{"id":15212,"date":"2014-03-20T17:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=15212"},"modified":"2014-03-20T17:00:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:00:38","slug":"cancelling-your-test-at-short-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=15212","title":{"rendered":"Cancelling Your Test At Short Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is some good news for anyone with a driving test booked. From 1 April 2014 you will not lose your test fee if you have to cancel at short notice due to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a medically certified illness<\/li>\n<li>a bereavement<\/li>\n<li>school exams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You will still need to apply a little common sense and expect to have to provide proof of whatever your cancellation reason is, but this is definitely a change for the better.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I suppose it was only to be expected that the vultures would find something wrong with this. The very same people who have, for years, been been whining about their little darlings losing test fees appear now to have issues with this show of humanity from the DSA (or DVSA as it will officially be known in a few weeks time).<\/p>\n<p>Driving instructors should concentrate on their own jobs \u2013 not the DVSA\u2019s. Who gives a shit why the DVSA is allowing school exams to be a reason for not losing your fee if you cancel. As I said above, you\u2019re probably going to have to provide some proof and if it is clear that you knew about the exam 6 months ago then you might end up losing your fee after all.<\/p>\n<p>The change is for the benefit of genuine people with genuine excuses who would previously have lost their test fee. Lying weasels will probably still be in for a bit of a shock if they try it on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is some good news for anyone with a driving test booked. 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