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<\/p>\nIt\u2019s started! We\u2019ve had snow, and people are already looking on the internet to see if their test is going ahead or not! This happens every year, though I suppose it\u2019s understandable because it\u2019s a new crop of young people who are involved each time.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s very simple:<\/p>\n
Remember that just because you\u2019ve been waiting for months for your test does not mean you will be given any special priority. Snow and ice is extremely dangerous and most learners have never driven in it. For that reason tests are routinely cancelled if roads are bad. Examiners are not going to take risks – and nor should anyone expect them to.<\/p>\n
In Nottingham, the phone number for Beeston test centre is 0115 922 9458. The phone number for Colwick MPTC is 0115 961 1593. The phone number for Clifton test centre is the same as for Colwick. I do not know the number for Watnall as I haven\u2019t used it yet.<\/p>\n
Just for information, I wrote the above on Saturday – the day after it snowed. At Colwick, all tests were cancelled yesterday (Monday). So far, all the morning ones today (Tuesday) are cancelled. Mine was one of them. If anything, it was colder Tuesday than Monday (still -2\u00b0C at 10.00am),<\/p>\n
The Colwick test centre car park is covered in snow and ice, and bay lines are not clearly visible. The driveway, which is on a slope, is also icy. The roads on the Colwick industrial estate are compacted sheet ice in the shadows where the sun doesn\u2019t get on them. Almost all side roads on the surrounding residential areas are in a similar condition. There are random patches of ice at junctions where dolts who have not cleared snow off their cars have dropped it when they\u2019ve braked hard. Even if any of this melts by late afternoon, it freezes up again overnight and takes until midday to start melting again.<\/p>\n
Anyone who blames the DVSA for playing safe and cancelling tests in these conditions is an arsehole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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