how about europe? the standard of driving in the continental europe is much better, take germany - they also have some restrictions for drivers in their first two years and it's working fine and their standard of driving is much better than in ireland
The poor standard of driving in Ireland is not just learner drivers fault. There are plenty of people on the road who got an amnesty from ever sitting a test. As someone who sees the standard of driving on the M1 every day, I can tell you it is not young inexperienced drivers that have a death wish.
It should be reformed but I have yet to see the statistics to show that provisional/learner drivers are responsible for the amount of deaths on our roads. They shouldn't be on the road but other road users can't use them as a convenient excuse for the crap driving on Irish roads.