Practical Driving Test Centre for the learner driver

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About the Practical Test
The aim of the DSA (Driving Standards Agency) is to produce a test format that can be applied consistently throughout the U.K. However it can not be exactly the same everywhere. London traffic conditions cannot be reproduced in the heart of Scotland, and while it's easy to be able to find a hill for hill starts in Wales, this cannot be done in the Fens. So Examiners have to take the areas as they find it, but the same standards are applied nationally, with the content of the test varying from area to area. More

Learners driving a car must hold a valid provisional licence. They must be supervised by someone at least 21 years old who holds a full licence and has held one for at least three years.

Structured learning
To help you learn in a structured way, the Driving Standards Agency has produced a Driver's Record. You could have received a Driver's Record with your provisional driving licence, if not you can get one from your instructor, your local test centre or download one from the links below:-
PDF file Download Driver's Record private practice sheet
PDF file Download Driver's Record for learner drivers

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Should you take your instructor on your driving test?
From Tuesday 6 April 2010 driving examiners will ask you, at the time you take your test, if they would like your instructor (or another observer - preferably the person who taught you to drive) to sit in on your test and listen to the feedback at the end.
Find out about the benefits of taking someone with you on your driving test

And you’re off! You’ve booked your lessons and you’re sitting beside your instructor. Not only that, but you’re actually in the driving seat, surrounded by pedals, brakes and gear leavers which one day you’ll have mastered. You could be feeling terrified, excited, impatient to get going – or a bewildering cocktail of all these emotions.