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#DrivingLicence

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What do youse think about the #Graduated #DrivingLicence ? I keep seeing calls for this in #Britain - usually from bereaved #parents who have lost #teenage / #YoungAdult offspring in road traffic #collisions

I'm conflicted about the concept (and govt has 0 plans to introduce it) -it would make things difficult for both young #UK
citizens and new UK arrivals in #Health and #SocialCare who often have to drive at night/with passengers, and enforcement would require a lot of resources / #surveillance

Might as well just deploy more Roads Policing and neighbourhood officers to enforce existing laws - in my youth there was often a bobby around who would have words with the leadfooted and/or those who don't correctly maintain their #vehicles which did act as some deterrent.. #RoadSafety

I'm not surprised #UK government is not planning #GDL (graduated #DrivingLicence ) - although well intentioned, many young #drivers would be in exemption categories (parents, working long hours in health/social care or hospitality), it would require further extensive #surveillance to audit them (and could push them towards supporting "car-friendly" ReformUK) - what is needed instead is better #RoadSafety #education and more effective roads policing in #rural areas..

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd643j

A gathering of men and women with a large blue flag in front of the Houses of Parliament. The flag reads forget me not families uniting.
BBC NewsGovernment says no extra restrictions on new driversA road safety debate in parliament heard calls for graduated licences to improve road safety.

Here’s a thought.  How about every time an MP is found to have breached parliamentary expenses guidelines, they lose their #drivingLicence in the same way as the UK government is suggesting people on #benefits should?  How about that applies to anyone who breaches the codes for former ministers wanting to be company directors or lobbyists too?

The AJ Chronicles: 15 March 2024
Recent moments, plus my latest Medium story

1. Mobile phone for 100-year-old
2. Son’s replacement birthday gift arrived
3. In-law’s TV fault
4. Eldest son might get a driving licence
5. Car maintenance corner
6. Medium’s spam detector
7. Quieter times, hopefully

open.substack.com/pub/soultosc

Soul to Scribe · The AJ Chronicles: 15 March 2024By Alan AJ