SafeSpeed wrote:
As far as I know, no other country has anything like the IAM. And we wonder why we have the safest roads in the world.

The simple answer is that we've got the best safe driving culture - the IAM is part of that culture.
Ah, not being an IAM member I may have mispoken. I know you are and would know better than me. For clarity do you know what the "non-UK IAM groups" bit is about then? Are we talking about ex-pats who've set up a local group to promote safety but don't have anything like the test? Or what?
Ikylong wrote:
we seems to have a conspiracy here with the government not wanting us citizens to become too good a driver
We've got a similar conspiracy - they want the roads to become safer without drivers getting better, and by taking the important decisions out of their hands.