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Learner drivers struggle to book tests amid backlog

Published 22 April 2021
By Kieran Ahuja
Learner drivers are scrambling to book driving tests amid a backlog of around 420,000 people caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Test your knowledge: In what year was the driving test...

The driving test: the very words can strike fear into a learner driver's soul, yet we'd all agree that it's an essential part of motoring...
Published 29 July 2015
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News: Plans to scrap paper driving licence delayed

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has delayed plans to scrap the paper counterpart driving licence on January 1 after concerns that it...
Published 22 December 2014
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News: Honda recalls more cars in Britain over exploding...

A deadly fault that causes shrapnel to be fired out of airbags in a crash has claimed its fifth victim and led to the recall of thousands more cars...
Published 24 November 2014
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News: Motorists at risk from deadly exploding Takata...

When police were called to the scene of a Florida car crash in late September they found Hien Tran dying from wounds in her neck...
Published 10 November 2014
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News: When I tap the dashboard ... you’re about to...

MIRROR, SIGNAL, MANGLED: almost 3,000 learner drivers crashed during their test in the past five years, including three who hit pedestrians.
Published 07 April 2014