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RSA & SGS - First Time Pass?

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    #32
    Permabear
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    #33
    driverite
    Registered Users Posts: 168 ✭✭driverite


    yep brian,I also heard €120ish per test that sgs were getting per test, but they would only get paid if the test was conducted so any non conducted tests and no shows. I worked a saturday one time and out of 9 tests, 1 person turned up,

    So with the test fee gone up, people will have to take it more seriously than they have already.


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    #34
    Sunjammer
    Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭Sunjammer


    driverite wrote: »
    yep brian,I also heard €120ish per test that sgs were getting per test, but they would only get paid if the test was conducted so any non conducted tests and no shows. I worked a saturday one time and out of 9 tests, 1 person turned up,

    So with the test fee gone up, people will have to take it more seriously than they have already.


    I doubt that €75 will have any real effect on test "no shows" its only an extra €37 a year to those people who make the habit of not showing up in order to get another 12 month LP. The simple solution would be to create a zero tolerance or lets say a 2 strike rule where by a no show = no new LP and it may help reduce waiting times by cutting out this nonsense of no shows


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    Simon Jester
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭Simon Jester


    If they were really serious about no-shows they would ask for a deposit, maybe 100 euro that is refunded after taking a test (whether pass or fail).


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    #36
    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    I failed first time with SGS, so a completely stupid reason - i feel.

    and passed then with RSA. The RSA man shouted at me for about 5 minutes on why he didnt want to pass me and why i was a bad driver - i got 5 random blue marks


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    Buffman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭Buffman


    pink fluffy bunny wrote: »
    The RSA man shouted at me for about 5 minutes on why he didnt want to pass me and why i was a bad driver - i got 5 random blue marks

    Surely he wouldn't have passed you if he taught you were that bad. Did he really shout at you?

    FYI, if you move to a 'smart' meter electricity plan, you CAN'T move back to a non-smart plan.



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    #38
    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    Buffman wrote: »
    Surely he wouldn't have passed you if he taught you were that bad. Did he really shout at you?

    yip, he nearly had me in tears. (which is a hard thing to do )

    he main problem was not slowing whenever i seen a pedestrian in case they ran out in front of me.


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    greyc
    Registered Users Posts: 242 ✭✭greyc


    Sunjammer wrote: »
    I doubt that €75 will have any real effect on test "no shows" its only an extra €37 a year to those people who make the habit of not showing up in order to get another 12 month LP. The simple solution would be to create a zero tolerance or lets say a 2 strike rule where by a no show = no new LP and it may help reduce waiting times by cutting out this nonsense of no shows

    I think where it might help is that you're not going to get people sending in 3 or 4 applications for tests to try and beat the backlog and then not turn up or notify the RSA if they pass 1st time


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    Sunjammer
    Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭Sunjammer


    greyc wrote: »
    I think where it might help is that you're not going to get people sending in 3 or 4 applications for tests to try and beat the backlog and then not turn up or notify the RSA if they pass 1st time

    Surely the RSA could stop that practice too by only allowing one application per "driver number" on their system at any one time, It should not be too difficult for their computer system to handle in this day and age.... or would it? :rolleyes::)


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