RE: [Goanet] Goa's appalling road sense - 2

2006-04-04 Thread Eddie Fernandes
Folks, Valmiki Faleiro has provoked a fascinating discussion, in particular with regard to the driving test and overtaking. I feel that the main problem with the driving test in Goa is the local practice of driving schools charging learners a flat fee with a guaranteed licence at the end of the c

Re: [Goanet] Goa's appalling road sense - 2

2006-04-04 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gabriel > I like your suggestion re the A to Z etc. However, I > really would like to > see rigorous corruption free driving tests in Goa. > Cornel Cornel, Besides the corruption-free tests, I also have the following observation to make. In Jan 2002, I

Re: [Goanet] Goa's appalling road sense - 2

2006-04-03 Thread cornel
!" Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa's appalling road sense - 2 As I said before, could statistics be published on a daily basis in every newspaper in the Editorial page? Following model for illustration: Traffic deaths: Since Jan this year: This time last ye

Re: [Goanet] Goa's appalling road sense - 2

2006-04-02 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
As I said before, could statistics be published on a daily basis in every newspaper in the Editorial page? Following model for illustration: Traffic deaths: Since Jan this year: This time last year: This will hopefully ensure that no one thinks himself/herself invincible and drive more carefully.

[Goanet] Goa's appalling road sense - 2

2006-04-01 Thread Valmiki Faleiro
== ALL 'n' SUNDRY By Valmiki Faleiro == Goa's appalling road sense - 2 Overtaking is not bad. Bad overtaking is. A common cause of road crashes, and much avoidable carnage. If only a few commonsensical rules were observed, that fateful decision to overtake -- and the lo