It could also be used to stalk and harass. Alberta has already had problems with agencies making fake drivers licences. The public service protects our interests as citizens through the oath of secrecy sworn by all public servants and by the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. In the private sector, motivated entirely by profit, those safeguards are out the window. In Alberta, the association representing private driver examiners is worried that unscrupulous examiners are finding ways around the testing guidelines.
Tests are too short to assess a driver s abilities.
An association spokesperson even suggested that other provinces might not recognize Alberta licences, so that if you moved from Alberta you would have to be re-tested. The experience of private testing in Virginia indicates unqualified drivers are getting licences. The Washington Post reported that audits of road tests showed they were not consistent and uniform. It is an awesome responsibility to drive a motor vehicle and every person who applies for his first driver s licence now must pass fair and realistic tests, uniform in all parts of the province, to prove that he has the knowledge and ability to be entrusted with this responsibility. Auld was talking about the province ending abuses by taking over driver examinations in 1961.