8th January 2011, 02:32 PM
I imagine the cost is what stops most young people from getting their driving licences. Apparently it now costs about ?1000 to get proper lessons and pay for the tests. Re-tests will obviously cost more. Then there is the amazing cost of insurance for anyone under the age of 25 - often well over ?1000 a year. The cost of running a car is also prohibitive for many - especially if they are trying to save/pay for university fees. When I was working in archaeology there was a demand that anyone who wanted promotion/permanent contract should get their licence. This led to many diggers paying a lot of money for lessons - often hard to organise when they were mostly working away from their home base on excavations. Of course, passing the test did not always lead to promotion/permanent contracts and they were left angry.