Privatisation of Our Roads

Well it seems selling out the tax payer is on the horizon, at what point are we actually going to be in a position where the UK has any assets at all. For the driver, and I don't mean driver trainers I mean road users, we are, after all, adding to the driving population by a way of career, things are about to get worse. So with the post test training still hot around the edges as far as the ERSC are concerned and on the table for the UK until at least May 2014, are we really helping by preparing these people for an uncertain future of driving.

The current Government consultation, which I thought carefully about before participating, defines the future of the roads, yet how many out of 64 million plus people, will get involved, and why would they, because as previous consultations show, the publicity surrounding these matters is always weak. Will more than 1,000 respond, hmm, we shall see.  Should our national associations be taking part, of course they could, we produce drivers, they use the roads, many are happy to defend the young driver and complain about insurance costs, so surely getting involved in this is important too, or it's half a job.

The Highways Agency is about to become a company in it's own right, if this goes unchallenged, the road network is worth £107.4bn so a hefty asset.  So HA a private company, Government owned, a share holding company, with the Secretary of State as the only shareholder, yet with the asset still showing as part of the DFT, is that legal?  I have to guess so.  If the Secretary of State then chooses to sell shares in the HA then the roads are privately owned, so not quite the huge railway error, but not far short.

So have you taken part in the consultation? Will you? Do you think privatisation is a good idea? because from where I am sitting it hasn't helped us so far. Maybe I am thinking too far ahead, but if the money we are spending now on changing the driving test and making sure our drivers of the future, despite the not too distant future of driverless cars, are competent and responsible, then why are we not covering the next level.

Many pieces of the trainee driving instructor training jigsaw are in the mix, with the spotlight highlighting a change would be beneficial and that wannabe ADI's are unprepared under the new system, yet the new driver is unprepared for all of the major changes on our roads.

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