Mark Revill-Johnson: President of the New Zealand Institute of Driving Educators on fee removal of driving test re-sits resulting in more no-shows

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Professional driving instructors are suffering an unexpected consequence of last year’s change to free re-sits for driving tests.

Since fees for re-sitting practical driving tests were scrapped in October, delays to licence booking times have grown as a result of a surge in demand.

There were 2000 booked no-shows last month alone through VTNZ.

President of the New Zealand Institute of Driving Educators Mark Revill-Johnson tells Mike Hosking that funding training gets better outcomes as people are well prepared when turning up for tests.

Instead, people are using the test as an opportunity for a free lesson, affecting business for professional instructors across the country.

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