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Lack Of Driver Education



Lack of driver education



21/09/2005

Direct Line, the UK’s largest car insurer, is calling for changes to the driving test to include education on motorway driving due to the number of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles (HGV). Accidents involving HGVs are becoming more common with statistics showing a 19% increase year on year*.

Direct Line’s findings indicate a lack of driver education as one of the main causes of accidents with lorries. One in five (18 per cent) motorists rush to overtake lorries because they feel intimidated and don’t know how to adapt their driving around bigger vehicles.

This lack of confidence is causing a serious problem on the UK roads. Government data shows there were more than 6,000 accidents involving HGVs in 2003 (the most recent year that figures are available for), resulting in the deaths of 166 motorists and close to 8,000 casualties.


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”Many motorists now own two cars and it doesn’t seem fair that although they have proved they are a safe driver they are unable to claim NCD on more than one car. Emma Holyer, Motor Spokesperson for Direct Line, said:. Second cars are the most common in country areas with as many as one in eight drivers in Wales and Scotland with two cars. Read more...

Two million drivers (seven per cent) admit that they are completely clueless about how to drive around large vehicles and seven in 10 (70 per cent) motorists would welcome driving test reforms to include training on how to drive around lorries and other large vehicles.

The most common way of reacting towards lorries is hesitating around the vehicle (21 per cent). The present practical driving test does not include driving on the motorway at all and it is up to the driving test examiners discretion as to whether learners are tested on dual carriageways.

Direct Line Motor spokesperson, Emma Holyer said:

“More than a quarter (28 per cent) of UK motorists don’t like driving on the motorway - and encountering large vehicles at high speed simply reinforces this anxiety. Indecisive driving increases the risk of accidents – and we would urge nervous motorists to take extra driving lessons or take an advanced driving test to help build up their confidence.

“Direct Line is calling on the Driving Standards Agency to ensure the driving test always include motorway driving in a bid to reduce the number of fatalities on the nation’s roads.”