DRIVING LICENCES

Evening Post, Issue 52, 2 March 1935, Page 28

DRIVING LICENCES

TESTS IN BRITAIN

REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH

The British Minister of Transport recently issued his new regulations for motor vehicle driving licences, and the compulsory examination of new drivers. By giving notice in the "London Gazette" he is enabled to put them into operation after 40 days, but it is not expected that his staff of examiners will be organised before April next. The driving tests have been somewhat modified since they were first outlined in August. Firms employing more than 250 drivers, the Post Office, and the services, will be empowered to examine their own drivers. The list of disqualifying diseases and physical disabilities has been amplified. The right to be examined is denied to anyone suffering from mental disorder, epilepsy, liability to giddiness, fainting fits, inability to read a number plate at 25 yards. In the driving test itself, the applicant must prove that he is fully conversant with the contents of the Highway Code\and that he is able unaided to pass nine practical tests in driving. Start the engine. Move a way, straight ahead or at an angle. Overtake, meet, or cross the path of other vehicles and- take an appropriate course. Turn right-hand and left-hand corners correctly. Stop in an emergency or normally, in the latter case in an appropriate manner. Reverse into a limited opening either to right or left. Turn round by use of forward ana reverse gears. , Give by hand and by mechanical means (if fitted) appropriate signals at appropriate times. Act promptly on all signals—given by traffic signs, traffic controllers/and other road users. . Provisional or learners' licences will cost 5s and be valid for three months. It was stated at the Ministry that holders may apply to be examined at any time within that period. The learner, after passing his test, will pay a second 5s for his regular driving licence. ...-«„ 'ea The fee for examination is 7s oa Provisional licences are to be issued subject to the conditions that the holder shall always be under the supervision of a person who has held a licence for at least two years and that the vehicle shall carry at front and rear a large letter "L» in red on a ifhas beerTdecided to permit those who fail to pass the test to come up S further test after one month mstead of two.