Passing Place School of Motoring
Basingstoke Driving School / Basingstoke Driving Instructor. Professional, patient & friendly driving tuition in the Basingstoke area. Beginner, Refresher & Intensive driving courses. Competitive rates.
Tel: 01256 359935 / Mob: 07971 038799 / Email: email@passingplacedriving.co.uk
Older Driving News (1)
Basingstoke Driving Test Centre closure announced
Driving Standards Agency has announced that the Basingstoke Driving Test Centre is to close. No closure date has been announced as yet. The DSAs decision is based on the fact that the centre does not meet European Union regulations for motorcycle testing, which are due to come into force in September 2008.
The test centre has been operating since 1981. In 2007, nearly 5,000 car tests where conducted at the Basingstoke test centre (with only 600 motorcycle tests). Basingstoke is a good area to learn to drive / take the driving test and boosts a higher than national average pass rate. The decision to close the centre is ridiculous; Basingstoke is rapidly expanding and a driving test centre is an essential part of the infrastructure! Let's hope their is enough opposition to get the DSA to change their minds.
Driving Test Shake-Up planned by Government
The Government is currently making consultations to to change the driving test and the whole process of learning to drive. Changes proposed are designed to cut the number of deaths and injuries caused by novice motorists after passing their test. Proposals include making the driving test tougher, with fewer driving faults being allowed; some driving manoeuvres being taken out of the practical test to give more general road driving assessment time (instead, an Approved Driving Instructor would to certify that the candidate is capable of performing them before they sit the driving test); and driving examiners will give less "turn by turn" instructions to candidates (candidates could be told to follow road signs to a destination instead).
Driving Standards Agency has announced that the Basingstoke Driving Test Centre is to close. No closure date has been announced as yet. The DSAs decision is based on the fact that the centre does not meet European Union regulations for motorcycle testing, which are due to come into force in September 2008.
The test centre has been operating since 1981. In 2007, nearly 5,000 car tests where conducted at the Basingstoke test centre (with only 600 motorcycle tests). Basingstoke is a good area to learn to drive / take the driving test and boosts a higher than national average pass rate. The decision to close the centre is ridiculous; Basingstoke is rapidly expanding and a driving test centre is an essential part of the infrastructure! Let's hope their is enough opposition to get the DSA to change their minds.
Driving Test Shake-Up planned by Government
The Government is currently making consultations to to change the driving test and the whole process of learning to drive. Changes proposed are designed to cut the number of deaths and injuries caused by novice motorists after passing their test. Proposals include making the driving test tougher, with fewer driving faults being allowed; some driving manoeuvres being taken out of the practical test to give more general road driving assessment time (instead, an Approved Driving Instructor would to certify that the candidate is capable of performing them before they sit the driving test); and driving examiners will give less "turn by turn" instructions to candidates (candidates could be told to follow road signs to a destination instead).
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