SUFFER TESTS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1930, Page 2

SUFFER TESTS

MOTOR DRIVERS’ LICENSES

REGISTRATION TIME

With the growth of motor traffic, particularly in the main centres, there is a tendency in the direction of a further stiffening of the tests which must lie passed by applicants for drivers’ licenses, and there is every reason to believe that in the near future a uniform standard test will be applied throughout the Dominion. There was ai conference recently of representatives of all bodies and organisations concerned in' motor traffic. This nxeqfing;.was held;till;camera, but it is stated that the mplor regulations were reviewed and;'that - The ibiufwnie ,\y ill j probably, Jbe : that, new regulation?* will lie framed embodying;more >or' less Standard tests to be uniform through-" put vie . Dominion., • f. [■ ,\j ■

; An - official tester, said yesterday ,-Qiat ’in the tests foj 1 drivers’..'licenses.., (the wonienls work . compared -favourably ‘J|itli. tjiat of merj, Thp women Gispiayetl - a .good knQtvledge t of road .usage, observing- the signals. and ■trafsigns. Failure ( to do so would, of course mean disqualification. The sight test is a- strict one, and includes reading of colours, but the number of colour-blind applicants is very small indeed. Candidates are examined as to their knowledge of traffic regulations and by-laws, judgment" or' "speed; 1 starting engifre , ' < ~ftfiTd driving ahead, turning in a narrow street, driving in traffic, driving in reverse, starting on hill, gears and changing,, brakes Ppd>|lspking, while the exaiPipiflg notes the general d,emeanour-'c|d|&i he candidate while dent, nervous, and k>jj(fr<th. Classification is pfade * undejffe(4he headings of “ pop r wjvery fair,” and •• } ‘good;’’li'Ofie of “poor,”'br;.;ffivo of “fair 1 * in the tests mentioned will disqualify the applicant for a private driver’s license. For public service drivers; motor buses and-taxicabs, only classification of “good” in all tests is considered as qualification. Should a candidate fail at the first test, he or she may apply again after further practise, but the second test is more strictly applied. ,In the event of any disability, such as colour blindness, the application is referred to the By-laws Committee. The license' issued by ~the Auckland CitypCouncil is-rather an improvement on The brie issued in Wellington, as on the back pages are printed lustrations of signals to be used by drivers of motor vehicles when stopping, turning, grossing, etc. It is thought that this would be a useful provision on the * Wellington license. . • ’ ”