Why are no cycle lanes being put in on East dulwich

[Applespider]

malumbu Wrote:

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> You can pass your driving test at 17 and then

> never have another day's training for the rest of

> your life. As well as speed awareness courses for

> those caught speeding, I'd love it if there was

> compulsory retraining for those of you who no

> longer meet the minimum standards of the driving

> test.

This was really brought home to me recently. I passed my test in my late teens but never owned a car. I drove occasionally on holiday but hadn't been behind the wheel in over a decade when I decided I was going to buy a car.

I did book a few refresher sessions with a driving instructor before doing so. I've been a cyclist commuter for years so have fairly good road awareness. But it was terrifyingly easy to get a car, get insurance as they seem only to care about how long you've had your license rather than used it.

[malumbu]

Whilst totally off topic, the maintenance of driving standards is an important issue. Few drivers go for advanced driver training. Young/inexperienced drivers often have to behave themselves as they need a black box as part of the insurance policy but at the first opportunity get rid of this. The police have long since routinely stopped drivers for poor driving - back in the day I was stopped and also with other young drivers, by the police, for relatively minor things and then given a lecture following a quick kick of the tyres etc.

Not seen to be a good use of police time now, plus much lower numbers, but you can get away with being a poor driver and of course nobody admits to it.

More draconian punishment may work for example for hands held mobiles, but you are not going to give points/fine for those that can't be arsed to indicate, braking hard/late etc etc. I'm still thinking about putting a video up on YouTube on how to drive in traffic calmed areas (hint, minimum use of the brake)