In the woman’s first driving test, in July 2023, the assessor noted she breached the road rules multiple times including by continuously driving in a bike lane, failing to give way, braking to a near stop in a 70km/h zone and obstructing other vehicles and driving at 38km/h in a 60 km/h zone.
The decision noted the assessor had intervened when the woman started to turn in front of approaching vehicles without sufficient time or distance, and when she failed to give way as she moved off from a kerb.
She still thought she was hard done by and appealed?
i think a lack of good public transportation might also be a problem here. if the only viable way to get around is with a car, then stakes of failing a driving test are much higher.
in my opinion, after establishing a very solid public transportation infrastructure, the next step should be to making it harder to get and maintain a driving license. force people to retake the test every 2 years, or every time they get any kind of traffic violation. and make the test harder to pass. the goal would be to make it annoying enough that most people would realize they don’t really need a car. and if people really do need a car, then they’d be much more incentivized to drive responsibly.
No need to wait. One drives the other, no pun intended.
Online Written test every year, in person written test every 2 years (the laws do change after all).
Road test every 4-5 years.
Bingo on the violations. In person written test for any infraction, road test for any infraction involving points.
Testing isn’t sufficient. Mandatory training of at least 40 hours a year. Maintaining a license should be a pain in the ass, something only professionals and enthusiasts bother to do.
A self-paced study program with testing at the end should be satisficing and economical.
For comparison, here’s the requirements for pilots. I’d say aviation has got it pretty dialed in by now.
https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/licensing-pilots-personnel/staying-current-proficient-pilot