The rules for booking practical car driving tests are changing to make the system fairer. These changes are part of the   outcome of our consultation to improve the way driving tests are booked .   Who these changes affect The changes will only apply to car driving tests. If you book vocational or motorcycle tests using OBS there won’t be any changes. When we’re making the changes Following the changes announced in January 2026 on limiting the number of times a learner driver

There has been some confusion around what will happen on 31st March as far as pupils booking tests are concerned. To clarify the situation, the only change that will be implemented in March is Phase 1, which is the two swap rule. Therefore, everyone who has a test booked by 31st March will be reset to only allow for two changes/swaps on the date booked -  no matter how many times the test has been changed before. Pupils and their instructors will still be able to book or ch

The rules for booking practical car driving tests are changing to make the system fairer and more secure. These changes are part of the outcome of our consultation to improve the way driving tests are booked . What's changing From 31 March 2026 you and your pupils will only be able to change a car driving test up to 2 times (reduced from 6). This applies to all car driving tests booked by you or your pupils. Swapping tests between 2 of your pupils will count towards this limi

Northern Ireland is set to become the first part of the UK to introduce graduated driving licences, marking the most significant changes to driver licensing in more than 70 years. The reforms are aimed at reducing fatal and serious collisions involving young drivers and will come into force from October. The new system, which applies to drivers aged 17 to 23, mirrors approaches already used in countries such as Australia, the United States and the Republic of Ireland. It will

DVSA has confirmed that adjustments first piloted at 20 driving test centres earlier this year will now be rolled out from 24 November 2025 . The changes are designed to make the test more reflective of real-world driving and to improve safety for young drivers, who remain disproportionately involved in serious collisions on rural routes. According to DVSA, between 2019 and 2023 almost half of all fatal or serious collisions involving younger drivers occurred on rural roads.

Today (12 November) the Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander, updated the Transport Select Committee (TSC) on the government’s ongoing response to high driving test waiting times. In the coming months, DVSA will: change the booking service to allow only learner car drivers to book and manage their tests introduce a limit on the number of times a learner car driver can move or swap a test to twice and also limit the area they can move a test to once booked make us

Learner drivers are now facing the worst delays on record, with over 600,000 practical driving tests booked and waiting, according to...

In her statement, the Transport Secretary acknowledged that despite progress under the DVSA’s 7-Point Plan, “customers are not seeing the...

New Government statistics reveal there were 1,624 road deaths in Great Britain during 2023, a decline of 5% compared to 2022. The data,...

The Driving Instructors Association is calling for an in-depth review of the impact of the most recent revision of the Highway Code – and...

“DVSA colleagues do an outstanding job in helping to keep our roads safe and are working to bring waiting times down. “We are pleased the...

Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) served DVSA notice of strike action on: • 8 and 9 February – all PCS members in DVSA including...

The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union has confirmed that members working at DVSA have voted for industrial action. The ballot...

Four boys who were found dead on a camping trip in North Wales after their car came off the road into a ditch died of drowning, an...

Quite long, so cuppa tea and a few biscuits - worth a watch.. https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.b...

Learner drivers are losing thousands on doomed tests before they even get behind the wheel because their car isn’t up to scratch, data...

To help tackle the high driving test waiting times, DVSA is making around 150,000 additional test appointments available over the next 6...