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    cyclopath2001 wrote: »
    There's nothing wrong with a bit of education, especially if it's in decency, respect for others and some humility.

    Human nature being what it is, how do you educate people to do things they couldn't be arsed with?

    Call be a skeptic, but the antics I see on the road are not the product of stupidity or lack of skill.

    You can't educate everyone all at once, but if you get started with those open to it, you'll begin to improve the average and more people will start to notice. After you've converted even more people to the idea that driving is a life-long learning experience, you'll start to get to a point where people will perceive poor roads and badly-set speed limits as things to be complained about , and they will also view drivers who drive too fast/slow for the conditions or who are selfish in other ways as an annoying minority who need to be dealt with.

    This process is working well with drink-driving - years ago, it was tolerated much more, many people didn't care or have any opinion on it, enforcement was almost non-existent, and people openly admitted to doing it.
    These days, attitudes have swung the other way - most people think it's pathetic behaviour (few have no opinion on it), enforcement is much more common, and most of the people who continue to do it don't admit to anyone that they do...

    If we can get general driving standards and road-design to be thought of in the same way, things would get a lot better...

    The ads on TV about how to overtake safely, not driving too close etc are a step in the right direction, but are far too little, and are probably only noticed by people who care about their driving standards anyway (ie: they preach to the converted).


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    cyclopath2001
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    peasant wrote: »
    All fine virtues, no doubt ......however not very relevant to driving skills.
    Its very regrettable you see things this way. Driving skills are just a technical ability. I see no shortage of 'driving skill' among those who routinely and deliberately break the law every minute of the day.

    A good attitude and respect for others should be at the foundation of good driving ability.


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