I'm under no illusion regarding how bad my driving would be.
I haven't driven in over 5 years, so would have to take it very carefully at first.
The advanced driving test may well teach you things that ordinary people don't know -- but the standard driving test teaches virtually nothing apart from basic car control and how to obey road rules.
As I say, I haven't driven myself for 5 years or so, but I'm as aware of the rules of the road as most people who've just passed their test -- as I'm sure are most of my contemporaries.
If what you're saying is true and people forget important things about driving after they've passed their test, then why is it that (roughly speaking) the further away from their pass date people get the less accidents they're likely to have? New drivers have a much greater chance of accidents because they've no practice, not because they've forgotten anything.
How many times have you been in a car, or seen someone driving, and noticed that they're doing something they would not do had they just passed a driving test? If you can't come up with at least 10 examples of things which people do on a regular basis which they wouldn't do had they passed a test, then I call bollocks.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 13:47, Reply)