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  • Graduated Driving Licence - Screening Forms October 2017

    Screening forms published in October 2017 regarding proposed changes to driving licence and test.

    • A learner may only drive on a motorway when accompanied by an ADI or AMI
    • Changes to the 'Show me, Tell me' questions used in the driving test
    • Development of driving test routes and new criteria
    • Exemption from logbook for those disqualified until retest or who have had their licence revoked
    • Exemption from the Graduated Driver Licensing mandatory minimum learning period for Armed forces
    • Exemption from the Graduated Driver Licensing mandatory minimum learning period for those claiming Carer's Allowance
    • Extending the hours in which driving test are available
    • Include ecosafe driving as an accessible and fail item in driving test
    • Increasing the independent driving section of the practical driving test and including the use of a sat nav
    • Lifespan of a completed logbook
    • Post test plate
    • Prohibition on licences issued prior to graduated driver licensing from driving on motorways during the transitional period
    • Publication of the Programme of Training as a hardcopy and as an electronic download
    • To include a self assessment form in the Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) driver logbook
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