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'Ready to Pass?' aware learners are more likely to listen to instructors’ advice  

'Ready to Pass?' aware learners are more likely to listen to instructors’ advice  

Discover how the 'Ready to Pass?' campaign is changing learner drivers' attitudes and behaviours, making them more likely to follow instructors' advice.

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Driving test changes: what driving instructors need to know

Posted by: Neil Wilson, Posted on: 15 April 2017 - Categories: Driving instructors, Driving test, Learning to drive

We’ve announced that the driving test will change from 4 December 2017, and in this post, we want to explain more about how the changes will affect driving instructors.

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Updating you on the ADI part 3 test

Posted by: Mark Magee, Posted on: 17 March 2017 - Categories: Driving instructors
Driver at the wheel on her ADI test, alongside male examiner

Last September, we told you about the proposed changes we’re making to the ADI part 3 test. We've been busy since then and in this short blog post, I want to tell you about what's happened and what you can do to prepare.

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Improving moped and motorcycle training: one week left to give your views

Posted by: Mark Winn, Posted on: 10 February 2017 - Categories: Learning to ride, Motorcycle trainers
Improving motorcycle training

At the end of December 2016, Mark Winn, DVSA's Head of Motorcycling Policy, took a detailed look at our proposals to improve moped and motorcycle training. Since then, we've received 1,690 responses to the consultation.

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Data protection: looking after your pupils’ information

Posted by: Graham Watts, Posted on: 28 January 2017 - Categories: Driving instructors, Motorcycle trainers, Resources for instructors, Vocational trainers
Think Privacy

Protecting personal data isn’t the most exciting part of teaching people to drive or ride, but it’s essential for your pupils, your business and your reputation.

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Our proposals to improve motorcycle training: a detailed look

Posted by: Mark Winn, Posted on: 30 December 2016 - Categories: Learning to ride, Motorcycle test, Motorcycle trainers
Improving motorcycle training

We've launched a consultation today (30 December 2016) on proposals to improve the way that motorcycle training works in Great Britain.

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Update on driving test waiting times, December 2016

Posted by: Peter Hearn, Posted on: 16 December 2016 - Categories: Driving test
Learner driver at the wheel

Peter Hearn explains what we're continuing to do to reduce driving test waiting times. Since September 2016, we’ve cut them from an average of 11.2 weeks to an average of 7.8 weeks.

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Margaret Calvert receives an OBE

Posted by: Olivia Roe, Posted on: 15 December 2016 - Categories: Road safety features
Nottingham A52 road sign

You see her work during every driving lesson you carry out. It's so iconic it's been copied around the world. And now, Margaret Calvert, one of the designers of the UK's road signage system, has received an OBE.

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Becoming a better driver: interview with Dr Lisa Dorn

Posted by: Sarah Scott, Posted on: 17 November 2016 - Categories: Road safety features
Dr Lisa Dorn being filmed by a phone on a tripod

...testing for learner drivers could help identify those who are more likely to drive irresponsibly, and therefore give their instructor more insight into how to teach them? Lisa: Ok so...

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Reducing waiting times: changing how we train new driving examiners

Posted by: Peter Hearn, Posted on: 15 September 2016 - Categories: Driving test
Front of a DVSA training academy building

Following my recent blog post on driving test waiting times, I wanted to tell you more about what we’re doing to improve how we train new driving examiners.

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Improving the ADI part 3 test

Posted by: Mark Magee, Posted on: 1 September 2016 - Categories: Driving instructors
Hand placing PDI licence in holder on car windscreen

Over the past few months, we’ve been speaking to the approved driving instructor (ADI) industry and organisations on DVSA’s Official Register of Driving Instructor Trainers (ORDIT) about improving the training...

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