A serious suggestion for now...
Give drivers licenses a time limit - passing your test gives you permission to drive for five years, after which you need to re sit the test to prove your continued competence - so the pensioners who can hardly see and insist on heading out on a sunday for a nice wee drive and clogging up the roads driving at half the speed limit on clear, straight sections of the road you can safely drive double (though obviously we all stick religiously to the stated limit...).

My only regret is that this fails to curb arsehole drivers who will presumably reign themselves in for the hour of their test.
(442, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 10:42, 5 replies)

i find all this bile directed at drivers a bit confusing.
The UK has some of the the safest roads in the world
(benito vaselini no not that one, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 10:48, closed)

Come to think of it, you're right.
As annoying as driving in the UK can be -- I've never found it all that dangerous and most problems can be solved by allowing more time for journeys and relaxing a little more.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 18:48, closed)

Follow the Finnish
Make the driving test actually about driving, have tests on a skid pan etc.

Also limit the amount of power, hours you can drive etc until you have proved that your not a tit.

At this point I would like to say that I was a tit when I passed my test and it really hurts driving your car into a ditch at 80 tuts.
(BiggestNizzy your company name here pm for rates., Fri 23 Sep 2011, 11:05, closed)

Proven that my not a tit what?
(MayorBoris, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 10:43, closed)

Do you honestly think you could pass your test now?
I'm sure I'm a safer driver than I was when I passed my test, but I'd probably fail based on habits that don't really matter such as crossing arms, resting arm on gear stick between changes and not pushing the button in on the handbrake when engaging it to name but a few.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 18:27, closed)