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Ontario considering enhanced road test for drivers over 80: auditor general report
(toronto.ctvnews.ca)
this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2023
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I'm sure 80% of all drivers could not pass a road test, myself included, because those road tests are full of massive bullshit from testers with inflated egos.
I still remember the shit they tried to tell me I did wrong. One asshole tester said that I wasn't aware of the speed limits because.... I should know that road X was in a commercial zone and all commercial zones are 60, and that driving 40 by the school was wrong because it's the only school in the city without a 40 speed limit.
The testers are generally incompetent so them wanting to introduce more road testing seems like a bad idea.
I would love everybody insulated to have to redo. Its absolutely a money grab + completely fucked
100% a money grab, especially now that it's been privatized. My partner just did the written test and at least a quarter of the questions were those inappropriate "What is the punishment for offence Y?" questions. Why is knowing that at all important? As long as we know what things are illegal it should be enough. Those are the only ones she got wrong and had to take the stupid test twice.
No doubt that they put that many of those useless types of questions because they know if they didn't no one would fail. But this way they get a lot of people taking it twice, which you can do without even waiting, as long as you pay more fees for each try.
Sounds more like it's an area that needs much heavier regulations and scrutiny. Time to make it the public system it should be.