TESTING TIMES FOR LEARNER DRIVERS

Over 180 complaints made every month about examination

- KEN FOXE

THE Road Safety Authority received more than 180 complaints a month about driving tests last year, with people told their cars weren’t safe or that they were “over-cautious” on the road.

The RSA said there had been 2,205 complaints made in 2022, with a particularly high number in August when 297 were logged by the authority.

One driver claimed they were the victim of “partial and very racist” treatment by a tester and that they had been pre-judged because of their ethnicity.

They wrote: “Considering the amount of time and money spent in the process, we expect a fair conduct and not being pushed to move fast or quickly because the tester was in a hurry to complete the test.”