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• National driving test pass rate falls again

  24/09/2004 The national pass rate for car driving tests has fallen for the third successive year to a...

• Pearson theory test service blunders

  24/09/2004 PDIs have been experiencing poor service from new theory test providers Pearson Vue when booking and taking...

• DIA welcomes DSA consultation document

  24/09/2004 The DIA has broadly welcomed most of the proposals outlined in the most recent DSA Consultation...

• Bruton School for Girls wins road safety award

  24/09/2004 The Driver Education department at Bruton School for Girls has just been awarded a Prince Michael of...

• Examiners cut tests short to play darts match

  24/09/2004 Five examiners have been suspended from Wanstead test centre and are currently pending investigation for allegedly cutting...

• Lands end learner drive for charity

  24/09/2004 Bognor ADI Paul Witheyman has organised a sponsored Lands End learner drive to raise money for the...

• ADI bus lane protest fails

  24/09/2004 A campaign by Loughborough ADIs to get a town centre bus lane scrapped looks set to fail....

• Learners stare like frightened rabbits

  24/09/2004 Many learners fail their practical driving tests by staring straight ahead "like frightened rabbits" according to...

• Back on four wheels

  24/09/2004 DIA member Clive Snook lost his quality of life after suffering a stroke that left him paralysed...

• Splashing out

  24/09/2004 A driving instructor who splashed a police officer with water by driving through a puddle was...

• BSM launch CPD disability course

  24/09/2004 BSM has introduced a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course for its 200 mobility instructors who specialise...

• Clive's charity manouevre

  24/09/2004 DIA member Clive Greenaway, aka Clive the Drive, who describes himself as "the most exposed driving instructor...