I was returning from swimming on Monday, July 14, and as I turned into Bishops Road, there was a learner driver two cars in front of me in the outside lane.
I saw it suddenly change lanes, without indicating or braking, moving into the inside lane in heavy traffic.
On approaching the traffic island, I could see a car coming from the right.
the learner did not stop, but proceeded across into Bourges Boulevard, going into the inside lane, and proceeded along until the railway bridge roundabout, where he turned left on to Thorpe Road – again, without stopping, although there was a car approaching from its right.
On reaching the Thorpe Road roundabout, there was no indication of which way he was proceeding. Once again, there was traffic coming from the right.
The car did not stop but turned left into the road for the Ramada Hotel.
This is not a isolated incident and I have observed the same driving in cars with instructors for many different driving schools.
If this is an indication of how learners are taught road craft and manners, I think my accident-free, 57-year record is something today's learners will never achieve.
I drove bulldozers when I was 14 years old, and have been an instructor myself on numerous vehicles, including cars, lorries and coaches, teaching skid control and much more.
I would say that if instructors allow this kind of driving, there is something very wrong.
George Wood
by e-mail
Campaign is beyond politicsLabour supporter and serial whinger John Shearman complains that I chaired – with others – a meeting to try to prevent the closure of the West Town Post Office, even though he disagrees with the Government's policy (
ET Letters, July 16).
If he had bothered to attend the meeting, last Wednesday, he would have seen that it was a non-party political, community-focused campaign to save a valuable local facility, and was supported by 300 residents.
Instead, he tries to make a cheap political point.
I'm sure that if I had not organised a meeting with my colleague, councillor Matthew Dalton, Mr Shearman would have accused me of neglect or indolence.
There's no pleasing some folk.
Stewart Jackson
MP for Peterborough
Your comments made online:
Bring driver to justiceRE: Hit-and-run victim Daniel is on the mend,
ET, July 17. Best of luck in your recovery Dan, and well done on your exam results!
By the sound of your injuries, you really did just pull through then. Let's hope the scumbag who fled the scene gets what's coming to him/her.
Bepster
Lucky to be alivehow can someone do that? just knock someone over and then leave them to die? (no offence to daniel, but that person could have had a death on his conscience!)
I've seen daniel riding down my way as I think he lives near me in southfields drive. he aways looked happy. congratulations on your exam results mate.
Krazilou
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