I conducenti dovrebbero recuperare il test della teoria durante il rinnovo delle licenze, nella nuova proposta di lavoro
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/drivers-should-have-to-retake-theory-test-when-renewing-licenses-in-new-labour-proposal/a1570621724.html
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That’ll speed up the driving test backlog. Good job, Labour. Glad to see you’ve your finger on the pulse of the nation.
“The level of breaking of red lights, for example, at the moment, is just through the roof.
That’s not because people don’t understand the significance of a red light but because they know there’s next to no chance of actually being caught. Perhaps that’s something more useful they could focus on changing?
Yeah you can study for and pass a test but will you do that in practice? I think the only way they’ll make the roads safer is more guards out on them.
I’d love to know how fully this proposal was thought through – will it be every renewal, or every 10 years? Currently on my third one year licence in three years due to a medical condition…
Could use this better punitivelly for people who don’t follow the rules of the road
Well, in theory everybody knows what to do when the traffic light is red, or what a Stop sign means…in theory……..
Not a good proposal. First enforcement of the existing laws need to be addressed, then anyone who is convicted of dangerous driving, drink driving, is banned due to penalty points or otherwise, should have to retake the full test, not just the theory test. I recently done the theory test for the first time when applying for a new licence having never done it before and it is so easy to pass it wouldn’t be a deterrent.
People know the rules of the road(for the most part) they just choose to act the dickhead.
>The level of breaking of red lights, for example, at the moment, is just through the roof. And it seems, colloquially, the pandemic has not helped with that, and that driving standards have gotten worse,
This is an enforcement issue. People aren’t forgetting which colour means go because a decade has passed since their theory test lol
Another example of political “virtue signalling.”
People are sick of it. Real solutions only.
It’ll be hard to lose much support from where they are in the polls, but I guess they are going for it.
Jesus wept. Or maybe we could start with punishing those who commit road traffic offences in a way that deters repeat offenders. This might require paying the garda a better wage and investing in better infrastructure, so it’s probably better if we ignore that and have every do the theory test instead.
That will certainly solve the backlog. If these idiots want to improve the system they need to correct the backlog before this madness.
No thanks.
Basic road safety and rules of the road should be something thought to all at secondary school. The level of incompetence from a large number of all road users is shocking, including car users, scooters, cyclists.
This will not solve anything.
Outside of checkpoints and speed cameras there is no presence of policing on our roads and everyone knows it. Until that problem is solved nothing will change.
A solution for a non-existent problem. I can see why labour are basically non-existent as a political entity any more.
STOP. COMPLICATING. IT. AND. ADD. MORE. TESTING. CAPACITY. Jesus Christ on a bike cycling to mass, there are NO available test dates in the whole country for the next 6 months. All this will do is add undue pressure to the theory testing capacity.
Maybe have the Gardaí out on the roads policing them. I’ve been driving all over this country for work for 20 years and have only been dropped at a checkpoint twice. Not once in the last 10 years.
Or you know…. just fucking prosecute them for shit driving.
Have the guards spend a day on r/irelandsshitedrivers, grab all the number plates of all the guys overtaking trucks on bendy hills, and give them all a year ban.
Not even trying to be funny, actively seek out all the dashcam vids of people doing dangerous stuff and ban ‘em. Run a campaign for submissions. Those awful drivers who are going to kill one of us next week aren’t hiding today, but you won’t catch them with a fresh theory test.
theory test wont do nothing
but retake the actual test every 5 years for ppl over 70 will help a lot
Time and time again, the people with the power seem to be the only ones in the country who cannot see what the issue actually is.
Nobody breaks a red light because they don’t understand what it means. They break it because there is ZERO enforcement of rules on our roads.
There was no theory test when I started driving. But my wife took it recently and it seemed easy enough.
It’s considered a political no go area by parties. Not one of them ever showed any interest in dealing with the thousands of completely unqualified drivers who benefitted from a free licence in the 70s.
This is under the impression that most bad drivers lack ability, that is not the issue.
Robot taxis cannot come quick enough.
The theory test is nothing but a money making joke. You just have to scan through the book for an hour the night before, and you can finish the test in ten minutes. How about we start lashing penalty points out for offenses like they are candy instead, and we make people who get banned resit the testing process in its entirety, before returning to the road. If you are going to do such an obvious cash grab, at least give us better road safety as a byproduct
I’m always impressed how deep labour dig to find pointless talking points that will sour public perception of what should be a popular party in the face of the usual FF FG flip flop we get thats left us with the housing crisis and all the other shite people are pisses at.