{"id":24594,"date":"2020-09-17T15:28:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T14:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=24594"},"modified":"2020-09-17T15:28:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T14:28:46","slug":"dvsa-changes-to-theory-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=24594","title":{"rendered":"DVSA: Changes To Theory Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DVSAAt the start of 2020, DVSA announced they were planning to make some changes to the theory test. Any planned schedule for that went right out of the window when COVID-19 came along. However, with things firing on two or three cylinders again, an email today gives a date for when the changes come into effect<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From 28 September 2020,<\/strong> candidates taking their theory tests will \u2013 instead of the current written scenario with questions \u2013 be shown a video clip and asked questions. For all practical purposes, a video of a scenario replaces the current written description of the scenario.<\/p>\n

You still get asked the same number of questions and you still need to get the same number right in order to pass (note my comments elsewhere on the blog that if you are one point off the pass mark, you haven\u2019t \u2018failed by one\u2019 \u2013 you\u2019ve failed by eight). And you still have to do the Hazard Perception part of the test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the start of 2020, DVSA announced they were planning to make some changes to the theory test. Any planned schedule for that went right out of the window when COVID-19 came along. However, with things firing on two or three cylinders again, an email today gives a date for when the changes come into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80,83,81,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adi-related","category-covid-19","category-driving-test-related","category-dvsa-related"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t