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• DIA supports Lightmare campaign

  28/01/2011 The Driving Instructors Association (DIA) is putting its weight behind the Lightmare campaign, which has been organised...

• The DSA needs your feedback!

  27/01/2011 Each year the DSA asks its customers to take part in a satisfaction survey. Your feedback helps...

• L-test examiners ‘took £1,000 bribes’

  27/01/2011 Driving instructors and test examiners took £1,000 bribes to pass failed candidates, a court has heard. According...

• MOT tests for pre-war cars may be scrapped

  25/01/2011 The requirement to have an annual MOT test for pre-war cars may be scrapped following a meeting...

• Rogue driving instructors face €5,000 fine in Ireland

  24/01/2011 The Irish Road Safety Authority (RSA) has received almost 200 reports of unlicensed driving instructors offering lessons...

• New car price increases ‘slipped in alongside VAT rise’

  19/01/2011 New car list prices were raised by two thirds of motor manufacturers in January, additionally to the...

• Nowhere left for Oxford bikers to take L-test

  18/01/2011 A veteran motorbike instructor may give up his business because EU rules, bureaucratic bungling and bad weather...

• DSA announces closure of Cardiff area office

  18/01/2011 The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has announced the closure of its area office at Caradog House in...

• Campaign to reopen Trowbridge driving test centre

  17/01/2011 Pressure from local driving instructors and learner drivers has prevented the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) from temporarily...

• MP given petition opposing Louth DTC closure

  14/01/2011 Campaigners opposing the closure of a driving test centre in Lincolnshire have handed a 5,000-signature petition to...

• Cancellation of ID cards: no longer legal form of ID

  13/01/2011 The government has passed legislation cancelling identity cards for British citizens. From 21 January 2011, those identity...

• DSA’s latest tweets – driver trainer CPD, ID cards and theory test

  13/01/2011 DSAgovuk: Driver trainers: find out how continuing professional development can help you enhance your skills...

• DSA online services not available this weekend

  13/01/2011 Some of DSA’s online systems won’t be available from midnight Friday 14 January to 6.00am on Monday...

• Temporary closure of Abergavenny DTC postponed

  12/01/2011 As a result of delays to the proposed refurbishment work at the Abergavenny (Y Fenni) driving test...

• Uninsured drivers face new crackdown

  12/01/2011 New powers to tackle uninsured driving will come into force within months, Road Safety Minister Mike Penning...

• Temporary closure of Chippenham DTC postponed

  11/01/2011 Temporary closure of Chippenham DTC postponed The proposed refurbishment work at the Chippenham driving test centre has...

• Temporary closure of Croydon DTC postponed

  11/01/2011 The proposed refurbishment work at the Croydon driving test centre has been delayed and it will now...

• Temporary closure of Redditch DTC postponed

  11/01/2011 The proposed refurbishment work at the Redditch driving test centre has been delayed and it will now...

• Temporary closure of Redditch DTC now a week later

  07/01/2011 The Redditch driving test centre will be closed for improvements a week later than previously announced. The...

• Ferrari breaks all records in China in 2010

  06/01/2011 In the year ending December 2010 Ferrari sold close to 300 cars in China, its best result...

• DVLA policy change on revocation of driving licences

  05/01/2011 The DVLA has changed its policy on the concessionary period allowed to drivers for submitting their licences...

• Israeli rabbi bans women drivers

  04/01/2011 An Israeli rabbi has put out a religious decree banning Jewish women from driving or learning to...

• Fee increases for driving instructors, motorcycle trainers and taxi drivers

  04/01/2011 Fee increases from 4 January 2011 due to VAT change VAT will increase from 17.5 per cent...

• Bury driving test centre closed

  04/01/2011 There has been a major flood at Bury driving test centre over the Christmas holiday period, caused...