Minister declines offer of driving test

Friday 7th July 2006, 12:00AM BST.

THE offer of a free driving test has been turned down by Deputy Guy de Faye who last week blamed bad drivers for the delay in people being able to get a test date.

On Wednesday, former Army driving instructor Marcus Stephenson offered the Transport and Technical Services Minister the chance to put his driving skills where his mouth is and take a test.

Earlier in the week Mr Stephenson had been outraged by Deputy de Faye’s comments, who blamed poor drivers in the Island for a three-month waiting list for driving tests.

Deputy de Faye said that he would not be participating.

‘No, I shall not be taking up his offer.

I think there’s a risk he might be a little one-sided.’

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