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Changes to rules for vehicles used on driving tests

25/5/2018

From 4 June, cars showing the orange engine management warning indicator lamp (illustrated here) won't be usable for a driving test. For cars first used after 2009, they must also have working reversing signals/lights.

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Do learners of certain ethnicities find it easier to pass ?

15/5/2018

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Apparently so. Here are official, aggregated UK test centre pass rates (%) for 2016-17.

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Why don't we drive in the Bus Lane ?

15/5/2018

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People just don't use them. Why ? Possibly because, when they were first introduced (London; 1966) only buses and taxis were allowed in, at any time. Now, 50 years on, most bus lanes have a time restriction. So, outside those times, ALL road users should drive or ride in it. To stay in the second lane from the left kerb (an overtaking lane) when you're not overtaking, is wrong. And you'd not pass a driving test in it.

So why don't we read the small print on the sign? Perhaps because we don't know if the stated times are when we should, or should NOT, be in the lane. There's just too much writing to absorb. If a black background was used for times after midday (like the urban clearway sign), maybe we'd be able to recognise those times more easily. And there'd be fewer traffic queues.

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Changes to rules for vehicles used on driving tests

Do learners of certain ethnicities find it easier to pass ?

Why don't we drive in the Bus Lane ?

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