• Chaotic Entropy@feddit.uk
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    1 month ago

    If it resulted in better quality drivers, great… I see more and more unmitigated arseholes on the road weaving through traffic and gunning down the 30 next to my house at all hours.

    • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
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      1 month ago

      Or maybe it’s bad by design - they could be intentionally overcharging for profit, or the courses should be revised bcs a 50% failure rate usually indicates something wrong with the learning institution, not the students.

      Unless a high failure rate itself is a core teaching technique (in the sense that folk need to get accustomed to failure & financial consequences - but that would be weird).

      • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works
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        1 month ago

        I know lots of people who shouldn’t be on the road but are because road tests in Canada are beyond easy.

        IMO driving should be taught in secondary school regardless if they have a licence or not and that way people will know the rules.

        Sit at an intersection and watch how many people are unable to properly turn esp trucks/SUV. They never let their rear wheels hit the line before turning so they cut into opposing lanes.

        All because they are being taught by people who don’t know how to teach driving because once again our testing standards are dogshit

        • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
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          1 month ago

          Yes, reform the system.

          (Or you know, make alternative infrastructure so ppl aren’t forced to drive.)

          Also yes, ppl not only cut into other lanes at intersections, but also change lanes completely, wtf.

  • Alex@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    The pandemic did a number on a lot of queues but it really seems to have hit driving tests hard. As long as they don’t decide lowering the standards is the way to solve it.

    It sounds like they need to be offering more for examiners.