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Originally Posted by curves2000
Some people have exceedingly high expectations for Uber/Taxi/Skip the dishes drivers and how well they drive. They are not professionally trained drivers like some people think they are. The vast majority of them are from exceedingly poor countries where the rules of the road are suspect at best, those skills carry over to life in Canada wither or not people think they should. These jobs often don't really pay any decent money all factored in and the nature of the job requires you to check out a screen every few seconds, hence why they never learn the city! Contrast this with professional bus drivers in any city where they actually know their route without staring at an iPhone every 5 seconds.
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That's the problem. They are given a professional drivers license by the province with little diligence, and we end up with this. If you have a problem with Uber drivers, take it up with the government.
The nature of the job doesn't
require them to look at the screen all the time, that's nonsense. A failure to learn the city and how to navigate isn't a requirement. That's choice.
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Step 1:
Meet the Requirements
There are a few mandatory requirements before you can reclass your driver's licence.
- check You must be at least 18 years of age
- check Hold a valid Class 5 licence (non-GDL), at minimum
- check Pass a Class 4 knowledge test
- check Complete a medical examination form with a doctor
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https://ama.ab.ca/registries/auto/dr...cences/class-4
No one even gets in a vehicle with them to see if their paper knowledge transfers to real world skill. This is a failure of governance, not a problem because they are immigrants. The only people to blame here are voters. But oh ya, you don't think that's fair.