{"id":9715,"date":"2012-08-03T00:57:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T23:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=9715"},"modified":"2012-08-03T00:57:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T23:57:48","slug":"despatch-august-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=9715","title":{"rendered":"Despatch: August 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The  August issue of Despatch is now available for download.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the topics have already been covered by email alerts, such as <a title=\"New Powers to protect learners\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=9337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> new powers to protect learners<\/a> and <a title=\"Driving Tests brought closer to home\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=9484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> using Halfords for driving tests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is some interesting stuff about test stats (also available elsewhere), but summarised, and a very interesting one about the <a title=\"HPT and CGI - Impressive\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=8380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> hazard perception test and CGI<\/a> (initially mentioned in February this year). I want to say more about these two in separate posts.<\/p>\n<p>Odds and ends include news on the book <strong>Driving: The Essential Skills<\/strong> &#8211; now available as an e-book &#8211; and the fact that examiners no longer use those independent driving maps automatically (which has got certain aged agitators up on their soap boxes going \u201cI told you so\u201d).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The August issue of Despatch is now available for download. Some of the topics have already been covered by email alerts, such as new powers to protect learners and using Halfords for driving tests. 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