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IT’S A RITE of passage for many Irish teenagers and young adults – but the complexion of the Irish driving test is shortly to change forever.
The Road Safety Authority is phasing out the classic feedback form for people sitting their driving test – replacing the form filled out by examiners where they note a driver’s faults during their test.
Instead, inspectors will fill out the form on tablet computers – with candidates then being given oral feedback, instead of the sheet that shows the exact faults they accumulated on their test.
The changes mean candidates won’t be given the usual sheet, with their faults manually written onto it – but will instead be sent a summary of their faults through email or post, depending on how they booked their test in the first place.
The tablets have begun use in the last few weeks and are in the process of being rolled out across the country.
An RSA spokeswoman said the new system was part of efficiency reforms being introduced under the original Croke Park pay deal, and saved examiners the bother of having to manually input a candidate’s result onto the RSA’s data systems after the test.
She said the procedures would reduce the administrative workload, and also enable candidates to get better customer service if they needed to query the outcome of their test shortly after taking it.
The system also means that the RSA can compile immediate feedback on the results issued by any examiner, and determine whether individual examiners are unusually strict or lax on certain aspects of a candidate’s driving.
Members of the IMPACT union sought a Labour Court ruling on the introduction of the electronic testing system, and other proposed reforms of the driving test system.
The Labour Court recommended that workers allow the new system to be adopted.
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I spent about an hour with him once & I can assure you he is an absolute gent, it was after his illness & he asked me what did I think of the show without him fronting it, I was honest & said shi*e & he laughed for about two minutes & then said “we will leave it there so”
What a joke. RTE need to get rid of him from their current affairs section so just ask him if there is anything he’d like to do. Like most people Bill has a passing interest in sport so they give him that gig, 100 years later and he’s still doing a job he clearly was never qualified to get
And the a$shole of the day award goes to….. Paul, internet troll and all round little sh*t
Paul’s comment was made on November so I will have to remove his a$shole of the day award. Still a douche comment mind you.
Your a fukin knob!!!
If that was aimed at me I’m gonna have to pull the whole Your/You’re card
Great guy…European and World Cup nights just won’t be the same without him.
A wonderful sports presenter. Does the job of being “john everyman” superbly. All ou have to do is compare him to Linekar and Chiles to see what a gem we have.
In fairness to him at least he waited till he was in his 70′s to right about his life…. Not like the gombeens these days.Tho I have always had a quite neutral view on him as a presenter and of course don’t know him personally , I have zero interest in reading his book , especially now he has endorsed a fraudster and thief.
We’ll wrap it up there so
Okey doke!
A brilliant TV presenter with a lighthearted approach to the job, not many like him in RTE, I wish him well.
Why does he need a book?! His job was to talk about football…we hardly need a career summary!
Ah Jesus Creamy, give Billo a break. He’s an institution.
While I wouldn’t be interested myself in his book, I’m sure there are people who would be interested in his life/career. Good luck to him.
It’s a genuine question, I honestly don’t know who the hell would read this? Please someone explain why this would be worth reading?
In a way I agree with creamy, its hardly going to be a nail biter.
Pity to see him go but Darragh maloney will do a good job of filling his boots in my opinion, he’s likeable and let’s the lads have their rants.
I can’t wait to read Sean Quinn’s book when it comes out. I hope he is able to start on the first draft over the next few weeks. No doubt it will be a ‘best seller’
I’d read his book, he is a fantastic guy with a great attitude.
Okey dokey.
Creamy maybe you need to read the book so, since you think he is only a football presenter. Doubt I’d have any interest in a FG sycophant’s book but he is far more than a football presenter!
At least Billo’s written it at a fitting time in his life, unless other opportunistic gobdaws like Jordan or Joe Duffy.
That Gaybo is mad for money he will never retire I wonder has he still the motorbike U2 gave him for a present.
He is mad for money because he had it stolen on him and years later he lost more when property dropped. That bike was sold for charity years ago.
FG shill
RIP Bill. A legend.
Hugh, why was my comment removed??
Gaybo and Bill are exactly like the politicians with various income streams and addicted to money and power. Our kids are emigrating and these people keep on taking. The greed is incredible. Yet they claim to be such nice people. Give somebody else a chance lads and retire Please.
Haha you’re funny. .if you gunna talk like that. .talk about everyone
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