{"id":5318,"date":"2011-03-10T16:50:14","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T16:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5318"},"modified":"2011-03-10T16:50:14","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T16:50:14","slug":"city-to-ban-driving-school-cars-near-test-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5318","title":{"rendered":"City to Ban Driving School Cars Near Test Centre?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t worry – it’s a story from Ottawa, Canada on CBC News.<\/p>\n

It appears that Canada has the same problem we do here in the UK. Namely, inferior politicians trying to jump-start their careers.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell, people who live near a test centre have complained, Councillor Maria McRae has listened, and she has tabled a motion to ban driver training near to the test centre in question. It could be taken straight off the noticeboard in any test centre in the UK, couldn’t it?<\/p>\n

Mind you, another thing Canada shares with the UK is the attitude of many of its driving instructors.<\/p>\n

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Local driving instructors were sent a notice from the city to stop driving in the area last month \u2014 something they said is unfair. <\/p>\n

“Other people practice with their kids without a roof sign,” Rite-Way Driving School instructor Jamal Kassabry said. <\/p>\n

“How are they going to stop that, too?” <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That one could come straight out of an ADI association’s meeting minutes, couldn’t it? We have them over here where if there is a request not to use a certain area or location posted at the test centre, some ADIs will go there deliberately. We don’t help ourselves, sometimes.<\/p>\n

The best quote comes in the comments at the bottom (and there are 10 pages of them):<\/p>\n

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I live in this area, in fact I live on a street which I drove on during my G2\/G driving tests taken at Walkley. There are, without-a-doubt, A LOT of driving schools practicing in the neighbourhood – while waiting on the street corner for the little one’s school bus I’ll quite often count as many 1 in 3 cars being driven by new drivers. <\/p>\n

In spite of this, I wouldn’t by any means consider it a problem. Sure, there’s arguably more traffic than there should be, but these drivers drive extremely slow (at times half the speed limit) and are barely dangerous. The only traffic I ever see is caused by the dozens of parents dropping off and picking up kids from school. With all of the gang-filled-ghettos that border this neighbourhood, kids practicing their driving is the least of our worries. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That sums up the whole issue in one. When Councillor McRae refers to “residents’ complaints” she actually means “very few residents” or “not a high percentage of residents”.<\/p>\n

EDIT 18\/3\/2011: <\/strong> There’s an updated story at yourottawaregion.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I have to say, the combination of the typical intellect and attitude of a driving instructor and the career aspirations of a no-name local councillor is a potent one indeed. It seems to be the same the world over. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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