From Monday 4 June 2018 you won’t be able to use vehicles (except motorcycles) for practical driving tests if they:
• are displaying an engine malfunction indicator lamp (MIL), or a MIL that doesn’t work, or
• have inoperative reversing lights (if the vehicle was first used after 1 September 2009)
This is in line with the changes to the MOT test introduced on 20 May 2018 when any inoperative MIL or MIL that shows there is a malfunction is now classed as a major defect.
If the MIL illuminates part-way through a test and the vehicle appears to be performing normally with no obvious signs of malfunction, then the test should continue. The driving instructor or accompanying driver should then be informed upon return to the test centre.
Inoperative reversing lights have also been added to the reasons for a MOT failure for vehicles first used after 1 September 2009.
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| Lesley Young: looking back at my time as Chief Driving Examiner |
| In Lesley’s last blog post, she reflects on some highlights from her time at DVSA and discusses some of the changes she’s seen.
Read the blog post |
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| GDPR will replace the existing Data Protection Act (DPA) and it means we (DVSA) are required to make sure you’re fully aware of how we use the personal information you provided to us when you became an approved driving instructor (ADI). The privacy notice provided when you registered as an ADI remains applicable under GDPR.
Displaying your details on GOV.UK
You don’t need to take any further action if you still want us to keep displaying your details on the ‘Find driving schools, lessons and instructors’ service on GOV.UK.
To change your preference to either display your details or remove them, you’ll need to log on to the ‘Update your ADI registration’ service and select (or deselect) the appropriate tick box.
For help with your username or password, please email customerservices@dvsa.gov.uk
By selecting to display your details, you’ve helped almost 100,000 learner drivers to make an informed choice when looking for a driving instructor in their area so far in 2018.
Data Protection Registration
We’ve received a number of enquiries from ADIs asking whether they need to be registered as a data controller under the new regulations. Having consulted the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), DVSA can confirm that the way you manage the records of your candidates determines whether you need to register. For example, if you keep detailed training records on your candidates, you will need to register.
DVSA are currently developing guidance on this which will be circulated in due course and the ICO will be updating their own information (FAQs) to include specific guidance for ADIs.
At this point we can confirm that if there is a dashcam in use in or on your vehicle, regardless of the reason, you’ll have to register as a data controller with the ICO. |
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DVSA has appointed Mark Winn to succeed Lesley Young as Chief Driving Examiner. Mark will take up his new responsibilities on Friday 1 June.
ADINJC wishes Mark well in his new role and looks forward to working with him.
Mark will publish a blog shortly.
| From 1 May 2018, we’ll be changing the way 78 theory test questions are worded, to make them more accessible to everyone.
We’ve worked with the British Dyslexia Association and the British Deaf Association to develop the changes. We trialled the changes with over 7,000 candidates, who found the revised questions easier to understand.
Main changes to the questions
We’ve rephrased all of the ‘continuation’ questions in the test. This type of question asks the candidate to choose an answer from a list, to complete a sentence. We’re changing the wording so that the candidate has to pick a statement to answer the question instead.
We’ve also removed long and complicated words, with shorter simpler words. This includes replacing words like ‘increased’ and ‘decreased’ with ‘bigger’ and ‘smaller’.
You can find more information on helping candidates with learning difficulties take their theory test on GOV.UK or Safe Driving for Life. |
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