DRIVING instructors are calling on VicRoads to breathalyse people before they take a driving test.(墨尔本驾照翻译编辑)
Watsonia’s Hi-Way Driving School owner Karen Tait, an instructor for more than 20 years, told the Diamond Valley Leader drug and alcohol checks for people taking a learners, probationary or full licence test would make the road safer for everyone.
“We ask kids if they drank the night before, particularly if it’s a day after their 18th, but you can never be 100 per cent sure without the evidence of a test,” Ms Tait said.
“VicRoads could easily have a breathalysing system, like the police, before they hop in the car with a VicRoads tester.”
The calls follow an incident where an 18-year-old learner driver blew .057 when he was pulled over by police during a licence test, with a VicRoads tester inside the vehicle, on McKimmies Rd in Bundoora on October 31. The driver was issued a $466 on-the-spot fine and disqualified from driving for 6 months.
Nillumbik Inspector Simon Rainey said Victoria Police supported initiatives to reduce drink-driving and road trauma, especially when dealing with inexperienced and vulnerable road users.
But Crossroads Driving School’s Michael Spoor, who has 30 years driving experience, said VicRoads should not be responsible for conducting drug and alcohol tests on people applying for a license.(墨尔本驾照翻译编辑)
“It’s up to the parents more than anything else … to make sure they are level-headed and using their brains,” Mr Spoor said.
“If one person is stupid enough to do that, it reflects on that person, rather than the system.”(墨尔本驾照翻译编辑)
VicRoads acting executive director of registration and licensing Helen Lindner said a test would be rescheduled if a driver was suspected of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs.(墨尔本驾照翻译编辑)
VicRoads is not considering the introduction of compulsory alcohol and drug test before a licence test.
