Unfortunately, I have no control over the specific ads which appear on the right of this blog. I can block an entire group (like pornography), but I can’t pick and choose individual adverts within a group which I allow. One advert in particular has just caught my eye.
Be aware that Direct Driving Tests.org is not an official DSA website, and they will almost certainly charge you extra for booking your test. I can’t say that you would end up losing your money if you used Direct Driving Tests.org, but there are plenty of others who deliberately make themselves look official and who would walk away with your money. If I could block this particular advert – which has plagiarised the old DSA arrow logo purposely to mislead people – I would. This outfit has been slammed by the ASA on previous occasions (they use various names to try and lure people in).
The only site you should use – unless you really want to spend more money than necessary and even risk not getting a test at all – is GOV.UK.
Your car theory test should cost £31, and your car practical test either £62 or £75 (depending on whether you do it on a weekday or a weekend). If any website charges a different amount, hit “cancel” immediately and use GOV.UK.
It would appear that Direct Driving Tests.org charges an additional £23 to book your practical test for you! You’d be far better off spending that on an extra lesson. And remember that if any company charges a similar additional fee for the theory test, you could get much better training materials for less than £5 on your smartphone and less than £8 for a DVD from Amazon.