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Quote: Originally Posted by Bhozar (original)

Add this to the black boxes they want to install in our cars to track us and charge us for each mile... Would also have the function to fine us if we speed. I wonder if those signals can get out when I wrap the damn box in lead.

I really hate our nanny/1984 state.

Driver education is the key to safe roads. Only 5% of deaths are due to excessive speed. We need tougher tests and 3 fails you are never allowed on the road. Seriously, if you cant pass within 3 tests you really shouldnt be on the road. Re-testing would also be a good idea. With better drivers and less accidents we would also get cheaper insurance, in theory.

Another thing is foreign drivers. I work with someone who lives over here and as long as she leaves the country each year for a couple of weeks she can drive on her licence here.

Okay, the main drive behind the speed limits seem to be polution. Whats wrong with investing some of our road tax and fuel tax money into science to come up with cleaner alternatives sooner?

I agree with some of your statements, except the 3 test one. My brother took 4 tests before he passed, yet he is not a bad driver. He just gets really nervous under pressure. He is unlike all his friends who are boy racers essentially and have numerous speeding fines and crashes between them. I don't want to make him out like a driving Miss Daisy either!! He just likes to drive and doesn't seem the need to be influenced by his mates.

I agree that there are some people who shouldn't be on the road, but don't penalise people who get stressed under an exam situation.

I do think that there should be stricter rules about the size engine or the number of passengers that young people have in their cars. My next door neighbour is a prime example, he is 18 and is on his 4th car which is a 1.8i Astra Coupe!!! He crashed his 1.0 litre car, his 1.2 litre car and has had a couple of scrapes in his 1.4 litre car, so I dread to think what he will be like driving a car like this when he is egged on by his mates!! He does manage to get up to the end of the road in 2nd gear doing about 40mph, past a school!!!

I am scared about the black boxes and the inpact this could have on our rights. I agree that there is the possibility of fines via the information in the black box and just the fact that they will be able to track exactly where you go!!

Anyway just some of my views!