The new Road Safety Strategy has landed. The reaction has been loud, emotional, and often misdirected.

In this episode, Terry Cook doesn’t break down policy line by line or defend government decisions. Instead, he slows the conversation down and explores what this moment really represents for driving instructors.

This strategy isn’t just a set of proposals. It’s a cultural signal, a shift in how learning to drive, risk, responsibility, and readiness are being discussed publicly and politically for the first time in over a decade.

Terry examines why the UK hasn’t gone backwards on road safety, but has stood still while others improved. He challenges the idea that teaching to pass a test is enough, explores why defensiveness from instructors is understandable but limiting, and explains why this moment gives instructors permission to step into a clearer, more confident role.

Listeners don’t have to agree with everything in the strategy. But they do need to decide how they respond to it.

This episode is about opportunity, leadership, and choosing where to stand as the conversation around road safety moves forward.

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