Plans for a crackdown on motorists who have held provisional licences for years and sometimes decades have been delayed over fears of a knock-on effect on waiting lists for driving tests. A detailed ...

Waiting times for a driving test have risen significantly since the start of the year, with some people facing a wait of up to 10 months for an appointment. Ten weeks has long been the target for ...

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is to open new driving test centres, expand testing hours and accelerate the training of new testers in a bid to reduce waiting times by September. Learner drivers ...

Driving test waiting times will average 10 weeks by the middle of the year, road safety chiefs have told the Taoiseach. NCT invitation to test waiting times will also be cut down to 12 days by the ...

One in four driving tests in Great Britain are being taken in automatic cars, according to new data, as drivers opt for more electric vehicles (EVs) and shy away from manual gearboxes. Figures from ...

Emergency stops on the practical driving test, once the bane of nervous learner drivers, could be almost phased out if a new DVSA pilot scheme is successful. Under the new test regime being trialled ...

The drink-drive limit could be cut and older drivers may face mandatory eye tests in a planned overhaul of the UK’s road safety laws. Ministers are also considering tougher penalties for uninsured ...