A Bit More White Stuff

I had to shift about 5" of snow of the car before heading to the shop first thing.
Not sure if next was very pleased when I got in and just drove away while they were spinning their wheels (well there were two of them and we had had a yesterday discussion about a light front wheel drive with skinny tyres being better in the snow than a wide rear wheeled drive -- they have both and you can guess which one they were in).
On the way down I passed some muppet trying to come up the hill with the wheels spinning and the engine revving like mad producing ice at a great rate of knots.
When I had finished shopping I could see that the traffic was at a standstill and backing up from where I had passed the idiot - so I took a different way home and had no problems.
Some people should not be behind the wheel of a car at the best of times let alone when there is snow and ice. The really worrying thing is there are discussions about whether learners should just be handed a full licence without sitting a test 'if it is known they are going to pass' . How do they know that without a test? Teaching standards have dropped and there are 'targets' for the number of full licences issued. Surely to God it is down to safety and competence?