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submitted 5 days ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

The system for testing truck drivers in Ontario has been compromised by bribes, forged documents and rigged testing, says a memo leaked to CBC's Marketplace by an industry insider.

Ontario's DriveTest centres are managed by a company called Serco, which oversees operations and logistics for a variety of organizations, ranging from air traffic control for the Canadian Armed Forces to employment services for the federal government.

The leaked internal memo, which was shared with Marketplace following an investigation into driving schools, was addressed to all driving examiners in Ontario. It reveals "a number of employees have either resigned or been terminated this past year due to investigations that we have completed involving allegations of inappropriate and illegal behaviour."

This behaviour ranges from examiners "accepting bribes for issuing road test passes, to manipulation of automatic versus manual transmission certificates, to false driver experience being added to driver records," according to the memo.

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[-] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

DriveTest sucks. All I needed was to switch an out of province license and I had to go there twice and wait for hours each time.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Clearly you didn't bribe the right person

[-] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

๐Ÿคฃ

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 days ago

LMAO. And the majority of car drivers are "qualified" to be on the road?

Qualified drivers wouldn't be causing tens of thousands of crashes per year, but here we are.

[-] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

We should have to pass a driving test every decade. Traffic rules change and people get complacent. Most people cannot execute a proper left turn.

[-] Yezzey@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Police should have the power to send you back to driving school.

this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2024
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