1. Highway to L
   
2. Free Prize Draw - April 2011
   
3. Drivers can escape fines at 86mph
   
4. End of road for annual MoTs
   
5. Driving Tip of the Month
   
6. Reading text message killer driver jailed
   
7. Death-by-dangerous-cycling law considered
   
8. Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC)
9. Speed cameras switched back on
10. ADI News
    DSA Despatch
    Complaints about online advertising
    
    

A furious learner driver took an examiner on a journey from hell after being told his test could not go ahead.
Father-of-two Artur Nowak, 33, sped through a red light with terrified examiner Karl Pollitt in the passenger seat.
Nowak, from Salford, Greater Manchester, stared straight ahead and ignored Mr Pollitt's pleas to stop as he broke the speed limit on a busy road.
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3) Drivers can escape fines at 86mph

Drivers caught speeding at up to 86mph will be able to avoid penalty points under a new scheme to be adopted by most police forces.
Under the new guidelines ministers will raise the limit at which drivers can escape prosecution, provided they pay to attend a speed awareness course which costs about £100.
Thirty seven of England's 44 police forces have so far agreed to put the new framework in place, and it is already under way in Oxfordshire.
Proceeds from the courses would be used to buy more speed cameras or to recommission disused ones - which they are no longer permitted to do with money raised from speeding fines. Read more

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4) End of road for annual MoTs

Ministers are considering lifting the requirement that cars have an annual MoT test, despite warnings that it could lead to dozens more deaths on the roads. Under new plans, drivers may be required to get their vehicles checked only once every two years.
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said the proposal, which would save motorists hundreds of pounds at a time of high petrol prices, was sensible because modern-day cars were a lot safer.
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5 ) Driving Tip of the Month

Dealing with Speed humps

You find these usually in a residential areas where traffic calming is necessary.

The traffic sign on the left shows you there are speed humps on the road ahead to slow traffic down.

Drive slowly at a safe speed, and obey any speed limit signs.

Practice makes perfect, so get plenty of practice from a Approved Driving Instructor.

More Video Lessons available from our Video Page Index

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6) Reading text message killer driver jailed

A teenage driver who ploughed into a woman in Reading moments after receiving a text message has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Keisha Wall, 19, veered off Forbury Road into the path of 63-year-old Christine Lyon in February 2010.
The crash happened while she was driving with her driving instructor mother, months after passing her test.
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7) Death-by-dangerous-cycling law considered

Cyclists who kill or seriously hurt pedestrians could be prosecuted like dangerous drivers under new laws being considered by the government. Drivers convicted of death by dangerous driving face up to 14 years in jail. But there is currently no law against causing death by dangerous cycling, with most cases of careless cycling being dealt with by fines. Ten pedestrians were killed by cyclists and 262 seriously injured between 2005 and 2009, official figures say.
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8) Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC)

As a bus, coach or lorry driver you need to hold a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC) to drive professionally. Throughout your driving career you will need to complete periodic training courses. Watch the video below and find out about the training.

Driver CPC:how to get and keep it

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9) Speed cameras switched back on

Thames Valley police say 72 fixed camera sites and 89 mobile sites switched off after spending cuts will begin operating again.
Speed cameras in Oxfordshire which were switched off due to spending cuts last year are being switched on again.
Data released by Thames Valley police showed that, in the six months after the cameras were switched off, 83 people were injured in 62 accidents at the sites of fixed cameras.
The figure for the same period the year before – August 2009 to January 2010 – was 68 injuries in 60 accidents.
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10) ADI News

DSA April issue of the Despatch ezine
This month review the impact last April’s campaign has had on encouraging people to take an observer on test with them.
Celebrate the Highway Code’s 80th anniversary and talk to an ADI about his commitment to teaching the deaf and hard of hearing.
Elsewhere, the DSA report on a test bribery case and look at the tools available to help you benefit from CPD.

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