Judging by the letters about the tragic deaths on the A23, there seems to be a little hysteria creeping into people's judgment. These people are just not accepting that it is immaturity and inexperience at the wheel that is the problem.

Lower speed limits and speed cameras on that road are neither feasible nor necessary. The A23 at the section in question is flat and relatively straight, with good visibility and markings. Slip-road access is well designed and there are central reservation barriers.

The road is not, however, designed to cope with young, inexperienced drivers driving powerful cars so fast that the car takes off, skips over the central barrier and lands on another vehicle coming the other way.

The real lesson to come out of this tragedy, and the one on the A26 killing two young men, would not be to penalise the 99.9 per cent of motorists that use that stretch of road without incident or accident but insist that those who are under 23 or have held their licence for less than three years are limited to a vehicle no more powerful than a 1000cc. I don't think anyone would argue with that.

-Spencer Elms, Brighton