2pass Newsletter - July 2007 issue 102


2Pass Newsletter	July 2007 / Issue 102
In this issue: • Smoking Ban • Theory Test Rush • Driving Tip of the Month • Psychological Assessments for the Driving Test? • Huge driving test scam uncovered • Driving test cheats escape prison • Motorists lose speed camera case • Next 2pass Newsletter • ADI Corner • Cancel your subscription	Driving Tip of the Month How 2 Deal With Driving In Floods Floods are Deceptive, Dangerous and Deadly Make sure you know how to deal with them. With all the heavy rain we have been having over the past few weeks it's important you understand how to deal with an unexpected flood when driving. See our page for More. We even tell you how to escape from a sinking vehicle! Psychological Assessments for the Driving Test? Psychological assessments should become part of the UK driving test, a road safety expert has urged. Robert Gifford, director of a road safety charity, told BBC Radio Five Live the current system failed to root out drivers prone to breaking rules. He said psychometric tests could help to identify people with the wrong attitude to the road. The call comes as the Driving Standards Agency carries out a review of how people learn to drive. More See the video A spokesman for the Department for Transport said: "The Driving Standards Agency is conducting a review of driver testing and training and when ministers have had a chance to look at that the proposals will be put out to consultation."
Smoking Ban From 1 July 2007 smoking in vehicles used as workplaces will be banned in England. The ban is already in place in Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Although the legislation will only apply to instructors’ vehicles candidates for test need to be aware that if you bring your own vehicle to test it is DSA policy to provide a smoke free working environment for all staff. The examiner may therefore refuse to conduct the test if the vehicle contains tobacco smoke. Theory Test Rush The DSA are expecting a rush of candidates taking the Theory Test before 3rd September. The Theory Test Questions are increasing for the Car and Motorcycle theory test from 3rd September 2007. The questions, currently 35 will increase to 50. The pass mark will be 43 and the time allowed to complete the test is 57 minutes. If you wish to take your test before September, please book early to avoid disappointment! Ways to book the Theory Test Download all the Official Theory Test Questions Here
Huge driving test scam uncovered Tens of thousands of people could be paying fraudsters to sit their driving test for them, the BBC has learned. The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) says impostors charge up to £500 and can have taken more than 200 tests each. The scam works when the fraudsters pass themselves off as the person in the photo on the provisional licence that candidates must bring to their test. The DSA described the problem, the scale of which has only recently become clear, as serious. More Driving test cheats escape prison A former manager of a driving theory test centre has escaped jail after admitting illegally assisting people to pass their tests. The manager and his son, helped candidates at Derby's Mansfield Road theory test centre, the city's Crown Court heard. More Motorists lose speed camera case Two British motorists who took their legal fight against speed cameras to Europe have lost their case. Idris Francis, of Petersfield, Hants, and Gerard O'Halloran, from London, argued that current rules forced car owners to incriminate themselves. They said human rights were breached by making a car's owner name the driver if the vehicle is caught speeding. But judges at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg voted 15 to two to reject their argument. More Next 2pass Newsletter Due to the Holiday season (we are hoping for some Sun) we have had to cancel the 2pass Newsletter for August. The next issue will be out in September.		ADI CORNER The Smokefree Law The new law is being introduced to protect employees and the public from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. From 1 July 2007 it will be against the law to smoke in virtually all enclosed and substantially enclosed public places and workplaces. Public transport and work vehicles used by more than one person will also need to be smokefree. No-smoking signs will have to be displayed in all smokefree premises and vehicles. Signs can be downloaded for free Here More information about the new smoke free laws can be found Here
Copyright © www.2pass.co.uk Site Built, Maintained and Managed by Ray
If you wish to cancel your subscription to this newsletter click here