Dear editor,
On Oct. 24. 2012, I took a road test with a DriveABLE tester, as I was 81 years old.
I had to use a car they provided — not my own.
The tester started to talk about his new relationship — also told me two smutty jokes.
I told him he should not talk to me on a road test and he said, "OK!"
The place I took the test was Courtenay, not Nanaimo as stated on a report. My doctor's name was incorrect and my name was misspelled.
Sometime later I received the evaluation of my test and it was "failure."
I wanted to know some details of my failure and was told to contact "freedom of information" office in Victoria by fax. I did this, leaving a week between faxes for them to respond, eight of my errors related to pedestrian crosswalks, likely due to driving a strange vehicle.
I believe too that the talk that the tester initiated may have confused my thinking and actions. He led me to believe that I had done well so it did not occur to me to go right in to the office and report his talking.
I assumed he was testing my driving while conversation was on going; perhaps done by many testers.
However, a pamphlet put out by ICBC stated, the driving tester will not talk to you during your test so you may keep your full attention on your driving!
I have written this letter as I feel the public should know what's going on with some of we seniors and DriveABLE.
E. Wiegerink,
Courtenay