National Drivers Test!

shakenbake

It's probably been aired before but if our cars have to be tested every two years to prove their road worthiness, is it not fair to assume that the most important part of it should also be tested ... the driver?

Having read a couple of threads this morning on bank holiday driving antics, in addition to the usual habits that piss me off, such as lack of indication on roundabouts etc ... is it not time we actually regulated this too?

I mean how many truely unroadworthy cars are there VS dangerous / incompetent drivers?

Fergieman

Ha, Thats all we need! More Tests, more costs, more time out of our lives more stress. Once is enough thanks. A human is not like a car. A humans antics can change in an instant resulting in dangerous driving incident whereas a cars mechanics gradually wear out over time.
Yes I agree its the nut behind the wheel is the problem 99% of the time but hauling us all in every year for a retest is not the answer. I would rather let the tax man use my hard earned to catch more drunk drivers and dish out more stringent penalties to reckless drivers.
I was actually very impressed at the amount of guards monitoring our roads this weekend. It made me watch my speed anyway.

peasant

Oooh yeah ...let's all reverse round a corner every five years or so...that'll improve things no end

Henry Ford III

Don't forget the infamous amnesty!

We've a lot of drivers on full licenses who would never, ever pass a test imho.

Alanstrainor

test waiting times are long enough as it is. Can you imagine what it'd be like adding that many more tests! And plus the test doesn't even cover motorway driving, which, lets face it, us Irish are rubbish at

CreepingDeath

Might be better forcing drivers who earn say 6 penalty points to resit their test, rather than a blanket retesting of every driver.

Next you'll be asking people to resit their leaving cert :eek:

Biro

At the very least everyone should be made pass that theory test given for provisional drivers when they re-apply for their full license. I recently applied to renew my full, and in the 11 years since I did my test some of the rules of the road have changed slightly, as I found out myself when I browsed the new rules of the road book that apparently everyone got. I wonder how many other people looked through it?

Tipsy Mac

A 30 second advert on tv telling people that the outside lane on a motorway is for overtaking only would be a better use of funds

shakenbake

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Might be better forcing drivers who earn say 6 penalty points to resit their test, rather than a blanket retesting of every driver.

Next you'll be asking people to resit their leaving cert :eek:

Well .... they say education is wasted on the youth

spank_inferno

Its perfectly reasonable to expect us to re-sit the driving test every 10 years at the point of lisence renewal.

And besides from what I read everyone here is a perfect driver so the pass rate would be 100%, what have we to worry about!

Fergieman

Touché Sir!

Padraig Mor

1. Sort out a proper driving test.
2. Make everyone sit it at licence renewal, i.e. every 10 yrs.
3. Watch driving standards improve.

Mr Benevolent

Instead of retesting ever x years, why not just teach people properly in the first place? Answer: Because the attrition rate on the road is not high enough to warrant the cost of change in legislation.

A 30 second advert on tv telling people that the outside lane on a motorway is for overtaking only would be a better use of funds

Good idea. I'd suggest making it a radio ad as well.