>> The problem was that new drivers were convinced they could handle a
>> car at the speed limit despite their lack of experience in reading the road and
>> the conditions. The number of former pupils (Almost all male) who had high speed write
>> offs in the first few months of receiving a full licence became a test centre
>> topic among instructors.
Yup. Youth, arrogance and ignorance with a seasoning of testosterone.
It was tyre squeal in my Mother's Mini 850, less than 48 hours after passing the test, that taught me that the max speed for taking a local 90 degree left turn was considerably less than the signed 30. Older and bigger car and not FWD and I'd have fetched up in the car park or public bar of the pub on the outside of the bend.
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Wed 8 Feb 23 at 21:43
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