Should Learner Drivers be allowed on the Motorway?

It has been debated for many years whether to allow LEARNER DRIVERS on the motorway with a qualified driving instructor.

There are many thoughts from both sides of the argument, which have meant this ruling being held up for the last 4 years.

The traffic on the UK roads is getting busier year on year with new drivers from all over the world being able to use our roads, and this is getting to breaking point with an increase in accidents and deaths.

For many years you have had to do your driving test and as soon as you pass, bingo you can go straight to the motorway without any training and very little knowledge is this SAFE for our future ?

There is also the argument that certain parts of the UK do not have a motorway close to them, so how would this affect the learner ? would it mean an introduction to a staged style of licence similar to the motorbike licence ?, so you have a P plate on your car allowing you to drive on roads but exclude motorway, and then a M once you have passed the motorway test.

Only qualified driving instructors who hold the ADI Licence (Approved Driving Instructor) would be allowed to take pupils onto the motorway not school of Mum and Dad.

How would it be regulated ? How many lessons would they have had to have had before they could be taken on the motorway ? a difficult question as everyone learns at a different pace.

Below is an article from #TheGuardian which discusses the full review.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/21/learner-drivers-motorways-department-for-transport

Motorway training would also limit the amount of close shaves as per this short clip on #YouTube