Making adjustments to the driving test
Making adjustments to the driving test
Following a successful 5-month trial, DVSA is rolling out some subtle changes to the practical driving test.
Our proposals to improve motorcycle training: a detailed look
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Learning to ride, Motorcycle test, Motorcycle trainers
We've launched a consultation today (30 December 2016) on proposals to improve the way that motorcycle training works in Great Britain.
Update on driving test waiting times, December 2016
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.
Margaret Calvert receives an OBE
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.
Becoming a better driver: interview with Dr Lisa Dorn
...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...
Reducing waiting times: changing how we train new driving examiners
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.
Improving the ADI part 3 test
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...
Driving test consultation: one week left to have your say
...Feedback at both events from attendees was positive. Driving Instructors Association CEO, Carly Brookfield, said: We fully welcome the developments to the test and are compelled by the evidence we...
Dealing with driving test waiting times
...examiners As a result of our examiner recruitment campaigns last year, 193 new examiners started work at test centres across Great Britain between April 2015 and March 2016. Since April,...
Driving test consultation: interview with Lesley Young
...This is intended to demonstrate, to a candidate to receive instruction on how to deal with a distraction. So, at the point that we will ask a candidate to operate...
Add your grade to ‘find your nearest driving instructor'
...email, and phone number to learner drivers looking for driving lessons. It will also display if you’ve: agreed to abide by the voluntary ADI code of practice committed to doing...
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