theory driving test

A Berkshire driving instructor was sentenced at Reading Crown Court yesterday after he continued to give driving lessons despiter being struck off.

The driving instrcutor struck off the Approved Driving Instructors’ register in 2003, after he was convictied of indecently assaulting a learner driver.

The instrcutor in question carried on giving lessons and as a result was given:

• a 9 month prison sentence (suspended for 2 years)

• disqualified from driving for 12 months

• given a 3 month curfew between the hours of 10pm and 7am.

• ordered to pay £200 compensation to one pupil and £1,400 court costs.

Michelle Moston, the deputy head ofDSAs “Fraud and integrity team” said: “This case clearly demonstrates the reason why anyone who is paying for driving tuition must ensure that their instructor is an Approved Driving Instructor (ADI)“

The Broadstairs Test Centre, which is located in Piermont Park, will be closed down for good next Friday after the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) decided to relocate the test centre it to Herne Bay.

The council suggesting alternative spots on the isle in a bid to get the (DSA) to change its mind, but the DSA refused.

The Broadstairs test centre last year achieved a 47% pass rate for car drivers and a 68% pass rate for bikes.

Local residents are said to be furious at the closure of the test centre.

Do you live in Broadstairs?  What do you think of the closure?  Let us know in the comments box below!

Actress Heather Locklear has been charged with driving under the influence of a prescription medication.

The star of Dynasty, Melrose Place and more recently Spin City, was said to be showing signs of “obvious impairment” when she was arrested in September 2008 says the California Highway Patrol.

After she was arrested, the police officers took her to the station, where she was given drug and alcohol tests, after which she was released from custody.

Heather Locklear was pulled over after reports that she was “driving erratically” Ms Locklear is scheduled to appear in court on 26 January 2009.

The online booking system people use to book their theory driving test will be unavailable on Sunday 23rd November, between the time of 8am and 10am.

The short downtime is to allow DSA to carry out essential maintenance to the system, and apologise to all users for any inconvenience caused (although 2 hours on a Sunday morning seems OK to me).

The a strike set to take place next Monday (10th November 2008) has now been called off and the DSA is urging all candidates to attend their driving tests on Monday.

Monday’s planned strike would have been a nationwide strike led by the national Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, of which some driving examiners are members and would have effected a lot of people hoping to take their driving tests.

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is now urging anyone due to take a practical driving test on Monday the 10th of to arrive to testing centre as normal.

For further information please contact DSA Press Office on 0115 936 6133.

Or find the number of your local testing centre here -> local driving test centres

A driver from Hamilton was found to be more than two-times over the drink-drive limit, has been fined and disqualified from driving.

The driver in question was caught on the 4th of October 2008 with 83 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. The current legal limit is just 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres.

In Court last week the driver was fined £200 and banned from driving for 18 months.

I read today about a 9 year old boy who was caught caught driving his parents’ car by himself.  The boy was caught after people had called the police reporting seeing an unmanned vehicle driving down the street.

The boy took the car so he could drive to visit his to visit his grandmother’s house, a police spokesman reported.

Crazy, but true…

A motorist has been charged with a drink driving offence after being involved in an accident on the M27.

The accident which brought the M27 to a halt was caused when the driver crashed into the central reservation on the M27 yesterday morning.

Her car came to a stop in the central lane of the M27 motorway in-between junctions 8 + 9.  Although no one was hurt in the incident the driver was arrested under the suspicion of drink driving and was later charged.

She has now been bailed until the 18th of November 2008, when she is due to appear in court.