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安省执政党想要全省司机十年八年就重新考一次驾照.
DAVID COOPER / TORONTO STAR
Minister of Transport Harinder Takhar lets Jim Kenzie know his opinion of Ontario's drivers, shortly before attending his first Question Period in the Legislature. "We have to be responsible; we must have respect for one another," he says.
Ontario may retest all drivers
Province joins Alberta in seeing whether retesting will improve safety on the highway
FROM CANADIAN PRESS
The Ontario government will consider mandatory retesting of all drivers in the province in an effort to make roads and highways safer, Transportation Minister Harinder Takhar said today.
Ontario now joins Alberta in considering re-examining drivers to reduce traffic mishaps.
"We want to see some evidence that it does improve safety on the highways," said Takhar. "And if it does, then we will look into it, but we're not going to rush into it, though."
On Thursday, Alberta Transportation Minister Ed Stelmach said he'd be willing to consider retesting drivers to help reduce the carnage from highway accidents.
"That is something we are looking at investigating," Stelmach told the legislature.
Alberta's Opposition Liberals offered support for the idea, and suggested drivers be retested every 10 or 15 years.
Stelmach said both the Alberta Motor Association and the Centre for Injury Prevention have been pushing for "a measured, timely, re-examination of every driver in the province of Alberta."
Takhar did not cite any lobbying efforts to have the Ontario government order all drivers be retested, and suggested the Dalton McGuinty government is willing to let Alberta take the lead on the issue.
"I will talk to my colleague and see what other details they have, what kind of evidence they have and what kind of legislation they are planning to bring forward," said Takhar.
"If the evidence suggests something, then we will look into it. If there's no evidence that it improves safety, we will not look into it."
Danna O'Brien, a spokeswoman for the minister, said the idea of mandatory retesting of all drivers "is not being considered right now."
Ontario's opposition parties denounced Takhar for even discussing the idea.
"It makes no sense. It won't make any sense, and I think when he has a chance to come down from whatever he's on, he'll get back to reality," said former Tory transportation minister Frank Klees.
"He's still not up to speed on the realities of his ministry."
Klees warns the government would have serious problems if it decides to implement a program to have all 8.1 million licensed drivers in the province retested every five or 10 years.
"He's living in a fantasy world," said Klees.
"There's huge lineups and there's great concern about the integrity of the testing," said NDP house leader Peter Kormos..
The New Democrats want driver testing to return to the civil service, and claims the idea of mandatory retesting of licensed drivers came from the private firms which now provide drivers' tests for the province.
"To talk about wholesale retesting is only going to make huge profits for the minister's buddies running these private-sector, for-profit driver testing firms," said Kormos.
"Rather than incurring the incredible costs and inconvenience of retesting every driver, we need cops on the road who can identify bad drivers, and programs whereby bad drivers can be diverted into retraining programs and proper retesting."
Ontario has a graduated licensing program that requires new drivers to take two road tests, and a medical reporting requirement that forces doctors to notify the ministry of anyone who should not be behind the wheel, regardless of age.
Seniors over 80 must renew their Ontario drivers' licence every two years, instead of every five, and need to pass vision, hearing and knowledge tests.
A road test could be required, but is not mandatory.
However, road tests are mandatory for Ontario residents 70 and older who are found to be at fault in an accident and convicted of a highway traffic offence.
Truck drivers in Ontario face mandatory retesting behind the wheel every year after they turn 65 in addition to vision and written tests.
DAVID COOPER / TORONTO STAR
Minister of Transport Harinder Takhar lets Jim Kenzie know his opinion of Ontario's drivers, shortly before attending his first Question Period in the Legislature. "We have to be responsible; we must have respect for one another," he says.
Ontario may retest all drivers
Province joins Alberta in seeing whether retesting will improve safety on the highway
FROM CANADIAN PRESS
The Ontario government will consider mandatory retesting of all drivers in the province in an effort to make roads and highways safer, Transportation Minister Harinder Takhar said today.
Ontario now joins Alberta in considering re-examining drivers to reduce traffic mishaps.
"We want to see some evidence that it does improve safety on the highways," said Takhar. "And if it does, then we will look into it, but we're not going to rush into it, though."
On Thursday, Alberta Transportation Minister Ed Stelmach said he'd be willing to consider retesting drivers to help reduce the carnage from highway accidents.
"That is something we are looking at investigating," Stelmach told the legislature.
Alberta's Opposition Liberals offered support for the idea, and suggested drivers be retested every 10 or 15 years.
Stelmach said both the Alberta Motor Association and the Centre for Injury Prevention have been pushing for "a measured, timely, re-examination of every driver in the province of Alberta."
Takhar did not cite any lobbying efforts to have the Ontario government order all drivers be retested, and suggested the Dalton McGuinty government is willing to let Alberta take the lead on the issue.
"I will talk to my colleague and see what other details they have, what kind of evidence they have and what kind of legislation they are planning to bring forward," said Takhar.
"If the evidence suggests something, then we will look into it. If there's no evidence that it improves safety, we will not look into it."
Danna O'Brien, a spokeswoman for the minister, said the idea of mandatory retesting of all drivers "is not being considered right now."
Ontario's opposition parties denounced Takhar for even discussing the idea.
"It makes no sense. It won't make any sense, and I think when he has a chance to come down from whatever he's on, he'll get back to reality," said former Tory transportation minister Frank Klees.
"He's still not up to speed on the realities of his ministry."
Klees warns the government would have serious problems if it decides to implement a program to have all 8.1 million licensed drivers in the province retested every five or 10 years.
"He's living in a fantasy world," said Klees.
"There's huge lineups and there's great concern about the integrity of the testing," said NDP house leader Peter Kormos..
The New Democrats want driver testing to return to the civil service, and claims the idea of mandatory retesting of licensed drivers came from the private firms which now provide drivers' tests for the province.
"To talk about wholesale retesting is only going to make huge profits for the minister's buddies running these private-sector, for-profit driver testing firms," said Kormos.
"Rather than incurring the incredible costs and inconvenience of retesting every driver, we need cops on the road who can identify bad drivers, and programs whereby bad drivers can be diverted into retraining programs and proper retesting."
Ontario has a graduated licensing program that requires new drivers to take two road tests, and a medical reporting requirement that forces doctors to notify the ministry of anyone who should not be behind the wheel, regardless of age.
Seniors over 80 must renew their Ontario drivers' licence every two years, instead of every five, and need to pass vision, hearing and knowledge tests.
A road test could be required, but is not mandatory.
However, road tests are mandatory for Ontario residents 70 and older who are found to be at fault in an accident and convicted of a highway traffic offence.
Truck drivers in Ontario face mandatory retesting behind the wheel every year after they turn 65 in addition to vision and written tests.
