{"id":24383,"date":"2020-07-23T17:56:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T16:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=24383"},"modified":"2020-07-23T17:56:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T16:56:49","slug":"dvsa-expired-theory-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=24383","title":{"rendered":"DVSA: Expired Theory Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DVSAAn email alert from DVSA, which you can read in full here<\/a>. In a nutshell, there will be no extension to theory test certificates which expired during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

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The government has considered the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the validity period of theory test certificates.<\/p>\n

After careful consideration, the government has decided not to extend theory test certificates due to the impact on road safety.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A note for the hard of thinking out there. See the words \u201cthe government<\/strong> has considered\u201d and \u201cthe government<\/strong> has decided\u201d. Can you see the really, really important detail in there?<\/p>\n

The GOVERNMENT<\/strong>. Not DVSA.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m already seeing instructors blaming DVSA or criticising them for it. It is not DVSA\u2019s decision. In order to extend certificates, there would need to be a change in the Law<\/strong> \u2013 look, there\u2019s another important detail \u2013 and that is also down to the government<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I realise it\u2019s probably too much to hope for, but hopefully now people will just get on doing the job they\u2019re supposed to do \u2013 teaching people to drive. However, I am now waiting for the inevitable lobby groups springing up consisting of people who, 50 years ago, would have been union leaders.<\/p>\n

But people paid for a two-year certificate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Look. This is about safety on the roads. The idea of a two year window is so that the information people acquire when they study for their theory tests is at least partially current when they\u2019re let loose on the roads. You know as well as I do that there are those who forget everything two seconds after they walk out of the theory test centre because all they ever wanted was to get the certificate. Some retain the information, though.<\/p>\n

The problem is that the first type become \u2013 or cause \u2013 statistics. The second type, less so. Therefore, it makes sense that this second group does not morph into the first, and that is the basis of the decision the government (not<\/strong> DVSA) has made. Just remember that the lockdown is likely to have a longer term effect on road safety even as it is \u2013 there are already reports saying accidents have increased \u2013 so stop potentially making it worse by trying to behave like a Samaritan on this subject.<\/p>\n

Do YOU agree with it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the government had given an extension, I would have accepted it. They haven\u2019t, and I accept that. My job is to teach people to drive, not to argue with every single aspect of this job and the legislation which surrounds it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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