MR T wrote:
Whether you restrict the number of vehicles, or place conditions on licences that can be issued freely, there will always be somebody who is prepared to pay to jump the queue.
I can understanding your reasoning behind the point you make in respect of a council restricting a vehicle license and someone having to pay a fee in order to obtain a license? However I fail to see your reasoning in respect of conditions, unless you mean conditions = quality control?
Perhaps you can explain how someone can jump the queue in an authority that doesn't exercise quantity controls?
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the only way to stop this is to make licences freely available without conditions, I do not honestly think that it would suit either of us do you?
In the majority of areas vehicle licenses are freely available and any condition attached to a vehicle license is the same for everyone. Likewise any condition attached to a driver license is the same for everyone, no matter where they are licensed? When you talk about jumping the queue, surely it only applies to those authorities that are restricted because licensing conditions in authorities that aren't restricted are available to all?
The only inequality that exists, is in the method of quantity controls?
The problem with the 91 councils that so far restrict numbers is that they haven't got the foresight to see how they can restrict licenses other than by way of quantity controls. Perhaps if they did put proper quality controls into affect half the current crop of drivers might not pass them? Perhaps thats the reason many prefer quantity control over quality control?
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JD
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but the point is that even in areas where numeral controls have been lifted, the original plates can still hold the value, and by not including these areas it creates a totally false impression. 
