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I'm only ok with this if they add mandatory third party insurance or a mandatory defensive driving course.
Honestly it's been so long since I've done my full license test, I can barely remember it. I don't know what it's like now, but I remember people complaining a few years ago how some testing stations are so busy it takes months to sit or rebook a full license test. I don't actually think it's going to make much difference to the quality of drivers we have.. unless policing and fines become a lot stricter.
Mandatory insurance is a recipe for disaster. Compare the cost of insurance in countries where it is mandatory to the cost here, and you will notice that ours is some of the cheapest in the world.
If you give private companies a captive market, prices will go up.
By any chance do you know which countries have mandatory third party car insurance? I'd like to find out a bit more
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