Insurer wants better driving standards

 

INSURER WANTS BETTER DRIVING STANDARDS
Article date: 23/09/2005 : 15:43:07

Car insurance provider Direct Line has called for changes to the UK driving test to improve the safety of motorway driving.

There campaign has been triggered by a 19 per cent year on year increase in the number of motorway accidents involving HGVs.

According to the insurance provider a lack of driver education is one of the primary causes of accidents with lorries. Nearly 20 per cent of drivers admitted that they rush to overtake them because they don't know how to act around bigger vehicles.

Two million drivers also admitted that they have no idea how to adapt their driving to account for large vehicles and seventy per cent said that they would welcome driving test reforms that addressed this problem.

Direct Line Motor spokesperson, Emma Holyer said: "More than a quarter (28 per cent) of UK motorists don't like driving on the motorway - and encountering large vehicles at high speed simply reinforces this anxiety.

"Indecisive driving increases the risk of accidents – and we would urge nervous motorists to take extra driving lessons or take an advanced driving test to help build up their confidence.

"Direct Line is calling on the Driving Standards Agency to ensure the driving test always include motorway driving in a bid to reduce the number of fatalities on the nation's roads."
 
 
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