Happy New Year, folks! If 2018 is your year to start learning to drive, we came across this fantastic new initiative that could help you fund your driving lessons, but only if you live in Wiltshire… sorry. Check it out, it could cut the cost of your driving tuition! Crowdfunding has become a craze, and […]
Theory Test Blog
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Jan 18
Driving theory test centre slammed for lack of wheelchair access
In the 21st Century, you’d expect that access to a building for a disabled person would be the norm. However, it would appear that the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) hasn’t got the memo, after concerns were raised about a lack of wheelchair access at the Haverfordwest driving theory test centre… What’s the story […]
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Jan 18
Learner Drivers Urged to Report Predatory Driving Instructors
In recent months, concerns have been raised about driving instructors abusing their position of trust. What should you do if a driving instructor acts inappropriately towards you? Government MPs and driving instructors are urging learner drivers to report rogue driving tutors to the DVSA, who will investigate any allegations… It’s horrible to think that learner […]
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Jan 18
New Driving Test Trialled and its Hard
Despite driving instructors up and down the UK staging a mass walk out on the same day as the new driving test being rolled out, 220,000 learner drivers took the exam. Their verdict? It’s hard! The introduction of sat nav led driving, and a 20-minute stint at driving independently, are just some of the new […]
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Jan 18
The latest need to know driving theory test stuff
Research released by Jardine Motors Group caught our attention recently, alerting us to the amount of stuff UK motorists don’t know about Britain’s roads! To stop you learner drivers suffering the same fate, here’s some stuff you need to swot up on ready for your driving theory test… The study revealed that a quarter of […]
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Dec 17
Learning to drive in car parks with family members to be banned
Novice drivers, accompanied by their parents, face being banned from learning to drive in supermarket car parks up and down the country. Supermarket scrooges have forced through new rules to give learners drivers ‘proper’ access to car parks, but only if a qualified instructor is supervising them. What’s going on? Parents teaching their kids to […]
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Dec 17
The Theory Test & Car Maintenance – Part One
Questions about car maintenance will pop up on the theory test. Are you prepared for those questions? There’s a fine line between passing and failing the theory test. Don’t let a car maintenance question catch you out… Knowing where to find certain features on a vehicle, and how to maintain them, has become part-and-parcel of […]
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Dec 17
Learner Drivers Urged to Report Predatory Driving Instructors
In recent months, concerns have been raised about driving instructors abusing their position of trust. What should you do if a driving instructor acts inappropriately towards you? Government MPs and driving instructors are urging learner drivers to report rogue driving tutors to the DVSA, who will investigate any allegations… It’s horrible to think that learner […]
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Nov 17
Eight driving theory test questions catching even the most experienced motorists out
It’s no secret that when asked if they think they would pass the driving theory test in its current form, many experienced motorists say ‘no’. Now, a new survey by insurance firm Aviva, has revealed the eight most common theory test questions that experienced motorists who took their exams years ago, get wrong… Aviva insurance […]
