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2011, ഏപ്രിൽ 30, ശനിയാഴ്‌ച

“Safe driving for life.”

4/30/2011 04:30:00 PM // by zeal me inn // No comments

The driving test has made our roads much safer. In 1934 there were only 2.5 million vehicles on Britain’s roads, and 7,343 people were killed in road accidents. However, by 2004 there were over 30 million vehicles and the Department of Transport report on road casualties (2004) quoted only 3,221 fatalities.
When announcing the introduction of the driving test in 1935, the Transport Minister, Leslie Hore-Belisha said, “Driving is an art in which those who are engaged should, in the interest of their own and of the public’s safety; take the greatest pains to make themselves proficient.”
Decades later this still holds true and is summed up in the DSA’s maxim, “Safe driving for life.”