Aussie govt calls for driving test for tourists

CANBERRA - A member of the Australian government on Tuesday called for international visitors to the country to pass a driving test before they can rent a car. Sarah Henderson, a member of parliament for the governing Liberal National Party, on Tuesday announced a push for a more stringent approach to international driver's licenses.

In addition to implementing a driving test, she also suggested that all international visitors renting a car be subjected to a compulsory safety video.

"It is a real danger that these international tourists are coming across from other parts of the world, getting into a hired car ... and they really are a moving time bomb," Henderson told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday.