[Gumby]

Originally Posted by Traum

Should your brakes fail, the car needs to roll into the curb instead of out on the street (or into the car in front / behind you). So whichever way that needs to make it happen is the direction your wheels should be turned towards.

I wish the MoT would offer a higher tier of entirely optional driver licence where you'd need to pass a whole bunch of defensive and high performance driving in exchange for lower insurance rates. Make it real and non-trivial to include accident avoidance manoeuvers, low traction driving techniques (like driving on slush / ice sort of thing) so that people can actually learn how to drive, and make re-testing mandatory every few years -- every 2? 3? years? -- so that the skills continue to stay sharp.

Of course, something like that would never happen...

They should have licenses that have horsepower restrictions based on experience, accident history, etc.