MATT SAUNDERS
Testing, testing
Swedish laws allow 15-year-olds to not only ride mopeds but drive converted ‘tractors’
The government has a big road safety bill in the offing. Need we brace for impact? Perhaps not. As part of it, I understand, we’re likely to get lower drink-driving limits and tougher requirements for over-seventies to prove they are still safe on the road.
I’m sure most people would agree that these are overdue – but it’s clearly too simple to suggest that by targeting the youngest and oldest we can transform UK driving standards. Putting aside fear of change for its own sake, we will be hoping there is more to Labour’s once-in-a-decade reform of licensing than some compulsory eye tests.