The lessons are not to be compulsory, Silas, so those living without access to motorways will only be disadvantaged if they drive elsewhere. Presumably, they can travel to obtain such instruction if they feel the need. I doubt that the populations you mention would support building motorways just in order to provide experience for their learner drivers, though I am sure that some would welcome motorways for more normal purposes. Much of Scotland and other remoter areas are also without motorways within the range of the average driving lesson, it would have to be at least a half-day lesson to get any benefit. I know that I would have welcomed a bit of motorway experience when I started out driving. I suspect that many city-based drivers would benefit from a short course in rural driving skills too (approaching livestock, keeping attention on the road, fords, passing places, that sort of thing).
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