Any wonder our driver are bad and getting worse?

[McJim]

I agree with the posts regarding the UK. A driving examiner can almost fail you for wearing the wrong colour shirt. There's a long list of things you should do every time and if you fail to do any of them, once, you will fail. It's common practice for people to need two or three goes at getting their test.
Dave

Absolutely right Dave,

I've known of people that have gone as far as 20 or 30 tests in the UK and still not passed - the examiner will fail you if you do something wrong....every time. My instructor was flabbergasted when I passed as I got reputedly one of the strictest examiners in North West London. I passed first time because I did everything right for a half hour - every indication, every observation, every gear change, every maneovre and always with precisely the correct road position.

Ask me now and I could never drive that accurately again.

[Beemer]

Don't TV 3 love doing stories about this sort of thing?

Precisely my thoughts, this needs exposure and even though I know most of you guys hate the media as much as you hate cops who give you tickets, this would be the easiest way to expose the problem and ensure he doesn't lose his job. It sounds like he's the only one doing it properly.