Provisional Driving Rule Changes Reversed, People Keep on Dying
So, the Government has backed down from banning Provisional drivers from driving alone until next Summer? Where has the backbone gone? The decision is tantamount to giving Provisional drivers back their loaded guns and letting them run riot on the roads again. I wonder how many inexperienced Provisional drivers will lose their lives between now and next June. I wonder how many dead bodies will be piled onto this Government U-turn. How many families will lose loved ones?
Before I get flamed by Provisional drivers with ‘perfect driving skills’ remember that the driving test is a exam designed to prove that you have mastered enough of the driving skills as set down by the Government of the day. You may argue about the validity of skills being examined, but that’s a separate issue.
I had toyed with creating a banner for bloggers who supported the Government move to ban provisional drivers from driving alone, but now it seems an empty effort. It’s an empty effort as people will keep dying until the Government gets serious about Road Safety and takes a step forward in any direction, instead of sitting pretty in the middle ground.
Take Provisional drivers off the road, introduce secondary school classes in driving, re-haul the driving test, force Full Licence holders to get re-tested every five years and increase enforcement of rules of the road. Five steps to improve Irish Road Safety. Five steps that the Irish Government is hesitating over while bones are breaking and the blood keeps on flowing.