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| Thread ID: 107824 | 2010-03-03 04:04:00 | Driving age increase FOR or AGAINST | 64etert (15489) | PC World Chat |
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| 863451 | 2010-03-03 07:49:00 | I bike! (Though I'm still on my learners.) I really think it's time to get those training wheels off now ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 863452 | 2010-03-03 07:51:00 | Yes, but not every city has a reliable one ;) And not every one lives in a city. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 863453 | 2010-03-03 07:52:00 | It is possibly stretching a point to call "city dwelling" living. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 863454 | 2010-03-03 07:54:00 | I really think it's time to get those training wheels off now ;) I meant licence to drive a car, not ride a bike. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 863455 | 2010-03-03 08:24:00 | When my Dad bought his first driving licence around 1929/30, in the UK, there was no driving test, and his licence was for any class of vehicle, from autocycle, motorbike/sidecar, car, heavy vehicle including road roller and heavy traction vehicle. I still have a license of his somewhere with all these categories listed. In those days you just got into the vehicle for the first time and drove off, on your own............ www.metadyne.co.uk |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 863456 | 2010-03-03 08:46:00 | I meant licence to drive a car, not ride a bike. Really ? ? ? ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 863457 | 2010-03-03 08:50:00 | Really ? ? ? ;) Even the town bike ? |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 863458 | 2010-03-03 08:58:00 | I am all for putting the drivers' age up but would have liked to see it raised to 18 rather than 16 . Make a limit for cars for people under 17 (say 1800cc or lower) . Nope, 1300cc or lower when on a restricted licence unless they are driving with a parent or person who has had a licence for at least five years . Everyone can pass a theory test . I could do one tomorrow and still pass, it's just basic common sense, something people usually have when they take tests, but generally lack . Not any more . They changed the theory system five months ago and the pass rates have plummeted from 77% to 46% . People actually have to study and know the road code in order to pass now . |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 863459 | 2010-03-03 09:39:00 | I am all for putting the drivers' age up but would have liked to see it raised to 18 rather than 16. I'm with you FoxyMX - 18 should be the age, and it should be incrementally increased by a year every two years from now until it reaches 18. And zero alcohol until age 20. And rigid enforcement, including confiscation of offender's vehicles (no matter who they belong to). Nope, 1300cc or lower when on a restricted licence unless they are driving with a parent or person who has had a licence for at least five years. Plus compulsory third party insurance (and most, if not all, insurance companies would insist on no modifications) Not any more. They changed the theory system five months ago and the pass rates have plummeted from 77% to 46%. People actually have to study and know the road code in order to pass now. And not before time!!! The test SHOULD be hard. So should the practical. I got my licence when I was fifteen - but times were different then. Almost everyone spoke English as a first language, cars were a lot more scarce (and relatively expensive) - so the roads were emptier - and 100mph was pretty near unobtainable in anything other than a big Holden or Falcon (or Zephyr Mk4), unless you had the income to hot up your Anglia/Escort/Cortina. Ahh! Simpler times! |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 863460 | 2010-03-03 09:57:00 | Not any more. They changed the theory system five months ago and the pass rates have plummeted from 77% to 46%. People actually have to study and know the road code in order to pass now. That's a lot of people who wouldn't even have a licence if they applied today... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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