INDEPENDENT DRIVING
As of the 4th of October 2010 the practical Driving Test will include an 'Independent Driving' element where candidates will be asked to follow road signs and road markings to a destination or until further notice, ie. "follow the ringroad to Warminster". This part of the test will last for approximately ten minutes. Also as of this date candidates will only be asked to carry out one manoeuvre instead of the current two.The number of test routes will be reduced from seventeen to twelve. Test routes will no longer be published by the D.S.A. but your South Wilts Driving Instructor knows them.
INTERESTING FACTS
13% of drivers taking their test fail the show me / tell me Vehicle safety checks
A woman in South Korea has finally passed her theory test after 950 attempts, which at £2.80 a go means she has spent £2660. she still has to pass the practical test.
In 1975 candidates for the practical driving test were no longer required to demonstrate hand signals
Mr. J Beene was the first person to pass the driving test which cost him 37p.( 7shillings and sixpence)
1969 was the first Automatic test
Since 1935 more than 46 million tests have been taken.
36,535,000 drivers are registered in the uk
An airbag inflates in 40 milliseconds about half the time it takes to blink
THE DRIVING TEST
The first driving tests were introduced in 1935. When the initial 250 examiners set about making the fist test bookings, the norm was to pre-arrange a meeting with candidates at car parks, railway stations or other landmarks, as test centres didn't exist. In the early days examiners regularly conducted 16 tests each day.
STOPPING DISTANCES AND RELATIVE SPEEDS
The chart below has been compiled by Sussex Police and kindly supplied by the D.I.A
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