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The problem is, as usual, a government interfering with something it doesn't really understand, but won't actually do anything radical to alter the situation.
It was reported that this initiative, to allow provisional licence holders to be allowed access to motorways when accompanied by an authorised driving instructor, would be on a voluntary basis. So if you don't want to do it, and pay for the opportunity to gain the experience, you don't have to.
If this is introduced it will go the way of Pass Plus - a very small proportion of those newly-qualified drivers took it up-usually to qualify for an insurance discount for their own car.
Despite having the most stringent qualification procedure ,licencing, testing and regular re-testing of driving instructors in Europe, any Tom Dick or Uncle Harry who has held a licence for three years and is over the age of 21 can teach anybody to drive in the UK, no mandatory minimum professional tution required at all-so the government should sort this out first with a minimum 20 hours professional instruction required before allowing private practice with Uncle Harry.
As for the "I predict carnage" heading Old Rover Boy- no ADI is going to take a pupil onto a motorway unless they know that the pupil has enough experience to be able to handle the situation!
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