Motor Driving Licenses at Home

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 53, 5 March 1935, Page 9

Motor Driving Licenses at Home

ORGANISATION TO CONDUCT TESTS.

United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright RUGBY, March 1.

In the Houso of Commons, Major Hoaro Belisha (Minister for Labour), outlined steps which he had taken to set up a system of tests for new applicants for a motor vehicle driving license. A new organisation would have this work as its special duty and would be based on the twelve existing traffic areas, with, a . ftrpe&vising examiner in charge of each area) and a chief examiner at headquarters. Under those supervising examiners' there would be 250 examiners. All the supervisors had now been and more than half the examiners.

A fee of a maximum of 10s for those undergoing the test was originally contemplated, but it had been found that at 7/6 the service would be self-sup-porting. It was estimated there would bo 400,000 new drivers examined every year. In the case of large organisations such as the Army, Navy, Air Force, Post Office, police and employers of not fewer than 250 drivers, their own examiners wolud be authorised to issua a certificate