Everyone’s to blame for road carnage

APART from the Irish Republic, no other developed country allows 25% of its citizens to drive around unaccompanied for years, with just a provisional licence and no requirement to take as much as one driving lesson.

While in Cornwall recently I heard a few 17-year-old boys talking about having had to take between 18 and 20 driving lessons before their test.

I drive at a snail’s pace in the Republic so that I can brake to avoid the many dangerous drivers.