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Originally Posted by Thor
In Iceland every car on the road has to be inspected yearly and receive a sticker that allows you to drive in Iceland, I find that has made a big dent in keeping cars and trucks that have no business being on the road from clogging up the roads.
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If I'm not mistaken, Singapore does something similar. However, Singapore (used to/still does?) put stickers mandating a maximum speed limit allowed for your car. (ie: Car old, POS and rickety, max speed 70 kmph allowable (lowest?). Not POS, no max limit sticker on car). That's doable in a small place like Singapore, probably wouldn't fly here.
If I recall correctly, for variable speed lanes in Asia, Rig/delivery trucks for instance, aren't allowed in the fast lane or middle lane and restricted to the slow lane.
If someone can't pass a driving test, I fear for us all. It's one thing to fail due to bad habits, it's another to be unable to pass again. Are we not signaling while driving though a stop sign then merging across 3 lanes on Deerfoot going 140 without shoulder checking?
In my opinion, if something like this was rolled out, retesting should have a lenience factor for bad habits and should give a +10 to +15 years reduced rate (the rate we pay now). Taking a valid certified driving course should give +5 years reduced rate. You cannot lose your license if you don't retest or take a driving course, but your relicensing cost and maybe insurance would be higher (similar idea to the insurance going down for the drivers ed course). Retesting also doesn't need to retest all aspects of driving (ie: Parking). Not a huge fan of the idea, but some of the level of bad drivers showing up scares me.
Honestly speaking, it would be nice to have cheap regular weekend group proactive/defensive/winter driving classes you can just drop in that people can go and take every few years as refreshers in parking lots around the city. No light posts speed bumps or curbs, use your own car if you want, winter conditions and pylons. Hell, get car/tire manufacturers to sponsor it and compare cars with and without winters.