Hearing tests for drivers cause upset
A requirement by the Transport Ministry in Dunedin for hearing-impaired drivers to obtain a doctor’s certificate before being granted a licence has angered national licensing co-ordinator Bob Gibson.
An agreement was reached in 1982 by representatives of the ministry, Automobile Association and ear specialists that loss of hearing was no handicap to private motorists.
“I’m quite angry, frankly, that this thing has gone this far,” Mr Gibson said from Wellington yesterday.
“It would certainly appear they’re going a little further than the regulations would suggest. There is definitely no hearing requirement for private drivers and the ministry has no intention of changing this aspect of licensing.”
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