In Ireland they are very close to changing the rules for newly qualified drivers to try to reduce accidents. There are several ideas under discussion some of which are as follow;

1. Impose a ban on driving after in the dark.

2. Impose a 40mph speed limit.

3. Not allow passengers after a certain time at night.

So what do you think?

Good idea or not and do you think it will help?

Have you any better suggestions?

Remember there will be changes here in the UK but it is yet to be decided as to what they will be so now is the time to have your say!

Look forward to hearing your views

Pete

There is talk of making a minimum amount of tuition required before you are allowed to take your driving test.

As a driving instructor at first this sounds good for my business however it is suggested that this be taken over a long period to allow for many different road conditions, which stops me offering my popular intensive driving courses.

What do you feel the minimum should be?

Is there another way of improving road safety?

Should the driving test be made more difficult?

It has been suggested that in order to reduce the accidents caused by young inexperienced drivers the current driving test should be made more difficult.

Current suggestions are as follows;

minimum age increased to 18.

minimum number of lessons required with various suggestions of up to 120 hours!

minimum time of one year training.

I would love to get your views on each of the above with any suggestions as to how to tackle the problem of young drivers causing such a huge number of accidents!