A while back – just over a year ago, in fact – there was a story involving the DSA having had to change the wording on its website. It had previously claimed that Pass Plus reduced someone’s chances of having an accident, but statistics could not confirm this claim and it had to reword accordingly.
Well, this story in the North West Evening Mail flies right in the face of that.
It seems that government spending cuts had threatened the region’s Pass Plus + scheme with the impending withdrawal of the National Road Safety Grant. But Cumbria County Council has stepped in and is funding the scheme itself, which means each young driver gets £100-worth of free tuition.
That’s not the thing that caught my attention, though. What did that was this comment in the article:
Statistics have shown a sharp fall in accidents in Cumbria since Pass Plus+ was rolled out in the county in 2007.
That’s a very clear statement, isn’t it?
As I’ve said before, Pass Plus is only as good as the instructor delivering it. If it is a “crap course”, the reason for that is therefore obvious.