When Americans used to arrive at their post or base in Germany....there was this driving seminar that you had to attend....to get your German license. The chief thing that always amused me about the seminar....was the quickness that a guy could actually lose his license.
If you committed eighteen points in one year.....it was a pretty short conversation between you and the judge. You had a chance to fight the last ticket, but if you couldn't defend yourself.....you actually lost your license for a while.
In all the time I spent in Germany.....I know of only one individual who did so by the point system. There were several folks who did the DWI-routine, and lost their license easily that way.....but points were always a more difficult episode.
There's now talk of a revision to the driving code. If this twist were accepted, then you'd have a higher chance of losing your license. The eighteen points? Gone. The four-point tickets? Gone, too. You'd have eight points a year to max out with. A serious speeding offense....would likely get you two points. So it wouldn't take much to screw you over.
The folks who run this business....think that there'd be ten percent more folks losing their licenses each year.
What drives this? For a number of years.....political folks, the auto clubs, and the cops have wanted some significant changes. So the guys who run this business have tossed it all into a blender and come out with a drastic program.
My humble guess is that we will start to see an increase in people using public transportation.....because they lost their license. You might also see more folks using scooters....hoping to get around their little problem in another fashion. The impact here is that you might get a few more poor drivers off the road. It's hard to say it we even notice this change in the end.
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