Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Driver Tests School Bus Driver had No license


The new driver’s licence test may be a lot tougher but Shea-lee Phillips, a Year 12 student at Wanganui High School, can see the merit in it. The 16-year-old has a learner’s licence, which she got before the new licensing regime was introduced in February, and next month hopes to sit the test to gain her restricted licence. Since the new licensing regulations came into effect, pass rates have plummeted across the Wanganui- Manawatu region, one of three regions in the country to record such a decline. The new test has been designed to encourage learner drivers to clock up at least 120 hours of supervised practice before they sit the test. Shea-lee said she knows the test is tough but sees merit in that. The test is quite tough, in fact it’s really tough, but that’s good. It means when we do get our licence and we’re driving we’ll be more
A HUNTER school bus driver who was filmed by students talking on his phone while driving also threatened a student with violence and ejected a teenager 75 kilometers from home.
The Administrative Decisions Tribunal on Friday upheld the NSW Department of Transport’s decision to suspend and cancel the driver’s authority. Judicial member Peter Molony found the driver was not a fit and proper person to drive a school bus and had been responsible for nine transport breaches on the 90 minute daily route. The driver, who cannot be named to protect the identities of children involved, was found to have put a teen off the bus 75kilometres from home in 2010.‘‘This can reasonably be viewed as abandonment,’’ Mr Molony said. The driver told the tribunal he put the teen off the bus while he rang the police about an incident and the teen ran away. The tribunal also found the driver threatened a student with physical violence in 2010 during an incident when the student repeatedly opened a bus window and the driver more
News that the Government will look at “R” plates for drivers on restricted licences has been welcomed by advocates, with some saying the move is overdue. Associate Minister of Transport Simon Bridges said the Government would consider the option this year as part of a re-evaluation of licensing. Safety experts are looking across the ditch to see how Australian states administer their “R” equivalent, the provisional licence. Dr Dorothy Begg of the Otago University Injury Prevention Research Unit told Radio NZ that graduating from provisional or “P” plates was a major goal for Australian drivers.
Provisional licensing varies among Australian states, but all early provisional licences require drivers to display the plates, usually red on white more

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