Full list of changes DVSA is making in major shake-up affecting thousands of drivers
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The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has announced plans to try and reduce driving test waiting times. The DVSA yesterday released their plans, which include a ‘seven-point plan’ to try and shorten the huge amount of people waiting months for a driving test.
![[Student driver Roisin Clarke, 17, has a debrief with instructor Kayleigh Nurse (right), after passing her driving test in Yeovil, Somerset. Driving tests, which were suspended across the UK in March, have restarted in England with a huge backlog after hundreds of thousands of tests were delayed or cancelled due to the coronavirus lockdown. PA Photo. Picture date: Wednesday July 22, 2020. See PA story TRANSPORT Tests. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/PRI_158930091-94f4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The plans, which have been put in place after millions of motorists complained, will come into place in January. They include recruiting 450 new driving examiners and introducing measures to stop third-party websites from exploiting learners through the resale of test slots at inflated prices.
Similarly, the DVSA plan to extend the cancellation period from three to 10 working days in a bid to reduce late cancellations and free up more test slots. And they are also planning a review to try and improve the rules for booking driving tests. Lilian Greenwood, the Minister for Future of Roads, hopes the move will stop learning drivers being ripped off.
She said: ‘Passing your driving test is a life changing opportunity for millions – but sky-high waiting times for tests in recent years have denied that opportunity to too many people. ‘No one should have to wait 6 months when they’re ready to pass, travel to the other side of the country to take a driving test or be ripped off by unscrupulous websites just because they can’t afford to wait.
