What we're doing to provide driving tests across Great Britain, and make sure that the test continues to assess the skills people need to help them through a lifetime of safe driving.
We are consulting on a number of proposals to encourage learner drivers to be better prepared to take their driving test. This blog explains why we are proposing to change the law so that we can carry out driving test eyesight checks in any level of light.
Chief Driving Examiner Mark Winn introduces the latest changes to the Highway Code and explains what they mean for those coming to a practical test.
We update driving instructors the reasons why we are proposing to make it a legal requirement for approved and trainee driving instructors to display their registration certificates in their car windscreen when they bring their pupils for a driving test as part of our latest consultation.
Amanda Lane, Policy Manager of Technical Standards for the Rider and Vocational Policy Team, shares her experience of changing the HGV test process.
DVSA is launching its third phase of its campaign to recruit more car driving examiners with the aim of reducing waiting times created by the pandemic.
Kelly Swift started as a driving examiner with DVSA in June 2021. She discusses her experience of the recruitment and training process, and how she’s finding her new role.
We are working with researchers to help us to develop our campaign that will encourage learners to only book and take a driving test once they’re ready.
Now that restrictions have eased, we hear from a driving instructor, learner driver and driving examiner to find out how they have coped during Covid.
Laura Great Rex, DVSA’s Head of Enforcement Relationship Management, sits down to answer the questions raised by Approved Driving Instructors about the ADI test information program being used to help prioritise Standards Checks.
Last year we launched a campaign to encourage learners to broaden their experience before taking their test. Mark Winn shares our research findings and explains how you can help encourage learners to spend more time practising driving in the dark.
Find out more about the work we've done to improve the driving test experience for candidates.
Find graphics to use on your social media and website to encourage your pupils to be ready to pass the driving test.