As if to further pour water on the “warning” in the previous story, this one came in on the newsfeeds. A tragedy already written in stone, so enduring and persistent is it becoming.
Gary Saunders was 24, and last April he was negotiating a bend when he misjudged and crashed into a tree. He had passed his test just 6 weeks earlier. The car had no defects, nor did the road, and no other vehicle was involved.
[the police are]… of the opinion that Mr Saunders misjudged the bend.
His speed may have been excessive for the conditions.
So, yet again the same script is played out, with a young and inexperienced driver going too fast – and losing the bet!
Did Gary Saunders’ performance on the Theory Test – or his revision leading up to it – have any impact on the outcome of the incident? Not one bit of it, and yet the outcome is the very thing that causes the insurance companies to shove premiums sky-high for young drivers, and then start issuing “warnings” about the Theory Test being “harder”.
Memorising Theory Test questions is not the cause of high RTA figures among young drivers. Nor is the quality of their driving lessons involved. The problem goes much, MUCH deeper than that.