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’Stop taking safe route’

Gympie and District Driving School Owner and Instructor Michael Torrens says learner drivers have the knowledge but are lacking in experience.
By Rose Astley

Gympie and District Driving School owner Michael Torrens has hit out against recent claims of a ‘flawed’ licence system across […]

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