Accidents the third leading cause of death in Canada. But what does that mean? (www.canadianaffairs.news)

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[-] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 11 points 4 days ago

It means we need mandatory driver's education.

Most people don't even know how to merge properly (not even a zipper merge, just the concept of matching/exceeding the lane speed so that you can enter safely) let alone how close to follow, how to use a roundabout, or when to signal and why.

People seem to think signalling is for them and not others, so they signal for literally a split second or don't signal at all and I have no idea how they came up with those maneuvers other than in complete desperation and ignorance.

All of that means that people die/kill people because they're not skilled or knowledgeable enough, something that could be prevented.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

BC is getting rid of one of their driving road tests because there's too much demand and not enough people to do the testing. So, the solution is to just let everyone have a license with less training apparently.

[-] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 days ago

Damn, that's crazy. Tbh, I've always liked the idea of being a driving instructor but you generally have to pay to modify your own car (in ON, not sure about BC, of course) and that's prohibitively expensive for me. No wonder there's a low supply of people with instructor experience to do the testing.