Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Cycling Proficiency Compulsory for Driving Licence


                                               
A 39-year-old White Pigeon resident driving on a suspended driver’s license led deputies from the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office on a pursuit through Three Rivers Saturday, eventually fleeing on foot in Florence Township before being captured. According to a news release from the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, the person took off when police tried to pull over the car for a minor traffic violation.
The driver is currently lodged at St Joseph County jail and has been charged with fleeing and eluding, resisting and obstructing, driving with a suspended license and several outstanding warrants. Three Rivers Police and Michigan State Police both continue
                                            
Dan Harris’s tragic death last Wednesday and Bradley Wiggins’ response have put cycle safety in the news again. But while we’d all love better cycling infrastructure, there is neither the money nor the political will to make our streets safer for cyclists. For all the positive talk about increasing the bike awareness component of the driving test, there is a limit to how much you can tell someone to be aware of their position on the road, and a limit to the effect that theoretical knowledge can have. So why not make cycle proficiency a mandatory condition for getting a driving licence? Every driver should have firsthand experience of what it’s like to ride a bike in the traffic. Any driver wanting to acquire an HGV licence has to get a normal driving licence first. And people wanting to take a car on the road continue
                                               
An NBC 5 Investigation has found a major flaw in the way the Texas measures wait times at Department of Public Safety Driver License Offices. The numbers DPS currently collects make the wait times appear shorter than they really are. More accurate measurements could help reduce the long lines that cause daily frustration at DPS offices across the Dallas and Fort Worth Metroplex. On a recent 97-degree summer day, the line at the DPS license office in Plano snaked outside into the parking lot. People waited in the Texas heat for an hour or longer just to get in the front door. Other DPS offices across the Metroplex had even longer waits, with some people waiting three hours or more. NBC 5 Investigates often saw empty spots at the counter with no one to help. Some frustrated customers simply gave up and left continue

http://www.ezdrivingtest.com/blog/2012/08/07/cycling-proficiency-compulsory-for-driving-licence-07aug2012/

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