Make Driving on Ice Mandatory for the Driving Test

It's been a frantic few weeks on the region's roads. As winter hit hard after new year, ice has caused dozens of accidents.

But how many of those accidents might have been avoided if the drivers had been properly trained to regain control over a skidding car?

If you have ever attempted to drive on an ungritted road during an icy spell you will know just how difficult it is to teeter precariously through a village at 5mph. So imagine finding yourself in a skid and losing control of your vehicle at 30mph or even at 70mph.

If you travel roughly three car lengths for every second you move at 30mph, and it takes even the sharpest minds more than three quarters of a second to begin acting upon a skid, it's fair to say that every millisecond counts. By the time you know you're skidding, the accident is nearly over. So doing the right thing in that briefest moment really could mean the difference between living and dying, either for you, your passengers, other drivers or pedestrians.

If you think "Driving on Ice" as part of your driving lessons should be mandatory (like driving on motorways, but that's another e-petition), please sign below...

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