20-07-12, 09:40 AM
As each day passes I become more of a grumpy old foccer. What P****s me off is the never ending attempts by those " in control?" to bring in more & more legislation that in many cases is unenforceable-look at the use of mobile phones in vehicles-how many do it & how many are caught? and yet we all know its impossible to concentrate on driving & be having a phone conversation simultaneously. I suppose if they re-introduce the 1904 red flag act we will all be so much safer-4mph. You can try to educate joe public but its easier to wield the stick than wave the carrot. Some years ago the buzz phrase was "life-long" learning but to allow car drivers to take a basic test with no refresher training during a possible 60+ year driving career is a nonsense. Speed limits -yes in the right place. Every time I use the roads(daily) I see selfish, inconsiderate, thoughtless and incompetent behaviour. When I took my car & bike tests well over 40 years ago I then started to learn, but in the intervening years have had to change my driving style to suit modern circumstances.In cars we were taught to change down through the gears to slow down(brakes werent that good )-Nowadays its block changing-"Gears to go & brakes to slow" I have a sister who has driven for 30plus years but always holds the gear lever with her left hand-a habit she finds almost impossible to break now!
HGV & PSV drivers have periodic assessments/medicals so why not car drivers? Personally I feel that the more you bombard people with road signs/speed cameras/speed bumps-the less likely they are to take notice/see the point of such. Less is more in my philosophy-in the early days of motoring the AA would only put up a road sign for a potentially serious hazard-nowadays the nanny state would prefer it if we didnt leave our houses without a bloody day-glo tabard. What is wrong with teaching children about risk & danger without making them fearful or paranoid? Final question In this age of information overload what is the real value of of education if it doesnt teach people to think or question?.Ive met some people(with degrees)who dont exactly shine with common sense! :rolleyes [size=78%] [/size]
HGV & PSV drivers have periodic assessments/medicals so why not car drivers? Personally I feel that the more you bombard people with road signs/speed cameras/speed bumps-the less likely they are to take notice/see the point of such. Less is more in my philosophy-in the early days of motoring the AA would only put up a road sign for a potentially serious hazard-nowadays the nanny state would prefer it if we didnt leave our houses without a bloody day-glo tabard. What is wrong with teaching children about risk & danger without making them fearful or paranoid? Final question In this age of information overload what is the real value of of education if it doesnt teach people to think or question?.Ive met some people(with degrees)who dont exactly shine with common sense! :rolleyes [size=78%] [/size]