Ryan Newell comments over at UKIPhome about the impending EU driving licences:
As mentioned earlier the new licences must be renewed every 10 to 15 years. This means that every 10 t o15 years we will be forced to fork out to renew our licences. We can also be forced to pay for a new test each time our licence needs renewing.
There are doubtless plenty of valid arguments against a homogenised EU driver licensing scheme (I’m going to be paying particular attention to the motorcycle proposals). To rage against renewing them every ten to fifteen years however misses a vital point: Our current photo licences are already subject to renewal every ten years. Oh, and I can’t find anything about a new test every time a licence is renewed. I don’t know where Ryan got that one from.
I talked about this over at my place a little while ago. What the proposal says is:
But, since these would almost certainly be chargeable, one could certainly anticipate the possibility of a cash-strapped government indulging in a new way to charge the motorist…
DK
Ah…
Ryan’s piece seemed to infer driving tests…
I have no objection to periodic checks on a driver’s fitness to drive. If you subscribe to the principle of licensing in the first instance, periodic checks of continued fitness is merely a logical extension. Neither do I have any objection to GPs and opticians charging for the service. I do have an objection to Brussels setting the agenda.
Having said all of that, the thrust of Ryan’s point; that we will have to renew licences every ten to fifteen years; is wide of the mark as we already do. 😉