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Re:A Type of Road Junction that Kills Cyclists by Piskvorrr on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:31AM (#16113353)
Except pedestrians, bikers, cyclists, etcetera. (Plus you are overestimating the rate of change: I still see horse carriages on the road, 100+ years after the beginning of the car era)

And don't get me started on driver ed in PA, USA: in my case, it consisted of a video, signing an drivers' permit application - and voila, go out there and drive (under supervision). I was shocked, shocked.

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Re:A Type of Road Junction that Kills Cyclists by chillydawg on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @04:00AM (#16113467)
In the UK you can get a provisional license that allows supervised driving with zero training. It's assumed your supervisor (anyone holding a driving licence for something like 7 years or more) will stop you doing stupid shit.
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Re:A Type of Road Junction that Kills Cyclists by Piskvorrr on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @06:37AM (#16114222)
Interesting. I was so used to the continental idea "driver school takes at least weeks and is like any other training, except it's in a car" that the opposite approach was highly unexpected to me; it does make sense though.
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