Lot of talk at the moment about the new element to the Learner test as from this coming October 2010.

It is the Independent Drive.

The Examiner will stop the test Candidate on the side of road, they will give the driver a series of directions, all in one go, for example follow road signs to a certain place, and they may also be shown a diagram of the road layout.

It is not the end of the world if the candidate can not remember every direction, a double check with the examiner is ok..

In order to have a good 10 minute independent drive during the test, the candidate will only get one other exercise to do i.e Reverse to the left…..Turn in road…Reverse park….Bay park.. and of course an Emergency Stop which is carried out on random tests…

This has been introduced to help the new driver to think more for themselves, and to find their way about ,as during driving lessons they have been told where to turn and go by their Trainer.

Sat Navs not allowed…….see video below for more info: