2pass Newsletter - December - January 2009 issue 115

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2Pass Newsletter	December - January 2009 issue 115
In this issue: • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year • New Theory Test Downloads • Put a Plus in your Pass this winter • Speeding penalties affect newly qualified drivers • Despatch survey • Reversing to be dropped from L-test? • The Nissan PIVO 2 • Illegal Driving Instructor Sentenced • ADI Corner • Cancel your subscription	Driving Tip of the Month New drivers urged to put a plus in their pass this winter With the most common season for motoring accidents now here, the Driving Standards Agency is advising newly-qualified motorists to take a course aimed at producing safer drivers, helping reduce road deaths and injuries in the process. Winter is a notorious time for driving fatalities. In 2007, December was the third-worst month for car users being killed due in road accidents (133). The second-worst month was January (134) with November being the worst (142). DSA, whose strap line is Safe Driving for Life, is the Government agency responsible for conducting driving tests and maintaining safety standards on the roads throughout Great Britain. DSA has several initiatives to help boost road safety standards, including the Pass Plus scheme. More about passplus. New government proposals on speeding penalties affect newly qualified drivers One of the government's new proposals on speeding is an automatic 6-point penalty for a driver caught exceeding the posted speed limit by 20 miles an hour or more. For any driver holding a provisional licence, or those who've held a full-licence for less than 2 years, it would mean an automatic loss of their driving licence and having to go through the whole process again to get it back. For all other drivers getting 2 such penalties mean an automatic loss of their licence. More Despatch survey The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is carrying out a survey to find out what people think about Despatch, DSA’s external magazine issued to road safety professionals. To have your say, please click here. The closing date for responses to this survey is 23rd January 2009.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Thank you for all your support throughout the year. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and let's hope for that new car is on the drive on Christmas day! Enjoy your Holiday and have a Safe, Blessed, Prosperous & Happy New Year... From all the 2pass team! New Theory Test Downloads Download Driving Test Success Theory Test to your PC or laptop now and get the very best practice possible. You can excess All the OFFICIAL DSA questions. If it's for the Car, Motorcycle, ADI or LGV/PCV test you can download it today! More
Reversing to be dropped from L-test? Reversing around a corner and three-point turns could be axed from the driving test - to make it harder for novice drivers to pass. Under the Conservative Party plans, learner drivers would still have to prove they are capable of performing the manoeuvres with their instructor - before taking the test. The 10 minutes saved by dropping these elements of the test would be dedicated to spending more time assessing a candidate's ability in traffic. The Tory initiative was announced as the Government holds a consultation on a reform of the driving test. Full Story The Nissan PIVO 2 The Nissan PIVO 2 can pivot on its wheels, meaning drivers never need reverse park again. A car which rotates 360 degrees and a driveable armchair are among the cars of the future now on display at the Science Museum in London. Nissan PIVO 2 Illegal Driving Instructor Sentenced The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) carried out an investigation which led to illegal driver instructor Harjit Singh Bhogal receiving a suspended prison sentence. The investigation was made possible thanks to tip-offs from Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs) and members of the general public. Bhogal, 61, from Slough, held entitlement to provide tuition as an ADI until being struck off the Register in 2003 following his conviction for Indecent Assault on a female learner driver. The DSA received information to suggest that, despite his removal from the register, Bhogal continued to provide illegal instruction on a regular basis. The DSA launched an investigation which resulted in Bhogal being charged with four counts of fraud by misrepresentation. The defendant denied all charges but was found guilty in October after 27 minutes’ deliberation by a jury. More		ADI CORNER Examiners End Strike Action PCS announced a breakthrough in its pay campaign by reaching a national agreement with the government over pay. The announcement means an end to Examiner strikes in the near future. Following intensive talks over the past three weeks, the union’s national executive committee endorsed the agreement, which means that money from ‘efficiency savings’ will now be released for pay bargaining in individual departments and related public bodies. The government has also said that there is no 2% cap on pay increases. More at the PCS website
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