care to justify this assertion and how much of rail driver training is actually about operating the vehicle and how much is other material
wholly and substantially incorrect ...
First of all anyone can get a car driving licence, once you have it you have it you are never re-assessed and so the quality of your driving can easily (and regularly does) decline. Train drivers are constantly monitored and re-assessed. Plus as car drivers arnt paid for what they do more will chance breaking traffic laws like speeding, running red lights, drinking too much alcohol, taking drugs, using their mobile etc-all stuff which no train driver would do as they know they would be sacked and possibly worse for it. That is indisputable fact.
Train drivers are also incredibly knowledgable about their routes and traction whereas a car driver can pick up any car and drive it anywhere with no training on the new roads & cars. They find out how a particular car handles on a new stretch if road as it careers off into the bushes!
A train driver does at least 250 hours practicle driving in both daylight and night and a good chunk of rules and traction courses relate to handling the train. There is no limit in how many driving hours you need to pass a car test. You don't need any lessons at all to attempt the test infact.
As for the last bit-care to tell us why its incorrect? Exactly who is permitted to exceed 70 regularly? They only people I can think of are the police (I doubt other emergency services often get above 70 but if they do then I class them in the same bracket as police anyway for one good reason...) and the emergency services get special training on driving to allow then to break the speed limit when absolutely necessary and are assessed on it.
Unless you know others who may break the speed limit?
