Yet another incident at a Level Crossing today, at around 2:00pm. the driver 
of a White Van "misused" the LC at Tram Inn (Hereford to Newport). 
Signaller had to stop barrier sequence to avoid collision.

    When (if ever) will these people be removed from the list of those 
"privileged" to drive a vehicle. I despair at the danger these sorts put 
other people in seemingly without a care for the consequences.

KW

"Ken Ward"  wrote in
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>     When (if ever) will these people be removed from the list of those
> "privileged" to drive a vehicle. I despair at the danger these sorts
> put other people in seemingly without a care for the consequences.


Perhaps the problem is that the training required to drive a vehicle is 
oriented at passing the test, rather than becoming a safe driver. Better 
not to let them qualify in the first place, than to disqualify them after 
they've caused an accident. But removing the demonstrably incompetent 
permanently from the qualified - probably a very large number - would 
result in a public outcry about "persecution of the motorist," as does the 
reasonable expectation to obey basic rules of the road at present.

Rick.

"Rick Hughes"  wrote in message 
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> "Ken Ward"  wrote in
> news:l8oJe.2588$jv2.1908@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net:
>
>
>>     When (if ever) will these people be removed from the list of those
>> "privileged" to drive a vehicle. I despair at the danger these sorts
>> put other people in seemingly without a care for the consequences.
>
> Perhaps the problem is that the training required to drive a vehicle is
> oriented at passing the test, rather than becoming a safe driver. Better
> not to let them qualify in the first place, than to disqualify them after
> they've caused an accident. But removing the demonstrably incompetent
> permanently from the qualified - probably a very large number - would
> result in a public outcry about "persecution of the motorist," as does the
> reasonable expectation to obey basic rules of the road at present.



My hopes dashed again........

But, could we not shoot ... just a few of them?


KW

Rick Hughes wrote:


> Better not to let them qualify in the first place, than to disqualify them
> after they've caused an accident.
> Rick.


With 1 in 10 drivers not having a licence, or being banned, I guess it
doesn't really matter these days. :-(

Just try and avoid being involved in their accident and hope that one
day we might get some more police back on traffic duty, not cameras
that can't detect dangerous driving or cloned/false plates, or ANPR
that is so flaky that some officers are now switching it off completely
[source: Auto Express].

Jonathan