The concept behind Pass Plus was to try to make vulnerable drivers (mainly young men aged 17-22) that little bit safer on the road by having extra tuition so they could learn how to control the car under circumstances that may not have occurred naturally when taking driving lessons, such as driving in the dark, motorways, country roads etc. However, the problem seems to lie not so much in training or experience for that matter but in attitude, this may well be a problem with "us brits" but is more likely a "teenage" issue. The link is to an article from the BMJ carried out in Sweden.
http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/12/suppl_1/i15.full
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Independent Driving
PRESS RELEASE for immediate publication
Due to falling standards of driving in England, the Driving Standards Agency has introduced a new time limited experimental scheme to help identify poor drivers, giving good drivers and pedestrians the opportunity to recognise them whilst driving.
The scheme will run from 11 June to 11 July 2010, and will apply to those drivers who are observed to be driving badly; This includes:
Overtaking in dangerous places;
Tail-gating the car in front;
Driving while using a mobile phone;
Braking sharply without notice;
Speeding in residential areas;
Pulling in or out of traffic without indication;
Performing inappropriate U-turns on busy carriageways;
Undertaking on Motorways;
Generally being an arsehole.
These drivers will be issued with flags - white with a red vertical cross, signifying their inability to drive properly. These flags must be clipped to a door of the car (please refer to the correct positioning in Fig 1
below), and be fully visible to all other drivers and pedestrians.
Those drivers who have shown particularly poor driving skills, must display a flag on each side of the car (see Fig 2 below), to indicate their even greater lack of skill and judgement to the general public.
Fig 1
Fig 2
For their own safety, members of the public are advised to avoid vehicles carrying either single or double flags.
The DSA is keen to stress the time-limited nature of this experiment. Although it is hoped that it will run until 11 July 2010, it may be terminated, without notice, as early as 23 June 2010, depending on early results.
If successful, it is proposed to repeat the scheme every 4 years during the summer months.
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Due to falling standards of driving in England, the Driving Standards Agency has introduced a new time limited experimental scheme to help identify poor drivers, giving good drivers and pedestrians the opportunity to recognise them whilst driving.
The scheme will run from 11 June to 11 July 2010, and will apply to those drivers who are observed to be driving badly; This includes:
Overtaking in dangerous places;
Tail-gating the car in front;
Driving while using a mobile phone;
Braking sharply without notice;
Speeding in residential areas;
Pulling in or out of traffic without indication;
Performing inappropriate U-turns on busy carriageways;
Undertaking on Motorways;
Generally being an arsehole.
These drivers will be issued with flags - white with a red vertical cross, signifying their inability to drive properly. These flags must be clipped to a door of the car (please refer to the correct positioning in Fig 1
below), and be fully visible to all other drivers and pedestrians.
Those drivers who have shown particularly poor driving skills, must display a flag on each side of the car (see Fig 2 below), to indicate their even greater lack of skill and judgement to the general public.
Fig 1
Fig 2For their own safety, members of the public are advised to avoid vehicles carrying either single or double flags.
The DSA is keen to stress the time-limited nature of this experiment. Although it is hoped that it will run until 11 July 2010, it may be terminated, without notice, as early as 23 June 2010, depending on early results.
If successful, it is proposed to repeat the scheme every 4 years during the summer months.
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