I THOROUGHLY agree with Robert Tuck's assertion that what we need is not lower speed limits but higher driving standards.

Successive governments have continually brainwashed motorists into believing that obeying speed limits is the be all and end all of safe driving which is precisely why there are so many accidents.

Here are some questions for all those drivers who are convinced that, because they adhere to the speed limits, they are good safe drivers.

Do you know the correct tyre pressures for your vehicle and do you check them at least twice a week?

Do you know the difference between oversteer and understeer and how it effects your vehicle?

Have you ever done a session on a skid pan to learn how to control your vehicle in an emergency?

Have you undertaken an advanced driving course to see if you are as good as you think you are?

Would you know how to react in the following situations?

You are driving at 70mph on a motorway and a front tyre blows out.

You are approaching a line of stationary vehicles and your throttle sticks wide open.

Your car stalls on a level crossing and an express train is rapidly approaching.

Unless you can answer yes to all of the above and dozens of similar questions then l am afraid that no amount of strictly observing speed limits will save you from an accident.

More than 90 per cent of drivers never bother with any additional training after passing their test which shows total disinterest and you are unlikely to be any good at something which is of no real interest to you.

GRAHAM CRIBB, Branksome Wood Road, Bournemouth