After three months of openly opposing the Department of Transport’s decision to remove the oral component of the driving tests, the National Association of Driving Schools is pleased with a recent compromise.

Breaking the news was NADS Public Relations Officer, Herbert James, who explained that the oral exam was reinstated on a condition basis - an applicant must have failed the written exams thrice to qualify to sit the oral exam.

Despite this compromise, James contends that it does not satisfy the Association’s concerns, as they argue that many applicants are severely disadvantaged by the written exam.

“We have quite a few people who are dyslexic. We are making a proposal to the ministry to try to make an assessment of this person to ensure that they're really not able to write the exam,” James said.

The PRO also voiced his concerns with the price of completing driving school should an applicant have to sit the oral exams.

“So are you gonna tell me that you need to pay at least $200 or in excess of $200 to get a pass certificate at the theory exam?”

James adds that the conditional reinstatement of the oral exam is a form of discrimination.

“Are you discriminating against somebody who can't read and write? It's more or less like discrimination, because the way the system is set up, unless you don't pass the stage of getting a theory or oral exam done, you can't do a practical exam.”