A new report has revealed an increase of 269 per cent in the number of learners booking automatic-only driving tests in the past decade. According to the most recent data from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, there were about 324,064 automatic-only driving tests performed in 2022–2023 as opposed to 87,844 in 2012–2013, an almost …
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The AA Driving School has launched a new theory test app tackle the record-low pass rate. The pass rate for the driving theory test is at its lowest point in recorded history; learner’s chances of passing have dropped by a third since 2007/08 from 65.4% to just 44.2% in 2022/23. The AA Driving School theory …
The DVSA recently provided some insight into the latest driving test waiting time statistics and the measures the agency is taking to combat ongoing test supply issues. The agency revealed that the current national average waiting time for a driving test is 20.4 weeks. A couple of weeks ago, it was revealed that the lengthy …
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Months after media outlets highlighted the problem, brokers flogging driving tests to driving schools like ticket touts are still scalping learner drivers. The issue of computer bots hijacking the DVSA driving test booking platform was previously highlighted, along with a raft of other scams and schemes used by crooked individuals to make money from the …
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According to a recent study that analysed the most recent DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) statistics, many people have failed their driving test in the last five years before even getting behind the wheel because of a certain health issue. The physical driving test is intended to test a student driver’s ability to drive …
Carly Brookfield discusses the most recent episode of Motormouth where the panel considered graduated licences in the wake of recent media speculation that the government is considering bringing in restrictions for new drivers.
Howard Redwood looks at Graduated Licensing and Graduated Learning to discuss whether it is the next logical step for licencing practice within the UK.
In the backlog of nearly 500,00 tests, up to 24 week test waiting times having given way to an increase in test ‘touts’. Carly Brookfield discusses how test touts have snapped up a quarter of all driving tests.
Two in five (43%; 138) driving test centres in Great Britain have seen waiting times increase this year (30th January and 10th April 2023), according to new FOI data. In total 59 driving test centres recorded waiting times of more than five months (24 weeks) on both dates; 21% of test centres recorded no change …
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Earlier this week it was revealed that learner drivers are spending more than £45 million a year on driving test resits, with more than 50,000 sitting their test for at LEAST the sixth time last year. With this in mind, the driving experts at Vanamara have surveyed 1,000 Brits to uncover how long drivers spent …
