2pass Newsletter - Jan 2006 issue 84


2Pass Newsletter	January 2006 / Issue 84
In this issue: • How to Keep Your New Year's Resolution • Driving Tip of the Month • Listen to 2pass • Focus continues Software Prizes • Taxing your vehicle online • 24 Hour Vehicle lights on the Way • Learners' village 'ban' • Windscreens that never mist up • 70 per cent of ADIs still to take their HPT • Bad weather Test cancellations • Weather Check • Cancel your subscription	Driving Tip of the Month How to deal with road accidents January is usually the busiest time of the year for insurance claims. What details should you give or receive after a accident? Insurance, address, telephone number? Should the police be called? If you are not sure then read on! Listen to 2pass 2pass is pleased to introduce a new service to aid accessibility on our website for those with reading difficulties. We have teamed up with Browsealoud Systems to provide a service which gives our visitors the chance to listen to 2pass.co.uk. All you have to do is simply install the free Browsealoud software by following a few simple steps. You should also be able to read this newsletter and listen to the rest of our website which will include the theory test questions being read out. More information and download
How to Keep Your Driving New Year's Resolution Many people decide that a New Year means another try at passing the Driving Test, but how do you achieve this goal? 2pass in 2006 is celebrating 10 years on the internet. We have helped thousands of Learners to reach their goal of a full licence. So let's go for it! Read more Focus continues Software Prizes throughout 2006 Focus Multimedia will be continuing to sponsor 2pass throughout 2006. Which is great news for those who like to enter our free weekly competitions. During 2006 we will also be giving away Software prizes throughout the Focus range not neccesary from the Driving test Software packages. Please add the competition page to your favorites for your chance to win one of these great weekly Software prizes. enter our free prize draw
Taxing your vehicle online The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has introduced a new, convenient service where you can apply for your tax disc online. This is secure and easy to use and will take you step by step through the transaction. You will get your tax disc through the post within five working days. read more 24 Hour Vehicle lights on the Way British motorists will be driving with their headlamps on day and night within 10 years after a new Europe-wide agreement that will allow only cars with permanent "lights on" to be sold. The move, from the Cars 21 Group of Euro motor industry chiefs and civil servants, is the final part of a deal to bring the big switch-on to the Continent by 2015. Formal proposals for EU member states will come next year. The plan is intended to cut European road accidents by making cars more visible. Learners' village 'ban' Learners' village 'ban' Irate villagers have created merry 'L' after complaining that learner drivers are causing traffic chaos. Motoring schools around Llangunnor, Carmarthen, are being asked by councillors not to use the community's narrow roads for practice. Driving instructors pointed out that they can't actually be banned from the village, but agreed to comply. read more Windscreens that never mist up Something for the future! Scientists are clearing the way for windscreens that never mist up. Experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, have discovered a process which makes glass less smooth and reduces condensation build-up. The invention involves a porous coating on the screen with holes 1,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Water collects in the holes and is evenly distributed across the surface, making it possible to see straight through. 70 per cent of ADIs still to take their HPT NEARLY THREE QUARTERS of ADIs have not yet taken the Hazard Perception Test under the revised regulations laid down by the Driving Standards Agency last year. This despite the fact the DSA has made it clear they have no provision to extend the deadline beyond the revised date of 31 December 2006. When the controversial new regulations were first announced — effectively requiring existing ADIs to retake their Part 1 qualifying exam — the original deadline for December 2005 left only a year for the exam to be taken with just two attempts. Failure to do so would then have meant being struck off the Register automatically. The DSA was forced to perform a hasty U-turn with a revised 2006 deadline and unlimited attempts. Instructors, don't leave things to the last minute. Get you test booked now!		Bad weather Test cancellations If your examiner cancels your test due to bad weather, a new test date will be automatically booked for you. Notification of the new test date is normally despatched within 48 hours. If you have not received notification in three working days please call the national number 0870 0101 372 to enquire if the re-booking has been processed. A letter should have been given to you by your examiner to explain this. Contacting the call centre within the first three days will not speed up the process as the call centre agents will not have the necessary information to assist you. If you have concerns prior to your test that it may be cancelled due to bad weather please call the number on your appointment letter to enquire, and not the national number. Weather Check Are you taking your driving test this Month? • Is it going to rain? • Is it going to snow? • Will the fog clear? More
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