[washman3]

Originally Posted by Craigels

It got struck out this morning thank god

All is well that ends well....
Solictor got his cash i presume,everyone happy.
Thats what road safety is all about in this country.
You should never have got a court summons in the first place.
an absolute joke. this law was brought in to appease the Driving instructors brigade who lobbied the Government to introduce it as their gravy train began to dry up post "Celtic Tiger"

[MadsL]

Originally Posted by washman3

You should never have got a court summons in the first place.
an absolute joke. this law was brought in to appease the Driving instructors brigade who lobbied the Government to introduce it as their gravy train began to dry up post "Celtic Tiger"

Name me another European country that allows unaccompanied provisional drivers. In fact, name me another European country that hasn't had that law for 25+ years.

[PCPhoto]

Originally Posted by washman3

All is well that ends well....
Solictor got his cash i presume,everyone happy.
Thats what road safety is all about in this country.
You should never have got a court summons in the first place.
an absolute joke. this law was brought in to appease the Driving instructors brigade who lobbied the Government to introduce it as their gravy train began to dry up post "Celtic Tiger"

do you have any proof of this claim or are you just trying to troll ???

Do you think its not a safety issue that an inexperienced driver should not be permitted to drive alone until they pass a competency test ?

Personally I think it (Driving) should be taught in schools - with the parents contributing a part of the cost, it should also include a course on first aid and basic car maintenance as modules during the course....make it optional as a class (some people have no intention of ever driving and should not be forced into it and also some families may not be able to afford it) ..... this would also bring some uniformity to driving instruction.

[slimjimmc]

Originally Posted by washman3

All is well that ends well....
Solictor got his cash i presume,everyone happy.
Thats what road safety is all about in this country.
You should never have got a court summons in the first place.
an absolute joke. this law was brought in to appease the Driving instructors brigade who lobbied the Government to introduce it as their gravy train began to dry up post "Celtic Tiger"

This law (no unaccompanied driving by learners) has been there for many decades long before the "Celtic Tiger" period. All that was done was close up a loophole that enabled 2nd time provisional holders to drive unaccompanied and greater enforcement of existing law.

[Zambia]

I cant believe anyone would defend the old system of driving on a second provisional without a test.

The idea you can drive yourself to a driving test scare the crap out of the Tester forcing him to demand to be let out miles from the test centre. Then be legally allowed drive on your own till the next test.

In fact its so fupping stupid every Minister of Transport for the last 25 Years till it was changed should be made write a letter of Apology to every road trauma victim in that time frame.

However I do agree the time frame for tests back then was a joke they can apologise for that too.