{"id":680510,"date":"2026-01-07T18:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/680510\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T18:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:53:12","slug":"how-could-driving-rule-changes-affect-learners-your-questions-answered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/680510\/","title":{"rendered":"How could driving rule changes affect learners? Your questions answered"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘The standard of driving is shocking’: Young people react to proposed rulespublished at 17:08 GMT<\/p>\n

17:08 GMT<\/p>\n

Faarea Masud<\/strong>
Business reporter<\/p>\n

\"AnImage source, PA Media<\/p>\n

Although some have hit out at the government’s plans to make learner drivers wait six months between their theory and practical tests, others say this will improve safety on the roads. <\/p>\n

Twenty one-year-old Ryan, from Reading, thinks learner drivers should spend a minimum amount of time with a driving instructor “because the standard of driving – especially those who have just passed – is a bit shocking”.<\/p>\n

However, he understands lessons can be expensive, and that in some cases it’s very necessary that young people are allowed to drive as soon as they can. <\/p>\n

Ryan says that sometimes, the buses only go to his surrounding villages once every hour, increasing reliance on cars to get around.<\/p>\n

Jack, from York, is currently considering taking lessons, and says he thinks the proposals are reasonable, as there was an increased rate of accidents at “either end of the age scale”.<\/p>\n

“If they hadn’t suggested eye test for older people, I would feel targeted, but I feel like it’s fair,” the 25-year-old says.<\/p>\n

However he does feel that “forcing people to take them [lessons] for six months means forcing them to pay expensive driving fees for an extended period of time”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘The standard of driving is shocking’: Young people react to proposed rulespublished at 17:08 GMT 17:08 GMT Faarea…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-680510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115855334209566380","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}