Comments on: Road Safety entering the Secondary School Curriculum http://shitedrivers.com/2008/04/29/road-safety-entering-the-secondary-school-curriculum/ Promoting good driving by exposing bad driving in Ireland Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:21:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: the langer http://shitedrivers.com/2008/04/29/road-safety-entering-the-secondary-school-curriculum/comment-page-1/#comment-5956 the langer Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:33:16 +0000 http://shitedrivers.com/?p=360#comment-5956 It's about time we taught school kids how to drive at age 16 or 17 and then let them sit their test. At least they will have a full license before they leave school and not be waiting till their 20s to get a full license. It should be part of school curriculum, just like PE and religion. Makes sense...if it is structured well....compulsory hours in different types of weather conditions, night time, daytime driving etc...They may not be able to afford a car till later but at least they will have their full license and let's face it, a car is essential to get about in ireland, unless u live in dublin or a town with some basic public transport, for a lot of people they need a car to get from a to b...and the public transport available is pretty bad in rural area, i.e. non existant So let's 'TEACH' driving at school too, theory is lovely but it only goes so far....... Also, I was shocked to find out that most Gardai have never completed the advanced driving course, called 'Roadcraft', unlike their English counterparts...they just have a full license like you and me..no special techniques for high speed driving etc... oh scarey!!!!!! In fact, so stupid, you'd imagine this would be a basic part of training haha no wonder they are always crashing, it would be like you or me going out and chasing after a car at high speed with no training whatsoever...hmmmm....now there's something to think about!! It’s about time we taught school kids how to drive at age 16 or 17 and then let them sit their test. At least they will have a full license before they leave school and not be waiting till their 20s to get a full license. It should be part of school curriculum, just like PE and religion. Makes sense…if it is structured well….compulsory hours in different types of weather conditions, night time, daytime driving etc…They may not be able to afford a car till later but at least they will have their full license and let’s face it, a car is essential to get about in ireland, unless u live in dublin or a town with some basic public transport, for a lot of people they need a car to get from a to b…and the public transport available is pretty bad in rural area, i.e. non existant

So let’s ‘TEACH’ driving at school too, theory is lovely but it only goes so far…….

Also, I was shocked to find out that most Gardai have never completed the advanced driving course, called ‘Roadcraft’, unlike their English counterparts…they just have a full license like you and me..no special techniques for high speed driving etc… oh scarey!!!!!! In fact, so stupid, you’d imagine this would be a basic part of training haha no wonder they are always crashing, it would be like you or me going out and chasing after a car at high speed with no training whatsoever…hmmmm….now there’s something to think about!!

]]> By: lynharry http://shitedrivers.com/2008/04/29/road-safety-entering-the-secondary-school-curriculum/comment-page-1/#comment-5951 lynharry Mon, 19 May 2008 14:44:49 +0000 http://shitedrivers.com/?p=360#comment-5951 Well all I can say about this is about bloody time!! I really hope it goes some way to teaching our children a few basics before they ever get a chance to get behind the wheel of what is essentially a deadly weapon in the wrong hands. I hope its well established by the time my son reaches transition year, only 6 years to go! Well all I can say about this is about bloody time!! I really hope it goes some way to teaching our children a few basics before they ever get a chance to get behind the wheel of what is essentially a deadly weapon in the wrong hands. I hope its well established by the time my son reaches transition year, only 6 years to go!

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