Even the wreckless young drivers THINK they are safe. The trouble is - define safe? Drive like on a lesson or test, and you'll probably have countless accidents, yet that method is slower and more cautious.
I dont know if this is true, but i also read that the test is changing slightly too. There are adding night driving and motorway driving. ill try get a source(sure it was newspaper)..
"Elderly people are five times more likely to have an accident than their grandchildren"
And there have been cases were pensioners have driven Ford Fiestas into the sea. I must admit that is the right place for the fiesta, but at least don't plunge into the sea with yourself in it!
hmm..sucks to be you guys...in US we can get our permit at 15 and a half and get our license at 16..but if we wait till we are 18 we dont have to get our permit we can go straight to our license.
ehhh..yeah somewhat..They need to make them harder really (after I take my test) because theres people that everyday at my school that pretty much get into wrecks...They'll let anyone drive nowadays..
I'm not necessarily opposed to the relatively low driving age in most US states, but the tests need to be much more difficult. Starting the instruction process at 15 and getting two years of thorough training for a license at 17 or 17 1/2 seems reasonable, but the whole process needs to be overhauled.
The current system is an absolute joke and the scumbags who passed the legislation saying it is sufficient to produce competent drivers should be removed from office.
My road test took less than three minutes. The instructor told me to get in and start the car, so that I could prove that I knew that the car had to be in Park in order to start (they strongly recommend using an auto for the test. Standard transmissions are too difficult, you see). Then he got out and stood at the back to make sure I knew how to use my turn signals. He got back in and we pulled onto a 45-mph two-lane residential road from the parking lot, then took a right at the next light. On this road I had to brake hard to avoid an imaginary obstacle. The ABS didn't even come on. Then we continued on down this road for two minutes or so until it looped back around to the parking lot, where I had to demonstrate my top-notch parking skills.
That's it. That's the whole driving test.
The written part (actually computerized, just touch a screen) was only 30 questions, and consisted of gems such as "what is indicated by a red octagonal sign with white letters?"
A) Yield
B) Stop
C) Speed Limit
D) No Passing Zone"
The standard of driving for many people in this area is at times just plain scary. Turn signals are used very irregularly and can never be relied upon. A significant portion of drivers don't understand how mirrors function, and so angle them so they can admire their own faces rather than look around. Appropriate following distance? HA! Why do that when I can get to my destination one second faster! I don't need two hands to drive, so I should text and talk on my goddamned phone instead of focusing on the road while drifting across lanes going 50mph in a 35 zone! I don't need headlights when it's dark out either, everyone else should have to avoid my nearly invisible vehicle! I just don't need to pay attention because surely everyone else will take care of it for me. The plastic bullshit I'm about to buy at Wal-Mart is clearly more important than the safety of everyone else on the road. If I am involved in an accident, it's everyone's fault but my own! GO AMERICA!
