driving tests are becoming more exacting, and licenses withdrawn for long periods following serious offences. Heavy fines and imprisonment await the serious offender. It may well become necessary to institute periodic tests for all drivers -- if this happened, one suspects, many people would be put straight off the road. Insurance companies already put up their premiums after serious accidents and may refuse to reinsure 'bad risks,' after which ti is unlikely that any other company will take them on. Drunken driving - especially in Britain -- is severely punished nowadays; 'breathalysers' may become legal evidence after the government has laid down the maximum quantity of liquor a person who is driving may consume in a given period.