{"id":1716,"date":"2015-12-07T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktheorytesttoday.com\/?p=1716"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T16:42:36","slug":"gillingham-driving-test-centre-closed-but-not-because-of-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theorytestcentres.co.uk\/blog\/gillingham-driving-test-centre-closed-but-not-because-of-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gillingham driving test centre closed but not because of strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Gillingham driving test centre was forced to close on 24 November 2015 after Legionnaire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease was discovered in the facility\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s water.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you were turned away from Gillingham <strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/?page=find\">driving test centre<\/a><\/strong> last Wednesday, it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t because driving examiners were on strike. Apparently, the centre\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s water was hit by Legionnaire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The DVSA facility, located on Courteney Road, had to cancel practical driving tests and instead carried out testing of a different kind. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s understood that the centre remained closed on 25 November and staff were redirecting driving test candidates to the nearby VOSA goods vehicle testing site in <\/span>Ambley<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Candidates who had their driving exams cancelled as a result of the Gillingham driving test centre closure are being offered alternative dates, at no additional cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Legionnaires\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 disease?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/book\/skip\">Book Theory Test Today<\/a><\/strong> says: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Legionnaires\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 disease is a serious condition that affects the lungs. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s caused by Legionella bacteria and can be fatal to anyone that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vulnerable to infection. It can be caught by breathing in <\/span>miniscule<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> droplets of contaminated water. However, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not contagious.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Were you at Gillingham driving test centre on November 24?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you were at Gillingham driving test centre that day, be aware of any flu-like symptoms you may be experiencing including a high temperature, fever and chills, a cough, muscle pains and a headache. However, at the time of writing, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s believed that no one had been infected by the disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The DVSA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s head of operations, Phil Lloyd, said: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Gillingham driving test centre was closed as a precautionary measure after a routine water test led to the discovery of Legionnaires\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 disease.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Scheduled driving exams at the Gillingham driving test centre are currently taking place at the goods vehicle testing site on <\/span>Ambley<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Road [at <\/span>time<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> of writing]. Any candidate unable to take their <strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/book-practical-test\">driving test<\/a><\/strong> as a result of this incident will be offered an alternative test date at no extra cost to themselves,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mr Lloyd added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The incident at Gillingham driving test centre comes at a difficult time for the DVSA. On November 19 and 20 a two-day strike by driving examiners resulted in the closure of more than 300 of its exam facilities across the UK as they protested against increased working hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Need to book a driving exam at Gillingham driving test centre? Get in touch<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Book Theory Test Today offers an intermediary service assisting clients with booking a UK theory test, or practical test, at\u00c2\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/?page=find\"><strong>test centres<\/strong><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0across the nation. The service also supplies resources to help you prepare for your theory test \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Ready to take your theory test?<strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/book\/skip\"><strong>Book your theory test online today<\/strong><\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not affiliated with the DVSA or the gov.uk website, but that does not make us a scam. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re charged an admin fee to cover our staff costs and the process of booking a theory test or practical exam on your behalf.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gillingham driving test centre was forced to close on 24 November 2015 after Legionnaire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease was discovered in the facility\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[71],"tags":[111,158,117,174,597,410,79,242,116,656,655,608,149,86,126],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gillingham driving test centre closed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gillingham driving test centre was forced to close on 24 November 2015 after Legionnaire\u2019s disease was discovered in the facility\u2019s water.\" 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