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  1. Driving examiners to strike across the UK this March

    ... INDUSTRIAL action continues for driving examiners this March, PCS Union members will take to picket lines over ... car tests, motorcycle tests, lorry, bus, coach and minibus driving tests (vocational tests), tractor or specialist vehicle driving tests, ...

    Simon Hancocks - 28/02/2023 - 09:08 - 0 comments

  2. Points for driving on the phone could double

    ... that people caught using hand-held mobile phones while driving should get six points on their licence rather than the three that are ... the fine from £100 to £150. driving phone law driving phone uk driving phone penalty ...

    Visordown News - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments

  3. Tear up licence counterparts from next year

    ... COUNTERPARTS to photocard driving licences may be torn up from next year, when the paper documents are ... The DVLA will stop issuing paper counterparts with new driving licences in 2015. Those who already have a counterpart can destroy it ...

    Visordown News - 23/09/2019 - 00:52 - 0 comments

  4. A quarter of drivers don’t check mirrors when pulling away

    ... pulling away. Six out of 10 believed they would fail the driving test if they had to do it again, and 15% admitted not always looking at ... on every time the car comes to a stop and 68% admit rarely driving with both hands on the wheel. Fifty-two percent thought bad habits ...

    Visordown - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 3 comments

  5. ‘Destroy your paper licence counterpart on June 8’

    ... set a date for us to tear up the paper counterparts to our driving licences – again. The DVLA says the paper counterpart will be ... yours but you still need to keep your current photocard driving licence. ‘You’ll still be able to use the counterpart ...

    Visordown News - 23/09/2019 - 00:52 - 0 comments

  6. Still driving with 45 points

    ... convictions and five for failing to tell police who was driving.  He tops the list of Britain's highest 20 licence penalty point ... London who has six speeding convictions and another six for driving uninsured. He has 40 points - despite not even holding a licence.  ...

    Visordown News - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 0 comments

  7. Riders given seven month photocard driving licence extension

    ... Why is this needed ? I've just renewed my own photocard driving license on-line with no issues (it links to your passport photograph). ... register to post comments Driving license. Permalink Submitted by andrewpk ...

    Simon Hancocks - 04/06/2020 - 11:42 - 2 comments

  8. Expired driving licences automatically extended by 11 months

    ... THE government has issued an extension to photocard driving licences or entitlement to drive that expires between 1 February and 31 ... Drivers who have already applied to renew their photocard driving licence or entitlement to drive can usually carry on driving while we ...

    Simon Hancocks - 22/09/2020 - 09:13 - 0 comments

  9. Texting ‘radar’ under development

    ... texting car crash mobile phone car offence driving on the phone driving on the phone conviction driving on the phone law ...

    Visordown News - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 7 comments

  10. DVLA driving licence fines of £1,000 to hit 1 million road users

    ... having to pay a £1,000 fine for using an expired photocard driving licence. The news comes from a Freedom of Information (FOI) ... the number of drivers on UK roads using expired photocard driving licences. The number means that around 2% of UK road users are ...

    Simon Hancocks - 27/10/2022 - 12:26 - 0 comments

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