Doesn't matter how safe any young driver says he/she is, the statistics are still there and can't really be argued with. For every one young driver who takes every move on the road with caution there are probably 20 out there taking major risks and in a lot of cases are surrounded by their mates who are also at risk.

I've never been in an accident(except one at like 5mph and only damaged a small tree) and I've been driving since I was 19, touch wood that doesn't change but many I knew when i was a young driver wrecked cars by being eejits on the road and what that says to me is that over all we needed to be better drivers.

Advanced driver training is the way to go, the current driving test isn't cutting it i don't think it ever has really.