Driver education could cut car insurance
Fri, 23 Sep 2005
New research shows that a new specialised driving test could help drivers avoid becoming involved in accidents, helping to significantly cut their premiums.
Research by insurance firm Direct Line shows that there is clearly a need for specialist tests assessing how motorists drive on motorways, given the increasing prevalence of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).
The report shows that one in five motorists feel uncomfortable driving next to HGVs, while nearly 40 per cent of all drivers feel uncomfortable overtaking them on motorways, and this anxiety is clearly contributing to the high number of HGV-related accidents that take place on the UK's roads.
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."
Seventy percent of respondents backed this call for new specialised driving test.
There were over 6,000 HGV-related accidents in 2003, causing 166 deaths and nearly 8,000 casualties.
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