THE STANDARD OF DRIVING
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
Sra,—The recent plea by a motor insurance authority for radical improvement in the standard of car driving, followed by the publication by the Pedestrians' Association this week of a pamphlet in favour of tests for drivers, must suggest to anyone who has read them that increased tuition in motor driving at properly conducted schools approved by the R.A.C. would have its immediate effect in a reduction of road accidents.
We go to school or to expert teachers to learn to do all sorts of harmless things such as playing the piano, hitting a golf ball or painting a picture, and if we are entering on any occupation, such as a doctor's or a sailor's, in which the lives of others depend upon us, we have to go through the most rigid schooling and examinations. Motor driving at present is one of the few accomplishments which it is popularly believed can be " picked up " without proper tuition by experts. This is curious, considering that upon the driver depend the lives of himself, his passengers and every other user of the road—and pavement. —I am, Sir, &c.,
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