re: bad press..speed cameras lie.. One other thing that has not been mentioned. It is far easier to get a drivers licence these days.
You don't have to get all the questions right.
Back in my day (a long time ago 1968) every question had to be answered 100% correct, if not you made another booking and kept coming back until all answers were correct. One mistake no matter how small in the driving test and it was the same thing.