Originally Posted by philbut

no - passing a driving test is pi$$ easy, and proves that you know how to drive in the test. it doesn't prove you can actually drive in the real world - hence why so many drivers have an accident in the first year. All it would do is make money from people. The police are meant to stop idiots from driving. Good motorists already pay for all the morons with sky high insurance, why shoud; we have to dip into our pockets again to weed out the minority who shouldn't be on the road in the first place. i'd prefer to see a longer and more comprehensive driving test (look at Finland for example) so anyone who does have a licence can actually drive well to begin with.