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Originally Posted by Acey
To an extent I think more frequent testing is something of a waste of resources - if the original test is difficult and proper enough (should also include an extensive written component) then the only thing time you should be retested is due to old age.
Just my take on it... but something's gotta be done either way.
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I find a lot of drivers have bad habits and strange expectations because urban folklore develops alternate interpretations of the original regulations.
At our workplace, drivers often have to upgrade their licence to a class 4. Many discover that although the have no accidents, they can not pass the required driving test due to bad habits. Often a defensive driving written exam cures some of the misinterpretations but few voluntarily go for a re-test (usually they retest for work or demerit requirements).
For example, many feel that you are allowed to drive 10 over the limit. when in reality 1 km over the limit is actually an infraction. The myth emanates from the reality where few traffic cops will push a ticket through court that might be explainable by inaccuracy of equipment. Somehow they add the myth that you have to get out of the way for any faster car when you are in the inside (passing lane) of a school zone...
These myths can be quite firmly ingrained.
I have been told by a prospective employee (for a driving job/position) that "we" are allowed to travel 50% over the speed limit as long as we are going to pass someone... and that was why he could get our passengers to their destination in a faster manner... because there is always someone to pass.
(somehow I wasn't comfortable at the thought of him driving our vehicle at 150km/hr on deerfoot....)