Working together: DVSA and the driver training industry
Working together: DVSA and the driver training industry
DVSA’s Director of Driver Services, Pauline Reeves, details ways that we are working to try to improve how we communicate with you.
DVSA’s Director of Driver Services, Pauline Reeves, details ways that we are working to try to improve how we communicate with you.
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.
Mark Winn, DVSA’s Chief Driving Examiner, shares details about the first workshop we’ve held to develop a trailer safety accreditation scheme.
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.
Find out more about our research findings into encouraging learners to spend more time driving independently before taking their test. This blog post is part of a series updating you on what we're doing to encourage learner drivers to broaden their experience before taking their test.