A quick Google suggests the salary is around £30,000, which would put it above the living wage. It’s not an amazing salary, but let’s say that got bumped to £40,000 and then you’d need to hire probably at least 10x the number of examiners to be able to cope with the demand, then suddenly that gets very expensive.
There’d be arguments about whether it’s actually financially worth it and whether there’s even though labour supply to achieve the number of examiners required.
So, you want to discourage people from taking tests, which will result in: fewer people driving and, of those who do drive, more of them driving without a license? How do you plan on replacing the transport for those people who decide they aren’t going to drive - will that be improving public transport? How would that happen?
A good start, but I think it should be more than just an eye test.
Here’s my opinion: everyone should have to take a refresher course and test every ten years, dropping to 5 years at 60.
How are you going to recruit new examiners? (there is currently a shortage)
Paying a living wage would be a good start
A quick Google suggests the salary is around £30,000, which would put it above the living wage. It’s not an amazing salary, but let’s say that got bumped to £40,000 and then you’d need to hire probably at least 10x the number of examiners to be able to cope with the demand, then suddenly that gets very expensive.
There’d be arguments about whether it’s actually financially worth it and whether there’s even though labour supply to achieve the number of examiners required.
Cars are expensive by their nature. Pass the costs onto the drivers.
So, you want to discourage people from taking tests, which will result in: fewer people driving and, of those who do drive, more of them driving without a license? How do you plan on replacing the transport for those people who decide they aren’t going to drive - will that be improving public transport? How would that happen?
We can use all the European examiners that are highly qualified… Oh wait 😦.
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While I agree, the logistics involved in that are significant.
The sliding scale is a good idea. If all they’re doing is eyes, over 80 probably should have it annually. Stuff happens quickly.
A physical test, too