DRIVING TESTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXX, Issue 20165, 20 July 1935, Page 10

DRIVING TESTS

THE STATE OF NEW YORK Th esummer season for testing applicants for licences to drive motor vehicles has been inaugurated by Motor Vehicle Commissioner Charles A. Harnett with more rigid regulations for the examinations (states the “New York Times”). The new arrangement is for five tests an hour instead of eight, so each inspector can develop more time to observing the qualifications of each applicant. In a statement the commissioner urges applicants to obtain adequate instruction before presenting themselves for road tests. In some sections of the State, it is reported, beginners apply for tests after only three or four days’ experience behind the wheel. This is considered responsible for the failure ; of 40 per cent of the applicants ex-

amined, Two or three weeks of training by an experienced driver is advised for most people. Each applicant is given an eye test. The examination on the road embraces straightway drive through traffic for half a mile. Several right and left turns are required and the applicant is asked to park the car by backing to the curb, to stop and start on a hill, and turn the car in the middle of a block if traffic regulations permit it. The applicant’s car should be in good mechanical condition and properly equipped.