Ringo
24/12/2006, 5:41 AM
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1746236&issue_id=15041
Of the proposed new test, he added: "When somebody eventually gets a permit to drive, we will know they will have a reasonable standard of driving right from the beginning. Furthermore, after they get their permit to drive, and this particularly applies to young people, they will have to be accompanied by a four-year-licence driver at all times for the first year.
"Secondly, if they infringe any of the driving regulations under the Road Traffic Act, they go back to square one. And during the first year after they get their permit we are working on the idea that if they are caught in a random breath test and they are found to have any alcohol whatsoever in their bloodstream - forget about the limit: any alcohol whatsoever - they will lose their permit to drive and they will have to go back to square one and start at thebeginning."
Sounds a bit tough to me. I've been driving 20 years now, but think , if you pass your test, having to have a qualified driver still , is a bit much.
Of the proposed new test, he added: "When somebody eventually gets a permit to drive, we will know they will have a reasonable standard of driving right from the beginning. Furthermore, after they get their permit to drive, and this particularly applies to young people, they will have to be accompanied by a four-year-licence driver at all times for the first year.
"Secondly, if they infringe any of the driving regulations under the Road Traffic Act, they go back to square one. And during the first year after they get their permit we are working on the idea that if they are caught in a random breath test and they are found to have any alcohol whatsoever in their bloodstream - forget about the limit: any alcohol whatsoever - they will lose their permit to drive and they will have to go back to square one and start at thebeginning."
Sounds a bit tough to me. I've been driving 20 years now, but think , if you pass your test, having to have a qualified driver still , is a bit much.