RE: Ford's 'dad in the dashboard'

[ZesPak]

renrut said:

Isnt' that a good argument for graded licences though rather than having a nanny system?

However they're not mutually exclusive - if the nanny restrictions had a tie in with a licence structure e.g. in nanny mode its the car equivalent performance of a restricted 500cc motorbike. Pass a further test after your first one and you can leap right into the 800bhp TTV8 superSUV but otherwise you have to wait 5 years and the licence is automatically upgraded. I can definitely see the value in that. Forget GPS crap though, just restrict performance i.e. power limit of say 60bhp, if you're driving soemthing that needs more than that to be 'safe' then you should be getting a higher licence anyway as its likely to be a big/heavy vehicle with all of the additional things to worry about.

The question is - do the banded licences have any impact on Motorbike KSIs? That would tell you straight away if its gonna make much of a difference.

Yes, I wouldn't mind a "graded" license system. And then these "nanny systems" could be put in place, so you don't have to buy 3 cars over the course of 5 years.

[SpeckledJim]

renrut said:

The question is - do the banded licences have any impact on Motorbike KSIs? That would tell you straight away if its gonna make much of a difference.

I don't think there's any way to know that for sure, but those bikers who are definitely going to come off (and there are those who'll just keep pushing until they push too far) at least benefit from having their first arse:grit interface at a relatively low speed (and perhaps don't die as a result).

Most bikers would be fine on a 1000cc straight away, because they have a healthy sense of fear and their own mortality.

The small minority not lucky enough to have this useful app installed in their brains are protected to an extent by being limited in their younger years.