Learners for the motorways

I've never seen the big thing some people have with motorway driving. It didn't even cross my mind as anything to worry about the first time I ever done it on a bike.
 
I feel safer on motorways than most residential streets due to the space and visibility.

It's a good move though, although I would hope most learners would have spent some time learning on dual carriageways either during their lessons or on their tests (I did both).
 
I drove back from my test (having passed) on the motorway :p DOn't really understand why people get panicked/nervous about it... A good move though without a doubt. Also good that they're introducing some kind of theory test to the CBT
 
I had to do a 100 mile a day roundtrip up the M23 and around the M25 within days of me passing. Started by keeping on the inside lane, until I built my confidence up and felt happy that I could safely overtake / change lanes / floor it.

I can see how it would benefit learners, but I don't understand peoples hangups with motorway driving.
 
I think there should be compulsory motorway training, but I don't think learner drivers should be allowed on the motorway until they have been driving on other roads for a period of time and are competent. Perhaps they should only go on the motorway with a qualified instructor also?

There are already too many bad drivers to worry about on the motorway without having inexperienced learners changing lanes on you or lane hogging under the instruction of their clueless father/grandfather etc.
 
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[TW]Fox;30353443 said:
I don't see the point. Dual carriageways are sufficient for practice.
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Likewise, what's the point in not? I had to drive on a 3 lane 70mph dual carriageway to get to my local test centre. The only difference between this road and a motorway is the signs, lanes and slip roads are bigger on the motorway and therefore safer to drive on.
 
Compulsory motorway training is not practical in some parts of the country. We're about an hour and a half from the nearest motorway but in some parts of north Norfolk you can probably put another hour on that and I'm sure there are other parts of the country that are even more isolated from the motorway network.
 
Trifid said:
Likewise, what's the point in not? I had to drive on a 3 lane 70mph dual carriageway to get to my local test centre. The only difference between this road and a motorway is the signs, lanes and slip roads are bigger on the motorway and therefore safer to drive on.
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The point in not is what about Cornwall? Etc
 
[TW]Fox;30353508 said:
The point in not is what about Cornwall? Etc
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What about it? As I read it, the new proposal is simply that learners will be allowed to use motorways, not that it will be enforced as part of the test. If there are no motorways in your area of the country, then it shouldn't affect you, should it?

I agree that dual carriageway training is, in most cases, enough to get experience, but I don't really see the harm in at least allowing learners access to motorways as well.

kaiowas said:
Compulsory motorway training is not practical in some parts of the country. We're about an hour and a half from the nearest motorway but in some parts of north Norfolk you can probably put another hour on that and I'm sure there are other parts of the country that are even more isolated from the motorway network.
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I agree, but nowhere in the article can I see where it says that motorway training is to become compulsory, only that learners will be allowed to use them.
 
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Hopefully they'll teach them how to drive on standard roads first. Current levels of driving ability are shockingly poor.
 
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i keep echoing that there needs to be some form of motorway training.

I only saw the other day on the M6 some car coming down the slip lane and actually stopping because they wouldn't match the speed of cars already on the motorway.
 
[TW]Fox;30353508 said:
The point in not is what about Cornwall? Etc
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So, because some people don't get the experience of a motorway then no one should when learning? Someone driving in a quiet town is not going to get the experience of driving in a major city. Should we ban learners from London? This is a stupid rule in this day and there's no reason to keep it.
 
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