Should everyone have to resit their driving test every five years?

[Firestorm]

Would those with multi category licences , which required seperate tests at the start ie Car and Motorcycle, be required to take a test every 5 years ?
Would the Re test for motorcycles apply to the CBT and then the test ? Or would it just be the over 33 bhp bit which needs to be retested ?
A lorry driver with a car and a large motorcycle could have to take 4 tests every 5 years.....

 

[MontyVeda]

What surprises me (well, actually it doesn't ) is how authoritarian, regulatory and illiberal some people are regarding the subject of driver behaviour and testing.
It's funny how it seems to be the ones who tend to proclaim their libertarian views on so many other subjects.

As a tree hugger, I'd like to see fewer cars on the roads, and by making driving less convenient and more costly might help people decide if they actually need, or simply want a car of their own... and in my ideal world, a retest every five years or so might make them think again, and again, and again.

 

[Dirk]

As a tree hugger, I'd like to see fewer cars on the roads, and by making driving less convenient and more costly might help people decide if they actually need, or simply want a car of their own... and in my ideal world, a retest every five years or so might make them think again, and again, and again.

QED.

 

[classic33]

Would those with multi category licences , which required seperate tests at the start ie Car and Motorcycle, be required to take a test every 5 years ?
Would the Re test for motorcycles apply to the CBT and then the test ? Or would it just be the over 33 bhp bit which needs to be retested ?
A lorry driver with a car and a large motorcycle could have to take 4 tests every 5 years.....

Check the Irish system.

 

[classic33]

What happens when "self driving vehicles" hit the road?

 

[biggs682]

Yes I think we should all re sit every 5 years

 

[gavroche]

What would be the outcome for a driver who didn't reach the required standard?

If it is part of the test: fail. If it is just an assessment, then he/she would be advised to have lessons with a qualified instructor to work on weaknesses.

 

[gavroche]

OK... and what happens when this "assessment" uncovers someone who driving is so poor they pose a significant risk to other road users?

It's no use just giving people 'recommendations'. You need to be able to take decisive action.

At the moment, instructors don't have the power to do anything about that. Only the police and dvla can.

 

[User482]

What surprises me (well, actually it doesn't ) is how authoritarian, regulatory and illiberal some people are regarding the subject of driver behaviour and testing.
It's funny how it seems to be the ones who tend to proclaim their libertarian views on so many other subjects.

I think the needs of the "vulnerable many" outweigh the needs of the "protected few". I am of course entirely unsurprised that you seem to think the opposite.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

If it is part of the test: fail.

I don't see that as being any different to a resit of the original test.

 

[FishFright]

Other than cost I can't see any problems with mandatory retests.

 

[srw]

Other than cost I can't see any problems with mandatory retests.

Nor can I. But that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. As a matter of principle, interventions should be a proportion and effective response to a particular problem. I don't think that across seven pages anyone's even tried to argue that mandatory retests are either proportionate or effective.

 

[FishFright]

Nor can I. But that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. As a matter of principle, interventions should be a proportion and effective response to a particular problem. I don't think that across seven pages anyone's even tried to argue that mandatory retests are either proportionate or effective.

I consider mandatory retests are a proportional and effective response to to the hundreds of really rubbish drivers out there killing and injuring people everyday.

 

[srw]

I think mandatory retesting is a proportionate response to the c. 1,800 deaths and 180,000 injuries on the UK's road each year.

I consider mandatory retests are a proportional and effective response to to the hundreds of really rubbish drivers out there killing and injuring people everyday.

*ahem*
Evidence? Argument?

This two posts are arguments by assertion. I think the moon's made of green cheese and it would be effective to farm it to solve the world's hunger problems.

 

[slowmotion]

I think Michael O'Leary has hacked @User's account.