David Farrar: Sensible driver licence changes

Chris Bishop announced some significant and sensible changes to the driver licence system. They are:

David Farrar: Major changes to driver licenses

Chris Bishop has announced some major changes to driver license testing. On the surface they look like very good ideas that will reduce costs and hurdles, but increase safety. The changes are:

John MacDonald: The only solution is to make people pay

Remember it wasn’t that long ago that, if you saw someone doing some dodgy driving, you’d wonder whether they got their licence in a WeetBix box.

I haven’t heard anyone use that line for a while.

But what it meant, of course, was that someone’s driving was so bad it looked as if they didn’t have to do anything to get behind the wheel, to get their licence.