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Your Online Driving School was established in 2008 by a Driving Standards Agency ADI.

Their aim was to fill a need by learner drivers for independent learning to drive information and advice. In addition this would also give the opportunity through Your Online Driving School to bring to the attention of all learner drivers an exciting new method of preparing for the practical driving test, plus a much needed instructional handbook for parents wishing to help teach their own children to learn to drive.

These unique learning to drive aids were devised and developed by a highly experienced DSA Approved Driving Instructor.

Originally these learning to drive materials were developed just for the instructors own pupils, not only to help their pupils learn quicker, but also to increase their pupils ability to pass their driving test 1st time.

However such was their immediate success it was decided to make these excellent learning to drive handbooks and revision cards available to all exclusively through Your Online Driving School.

Not ones to stand still Your Online Driving School has continued to grow adding additional learning to drive materials and even more information and advice that you can trust. Since 2008 our handbooks and revision cards, plus our expert learning to drive information and advice has helped thousands of learner drivers towards their goal of pass their driving test, hopefully 1st time.

So why not let us here at Your Online Driving School help you? It might be advice on driving lessons or possibly help in preparing and passing your UK driving test.

All our information, tips and advice are supplied by fully qualified Approved Driving Instructors. As ADIs we are the UK professionals in teaching you to drive.

Just take a look at our learning to drive site guide (below) and see what interests you first. Whatever it is we are here to help.

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Official DSA & DVLA Contact Details.

The Driving Standards Agency are the official agency covering Learning to Drive and both the theory and practical driving tests. You can visit their website at DSA or email customer.services@dsa.gsi.gov.uk However after you have tried to navigate a rather confusing and bulky site come back to us and find out all the information, help and advice you need. All provided by Approved Driving Instructors, the official professionals in teaching you to drive.

DVLA are the official body dealing with driving licences and vehicle licensing. You can visit their website at DVLA or email them at www.direct.gov.uk/emaildvla .

L-Test Secrets

We all want to know secrets, especially if they are going to help you to pass your Uk driving test! Well here's a great L-test secret that really will help you pass your test how to pass your driving test. What are you waiting for? The L-Test Secret is here!

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independent driving Update.

Well after all the hype has the independent driving section made the UK driving test harder?

The simple answer is no. As an approved driving instructor myself my pass rates did not drop and infact after a bit of practice pupils have generally like the changes.

Independent Driving coming October 2010.

Well yet again we have a change to the practical driving test, but what will it mean to you!

On the 4th October the independent driving section of the practical driving test comes into force. This will mean that for 10 minutes during the test the learner driver will need to drive following a series of directions, following traffic signs or a combination of the two.

This differs from how the examiners have been conducting the test as the learner will have to remember the instructions for this 10 minute route rather than simply waiting on the examiners next instructions. If you need to you can still ask the examiner to repeat the instructions and even forgetting the route and going the wrong way is not a fail.

The DSA say 'Independent driving is not a test of your orientation and navigation skills. Driving independently means making your own decisions - this includes deciding when it’s safe and appropriate to ask for confirmation about where you’re going'.

There has been a lot written in the press about how the practical test pass rates will drop. However I would suggest that if the changes are implemented as the DSA have outlined there really should be nothing to worry about.

Learning to driving age change!

As a driving instructor I am reguarly asked when is the minimum age for learning to drive going to change?The answer is the same as it was over 20 years ago when I was learning to drive, and that is there is no change, the minimum age (in most cases) is still 17 years old. The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) are currently conducting a consultation paper on various aspects relating to learning to drive. One of the areas being considered is the minimum age limit. My own feelings are that there will be no change, however when the final decisions on the consultation paper are published we will advise you here of any changes.

All information correct at July 2011.

update to, learning to drive age change.

Well the DSA have finally finished their consultation paper (as detailed above) and, as we expected there is to be no change to the age at which you can start to learn to drive, or take the driving test. However as is normally the case I expect to start hearing all the same rumors with regards to a change any day!

So if you want reliable advice and information on Learning to Drive visit us, don't rely on newspaper headlines or rumors! Updated July 2011.

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UK driving Test Pass Limits!

As an Approved Driving Instructor since 1996, I’m very used to being asked certain questions regarding the driving test. One of those regularly asked questions is; can driving examiners only pass a certain number of driving tests a week? This is a question I can remember asking my driving instructor some 26 years ago. I could just answer this with a simple yes or no, however that would lead to a very short article and may not completely convince you. So let’s look at some facts.

The average (overall) pass rate for UK driving test centres is normally around 45-50 %. However if you look around the country you will find widely differing pass rates. These differences may be due to the difficulty of the roads or volume of traffic near to the test centre. Also the affluence of an area can make a difference, as the learners may be able to afford more lessons prior to taking their driving test.
Here are a couple of examples:
1. Birmingham (Kings Heath) as very busy area has a pass rate of 30.13% for the year 2007-2008.
2. Gairloch (Highlands, Scotland) a rural area, which for the same period had a pass rate of 70.59%.
If there were driving test pass limits, then shouldn’t they have the same pass rate?
Now the question has possibly changed to have particular test centres got set driving test pass limits? Let me give you a recent personal experience. At the beginning of the year (2009) I had a run of 10 tests all passing in a row (most 1st time). Then I had a fail and then another couple of passes. If my local test centre had a set pass rate, then wouldn’t I have had some of my first 10 tests fail, as the normal pass rate for this test centre is close to the national average?

However, as is often the case, there may be some, if possibly only small, element of truth about driving test pass limits. First imagine you are a driving examiner. You know that over the course of any given week/month or even year, the test centres pass rate is normally around 45-50%. However you know that you have recently been passing a lot higher % than this. This may lead you, or senior examiners to wonder if you are marking the tests differently to the other examiners at the same test centre. The examiner may, in this instance decide to adjust their marking slightly as they believe they are being too lenient. This does not however mean failing someone who has done nothing wrong. Instead it may be that in a slightly grey area, which could be either a driving fault or possibly a serious/failure mark, the examiner decides to be stricter and puts down as a failure mark!

Please remember that this is only my opinion; however it is one gained from experience, having listened to a great number (hundreds) of debriefs at the end of the driving test, as well as sitting in the back during dozens of tests over the years.

So what do I mean by grey areas and how can you avoid them? Grey areas will be situations where different people could view the learner’s actions differently, such as one person/examiner feeling that a learner is travelling slightly too close to parked cars and another simply too close. It is down to the examiner’s own perception of the situation and, as in most situations this can be slightly different from person to person.
So how can a learner avoid falling the wrong side of this decision? Well the obvious answer is to drive correctly. However one of the key areas to look at is what the examiner believes the learner’s attitude is to their driving and other road users. If the learner appears to be trying to drive well, using good observation, planning well ahead and considering other road users, then the examiner is much more likely to give the learner the benefit of the doubt if there is a decision to make.

In conclusion, if the learner drives correctly then they will pass the driving test and they don’t need to worry about possible driving test pass limits. The better prepared the learner is the greater their chances are of passing the driving test.

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