The DVSA will be carrying out a timing study of the driving test from 16 July until October 2018 across 127 test centres. We’re carrying out the study to help make sure the new test is as efficient and effective as possible. How it will work Trained driving examiners and specially trained timing study observers Read More
Learner drivers can take motorway driving lessons with an approved driving instructor from 4 June 2018.
From Monday 4 June 2018, learner drivers will be able to take driving lessons on motorways in England, Scotland and Wales. This will help to make sure more drivers know how to use motorways safely. At the moment, you can only have motorway lessons after you’ve passed your driving test. Some newly-qualified drivers take lessons Read More
Driving examiner strike: December 2017
Some driving examiners are planning to take strike action on 4 December and 5 December 2017, and action short of a strike from 23 November 2017. Some driving examiners who are members of the Public and Commercial Service (PCS) union are planning to take strike action on Monday 4 December and Tuesday 5 December 2017. You Read More
Driving test changes: 4 December 2017
The new driving test starts today 4th December 2017 for more info on the new test go to www.gov.uk/government/news/driving-test-changes-4-december-2017
Allowing learner drivers to take lessons on motorways
Learner drivers will be allowed to take motorway driving lessons with an approved driving instructor in a car with dual controls from 2018. The change will apply to England, Scotland and Wales. Learner drivers will need to be: accompanied by an approved driving instructor driving a car fitted with dual controls Any motorways lessons will be Read More
Driving test changes: 4 December 2017
The driving test will change from Monday 4 December 2017 to include following directions from a sat nav and testing different manoeuvres. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has confirmed that the driving test in England, Scotland and Wales will change from Monday 4 December 2017. The changes are designed to make sure new drivers Read More
Driving test changes: 4 December 2017
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has confirmed that the driving test in England, Scotland and Wales will change from Monday 4 December 2017. The changes are designed to make sure new drivers have the skills they’ll need to help them through a lifetime of safe driving. The changes will only apply to car Read More
Driving test changes: plans revealed to improve road safety
The government is committed to reducing the number of people killed and seriously injured on Great Britain’s roads. Changing the driving test will help to do this, by making it a better assessment of the candidate’s ability to drive independently in modern driving conditions. What the changes are The changes are to: increase the ‘independent Read More
New qualification helps to further professionalise the MOT industry
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is introducing: an industry-recognised qualification for new MOT testers and managers annual training and assessments for the existing 58,000 MOT testers Carrying out MOTs to the right standard Around 27 million car MOTs are carried out in Great Britain each year. The vast majority are done to the Read More
Worst learner drivers test attempt numbers revealed
England’s 20 worst learner drivers have attempted the practical test more than 700 times between them, it has emerged. Figures released by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) show how one 38-year-old Liverpool man took 39 goes to pass the driving test. Heckmondwike, in Yorkshire, accounted for a fifth of the top 20 Read More