Just seen on the news that they are talking about making UK drivers take a years worth of lessons before being allowed to take their test. They are also talking about restricting night driving and the number of passengers allowed by people who have recently passed their test.

What I fail to understand, is how this will help. I took my test a number of years ago, and believe that whilst not perfect (who is), that I was a reasonably competant driver before the examiner would have passed me. We already have one of the most difficult tests in europe and the US, so why focus on that.

Why in the UK do the poeple in charge always seem to focus on the wrong problem. 99% of drivers who pass their test are fine. The problem is the drivers who drive without care to others, those who race, those who show off the passengers etc.

I'm not claiming to know the answers, it just bugs me that we are taring the majority of young male drivers, with the same brush that those who do cause the issue deserve.

I guess as a responsible young driver I was a little bitter. I know of people in 'lower risk' groups according to the insurance companies, who have crashed, written off cars etc, whilst all I've had is one minor crunch, and yet it's my insurance that is high. Why *should* I be paying more. Innocent till proven guilty huh?.

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