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Originally Posted by Badgerbadger
Not that you'll admit to being presented with facts, but:
There is a bunch more sheriffs on the road, giving out tickets. Impairment testing methods and equipment have been improved significantly, and are still being improved.
With regard to "what is being done about bad drivers", unfortunately the UCP cancelled the standardization of testing and reverted it to private companies, so for a few extra bucks people who don't deserve licenses can get 'em.
Are you being obtuse on purpose, or are you just blinded by ideology and anger?
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So where is your proof that the test standards are lower for private companies, compared to government run testing? If you look at industry and workplaces,l the standards are not always higher for government run corporations compared to private companies. And that still doesn't address the fact that some of the worst drivers are elderly people that are no longer competent, but in Alberta,periodic retesting is not required, so these people keep driving until they do have an accident. Of course retesting would put even more demand on our system, and many people would be upset at having to retest, but the fact is, that it could get some incompetent drivers off of the roads, which would improve public safety.