it's head that no one should ever be injured or killed ever - and damn the cost in making it so.

The fact of the matter is accidents do, and will, always happen. So rather than running the expense of a massive state led safety gestapo, it must surely be time to return to the days of self responsibility, taking account for our own health and safety.

To that extent, and as an example of how far we've gone in the UK on our paranoia of injury, learning to drive in the UK has evolved from what was a common sense driving test, to a written exam, hazard awareness test, car maintenance as well as a tightly marked practical examination.

Addressing the need to produce safe drivers surely has to be balanced against the cost of producing them. It is already an expensive exercise to learn to drive. Those doing so are also young, often not earning and are most likely the people least likely to be able to afford lessons.

Australia, in typical straight forward fashion, have a far more practical approach to keeping new drivers (and other road users safe) For the first two years after passing your test, you are required to show a bright green P (referred to as p plates) warning other drivers to be aware of potential inexperience showing through. The P in this case refers to the fact that a new driver is only given a provisional license until they are deemed experienced enough to be full drivers.

Now if we had low rates of accidents (the UK is relatively high in the EU) then the added costs of learning all those extra modules in the driving test would have a valid argument for their inclusion. But the fact of the matter is, the added costs of learning to drive are directly attributed to the the needs of the state run HSE (in association with the DVLA) which has license to print money for themselves by forcing drivers to sit (and pay for) all their additional testing. Call me cynical but it smells of another stealth tax rather than a concerned effort to make driving safer.

Experience is the only genuine way to become a better driver. Accidents will always happen and whilst unfortunate, is part of life. We are never going to eradicate this so let's cut out these needless costs.

If you are looking for affordable driving lessons in Derby, then check out the A38 driving school. Idealy suited to learner drivers or those needing a confidence boost. They also provide access to Polish speaking instructors.

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