Yes, absolutely. The training of young people in particular is very important, and the current driving test is a nonsense. If anyone carried out a three-point turn in any normal road circumstance, as is the case in the current driving test, he or she is likely to cause an accident because of the length of time that the manoeuvre would take; the same could be said for reversing around corners.

In order to test their real ability, people taking the driving test need to be allowed to drive on dual carriageways, motorways and main roads where it is possible to drive up to 60 miles per hour. The current driving test is not an accurate test of people’s ability to drive in normal road circumstances. They merely go through the motions and come out driving nothing like they do in the driving test. The test needs to be more practical; the Department must deliver a test that is more akin to real driving conditions. Those are not just my words — they are also the words of the examiners, who say that the driving test is no longer fit for purpose.