Prison sentences and large fines: how we’re stopping illegal driving instructors
Find out more about the work DVSA is doing to stop illegal driving instruction through investigations, proactive enforcement operations and criminal prosecutions.
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Four decades in the passenger seat: My journey as Chief Driving Examiner
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Mark Winn, Posted on:
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Driving test, Feature, Learning to drive, Learning to ride
Chief Driving Examiner, Mark Winn, retires this month after 39 years in driver testing. Here he reflects on the changes he’s seen since becoming Chief Driving Examiner in 2018.
Building a better driving test booking system
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Jacqui Turland, Posted on:
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Driving instructors, Driving test, Feature, Learning to drive, Learning to ride
Learn more about our latest developments to create a new booking service for driving tests, including a recap of the work so far and looking ahead to next steps.
What we learned from the 2023 driving instructor survey
Amanda Lane, Head of Driver Testing and Training Policy, shares the findings from the 2023 working as a driving instructor survey, and sets out some immediate priorities for DVSA to support ADIs.
What is causing the long driving test waiting times?
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Loveday Ryder, Posted on:
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Driving instructors, Driving test, Feature, Helping someone to learn to drive?, Ready to Pass?
In this blog post, CEO Loveday Ryder explains the three main reasons behind what is causing long driving test waiting times.
How we’re dealing with bots and the reselling of driving tests
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Loveday Ryder, Posted on:
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Driving instructors, Driving test, Feature, Helping someone to learn to drive?, Learning to drive, Ready to Pass?
In the blog post CEO Loveday Ryder, explains what bots are, the challenges they pose, how the agency is protecting learner drivers and the steps being taken to deal with them.
Reflecting on DVSA’s successes in 2022
Loveday Ryder, DVSA Chief Executive, reflects on achievements in 2022, including bringing driving test waiting times down, tackling businesses exploiting learner drivers, and the launch of the‘Ready to Pass?’ campaign.
Changes to OBS: how they affect driving instructors and businesses
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Lianne Parkinson, Posted on:
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Driving instructors, Driving test, Feature, Motorcycle trainers, Vocational trainers
Earlier this year I updated you on our progress on what we are doing to tackle businesses who are buying large amounts of tests and selling them for a profit. The purpose of ‘book and manage your pupils’ test …
What we are doing to tackle companies selling driving tests for profit
We want to update you on the measures we’ve introduced so far to help learner drivers from being exploited by people and companies selling them driving tests at an inflated price and on the impact, they are having on learners …
Part 2: making sure pupils are ready for test, and that no test goes to waste
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Loveday Ryder, Posted on:
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Driving test, Feature, Learning to drive, Road safety features
Loveday Ryder, DVSA CEO shares what we're doing to help make more tests available for driving test candidates.
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'Ready to Pass?' campaign toolkit for driving instructors
Find graphics to use on your social media and website to encourage your pupils to be ready to pass the driving test.