40 minutes of driving on the roads with the examiner’s eyes on every move you make, having to reverse around a corner without drifting off to the opposite side of the road, and making a hill start with just the right amount of pressure on the clutch – being a little bit nervous about your upcoming practical driving test is only to be expected. However, if you knew what your overseas counterparts had to endure just to secure their first driving licence, you may start to see the UK driving test in a whole different light. In fact, in comparison, it may even seem easy!
Monthly Archives: October 2014
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Nervous About Your Driving Test? Be Thankful You Live in the UK!
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You’re Never Too Old to Learn to Drive
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If you’ve never sat behind the wheel before, or if you’ve given it a shot but haven’t yet taken the leap towards booking your driving test, then we’ve got good news for you – it’s never too late to pass! Learning to drive when you’re older can be a nerve wracking experience, and many people worry about an increased risk of accidents amongst older drivers, but actually the older generation are some of the safest drivers on the roads today. Research suggests a decrease in road accidents amongst older drivers – attributed to a lesser desire to take risks – and the road safety charity Brake states that ‘there is no age-related increase in total number of incidents of any severity for the over 60s’.
