Not only are driving schools failing to improve driver safety but the programs they deliver are actually increasing the rate of motor vehicle collisions, according to a recent Auditor General's report to the department of transportation. (more?)
Driver program dysfunctional; drivers improperly trained for license
Driving school students are not tested or examined or even evaluated to determine if they have actually learned anything from the driving school programs they've completed, thus leaving instructors without any motivation to teach well or even to teach at all, giving students no motivation to learn, (especially as they don't know what they need to know in the first place; and everyone passes just for showing up. (more?)
Auto insurers and their clients bearing the costs of poor driver education and training
As a result of a high rate of collisions, drivers must pay higher insurance rates. But don't blame the insurance companies. The insurance company pays for damages and injuries caused by drivers who cause accidents, and that cost is ultimately spread out and shared by all insured drivers, who must carry insurance by law or face fines of thousands of dollars.
Ultimately, the insurance industry should have final say in how student drivers are qualified for the insurance discounts currently handed out by driving schools, as the insurance companies and their clients have the most vested interest in preventing traffic accidents whereas driving schools and government regulatory departments have the least vested interest. (more?)
Serious changes needed for driver training industry
A class action suit on behalf of all who have ever suffered from the consequences of a preventable motor vehicle collision can be brought against the government that regulates driver training.
To protect the safety and financial security of all drivers, Drivers Advocate declares the blame for the high motor vehicle collision rate squarely on the government and government departments that regulate the driver training industry, and not on the individual drivers, because it is the government that sets the requirements for license, yet also generates revenue from the taxation on the sale of gasoline by the drivers who have licenses, there is a conflict of interest. (more?)
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