La entrada Sharp drop in license delays in Ibiza, but the underlying problem remains se publicó primero en La Voz De Ibiza.
]]>This organizational change means that applicants are not trapped in long waits once they have completed their internships. » This way they lose neither money nor time,» Ribas pointed out in an interview with Radio Ibiza. In addition, he recalled that there are more than 7,000 students on the island pending a date and that the figure has reached more than 8,000.
Despite the decrease in the deadline, the structural bottleneck continues. The island still does not have permanent examiners and relies on staff transferred from Mallorca. This situation, warns Ribas, causes continuous uncertainties: «Flights are always delayed or cancelled, and if the examiner does not arrive, the exam cannot be done».
The president insists that the solution is simple and well-known: two examiners permanently stationed in Ibiza. «With two examiners in Ibiza, the island would be totally independent,» she says. However, he assures that the Administration «turns a deaf ear» and that the main reason is the high cost of housing on the island: «Who comes to Ibiza on a civil servant’s salary? It is not even enough to pay the rent».
Ribas also denounces the progressive dismantling of the DGT office in Ibiza. According to him, the head office no longer handles exam-related paperwork: «The Ibiza office does not do a single exam paperwork; it has transferred everything to Palma,» which adds to the dependency and slowness.
Nor will the recently announced incorporation of 101 new examiners in Spain, of which seven will go to the Balearic Islands, have any real impact on the island. «One is coming, but he’s going to Menorca. We stay as we are,» he laments.
With a view to the new European regulations that will make it possible to obtain the license from the age of 17, Ribas considers that the only critical moment will be the first year, when two generations coincide: «In that first year we will have 17-year-olds and 18-year-olds at the same time,» although he is confident that the increase in the number of teachers resulting from the new vocational training program will make it possible to handle the volume.
The president appreciates another novelty: the possibility of taking the test with an automatic car and obtaining a manual driving license after additional training. «I think it’s pretty good. It’s a step forward towards new technologies,» she says.
Ribas concludes by recalling the need to improve the safety of motorcyclists, a group particularly affected in Ibiza. » On a motorcycle the chassis is you,» he warns, and denounces the normalization of riding without the mandatory clothing: shorts, flip-flops or without a jacket.
La entrada Sharp drop in license delays in Ibiza, but the underlying problem remains se publicó primero en La Voz De Ibiza.
]]>La entrada Traffic blames ‘low-cost’ driving schools for the traffic jam to get a driving license in Ibiza se publicó primero en La Voz De Ibiza.
]]>Alonso said this in statements to Cadena SER, where he pointed directly to the driving schools that offer ‘low-cost’ formulas to get the license «in record time». The problem, he pointed out, is that they jump on the bandwagon of offers to compete with each other, but then the students arrive without being ready and must repeat the test several times.
The provincial head of the DGT argues that this accumulation of applicants repeating exams generates a «funnel effect» that slows down the system and causes discomfort among those who are prepared to pass. Thus, he said, the exams agenda collapses and this affects everyone.
As for the situation of the Traffic office in Ibiza, Alonso has assured that currently all the positions are covered, although he recognizes that it is a temporary balance. As soon as a new transfer contest is called, difficulties will appear again because many civil servants prefer destinations with a lower cost of living, he concluded.
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