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Learner Drivers Banned From Malta’s Roads In Traffic Clampdown

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Learner vehicles have been banned from main roads in Malta during rush hours as part of a national clampdown on traffic. 

As of this scholastic year, people will no longer be able to learn how to drive in arterial roads between 7am and 9am and between 3:30pm and 6pm. Driving instructors will still be able to take their students to distributor roads, empty spaces and parking lots during those hours.

The news drew a mixed reaction from the public on social media – with some people praising the move as one which will ease traffic congestion and others pointing out it will mean people will miss out on the chance to learn how to drive in traffic.

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A driving school – Silvio Motoring School – has also launched an online petition, lambasting the decision as unfair on both instructors and learners. 

“It is not fair because the actual driving test is carried out in [main] roads and at those times,” he wrote. “Should we now also stop the deliverymen, waste collectors and gas distributors to tackle traffic management? Clearly it is the beginning of the scholastic year which causes traffic problems, so shouldn’t we also stop parents taking their children to school themselves, at all costs avoiding public transport and school transport?”

“Forcing someone to stop working for four and a half hours daily is not fair.”

Is this decision a necessary evil to combat traffic? Let us know in the comments

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