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Gary L

01-10-2010 10:17

New driving test starts next week.

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Retesting - All drivers would have had to retake their driving test every 5 or 10 years. After doing research on this, the DSA said there was no evidence it would raise the standard of driving on the UK's roads. This will probably come in sometime over the next few years, most people accept that passing a test once does not mean it should still be valid years later. People change, roads and rules change and it's an idea that will eventually happen one day.

I don't think so. as it is you pass a driving test if you are competent enough to go on the roads. so unless you are really bad and the experience hasn't made you any better, then I don't see the point.

unless you're over say 70?

http://www.1stdrive.com/newtest.htm

Taf	01-10-2010 10:50

Re: New driving test starts next week.

Cash cow, nothing more.

Hugh	01-10-2010 10:51

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Point of information - this item was in the "changes that didn't happen" section.

Gary L

01-10-2010 11:03

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Originally Posted by Taf (Post 35101446)

Cash cow, nothing more.

I know. when it comes to things like this you think let it go the wrong way.

in this case. take nearly everybody off the road.
in the case of putting prices up on alcohol and petrol. everyone stop buying it. it's too expensive.

it will never happen, and it's the last thing they'd want to happen, but you wish it would.

Taf	01-10-2010 12:24

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The agency that runs driving tests will be wringing their hands in joy.... providing they can get enough examiners to do the testing. Waiting lists for new drivers are long enough, can you imagine the flap when everyone has to get retested regularly?

Wayfair

01-10-2010 12:35

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What's the point in starting a thread about something that's not happening and then even supplying a link that says.

"Here are just some of the changes that were going to happen which have now been scrapped."

Maggy

01-10-2010 12:36

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RETESTING IS NOT GOING TO BE ONE OF THE CHANGES.

Try reading the article under The Changes that didn't happen...:rolleyes:

Mick	01-10-2010 13:00

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If you are going to start a thread about a specific item Gary L - then please discuss the item the topic title is actually on about.

If you were discussing a topic about the 'New driving test which starts next week' then it was meant to be about the following changes:-

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Originally Posted by BBC News

Test change
The change is being made to support the introduction of independent driving, which will test candidates on their ability to drive safely in more realistic driving situations, rather than memorising a pre-defined test route.

DSA's chief driving examiner Trevor Wedge said: "Evidence shows that the biggest challenge newly qualified drivers face after passing their test is learning how to cope when they no longer have their instructor there to help and prompt them."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11222534

When I come to a thread to see what it's about I shouldn't come to it, to find it discussing something completely irrelevant.

fatmat8

05-10-2010 12:49

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just imagine taking your driving test again. makes me come out in a cold sweat !

Gary L

05-10-2010 12:59

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Paying the money just for them to say you're as good if not better than a learner? or being told we're going to have to take you off the road after 20 years of driving.

Nugget

05-10-2010 14:22

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Slightly off-topic, but anything to do with the DVLA seems to be an excuse to print money - my photocard licence expires in December, and it's going to cost me 20 quid to get the new one.

It's not that I object to having to renew it; just that I didn't particularly want it when I paid for it in the first place...

Hugh	05-10-2010 14:53

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tbf, that is for the extra-strong laminate version, as your photo cracks the normal one.......;)

Maggy

05-10-2010 15:24

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Actually it cheaper than getting a passport as a means of ID..;)

Hugh	05-10-2010 15:30

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Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35103795)

Paying the money just for them to say you're as good if not better than a learner? or being told we're going to have to take you off the road after 20 years of driving.

Not necessarily true, imho - I have seen quite a few experienced drivers with really bad driving habits, which if they had displayed them during a test, would have failed.

Gary L

05-10-2010 16:04

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35103869)

Not necessarily true, imho - I have seen quite a few experienced drivers with really bad driving habits, which if they had displayed them during a test, would have failed.

So why didn't you put the other half in bold instead, and say you agree with it?

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