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Given that young drivers account for a disproportionally high level of accidents on Britain's roads, a majority of motorists would likely give their support to push the age at which people can legally get behind the wheel up to 18, or even 21.
However, according to a new initiative, rather than waiting for youngsters to mature before they are allowed to get their licences, the trick to making the roads safer is to teach them good habits at an early age.
In addition to learning how to perform all the basic manoeuvres, the next generation of drivers - who must be at least 1.5 metres tall to be allowed a place on one of the courses - will even be taught things that are beyond many adult motorists, such as coping with icy conditions, developing good on-the-road etiquette and driving with music on.
Furthermore, top-up-lessons will also be on offer to those youngster who have just passed their test but who are keen to get more real-life driving experience before hitting the open road on their own.
Nev Pooley, a senior instructor at the school, explained: "Here we can teach aspects of driving you can't do on the roads.
"An emergency stop at 70mph, like we do here, would obviously be dangerous on a public road."
While it is likely that a majority of the school's pupils will see the lessons around the track as fun rather than educational, the aim is to address the fact that around one in three drivers killed or seriously injured on the UK roads are under the age of 25.
Launching the driving school, reigning F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton explained to the Times that "the speed limit is there for a reason and I think everyone should stick to it".
"When you are on a race circuit the target is to be as fast as you can, but away from the circuit you slip into your everyday life and on the roads it’s all about safety," he said.
Meanwhile, the dangers posed by loud in-car radios could soon be a thing of the past as the new recommendations laid out by Lord Carter's 'Digital Britain' report suggest that national and local radio stations will switch to broadcasting solely on digital channels within the next few years.
Though this is unlikely to affect those young drivers tech-savvy enough to hook their own systems up to car speakers, it has already been predicted that many older motorists, and particularly those with older cars, will be left behind and as such will have to get used to driving around without football commentary or music on in the background.
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