The Latest Breaking News from DVSA

DVLA £1,000 fine and penalty points warning to any driver who wears glasses

DVLA has warned drivers that they may be slapped with fines of up to £1,000 and may invalidate their car insurance policy if they fail to drive with their prescription glasses

Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022

Drivers who wear glasses could face £1,000 DVLA fine

Motorists could also be hit with three penalty points

Manchester Evening News · Oct 2, 2022

DVLA £1,000 fine warning to drivers who wear glasses and don't follow rules

When you reapply for your driving licence, DVLA will ask you to have an eyesight test with DVSA

Nottingham Post · Oct 1, 2022

Driving instructor calls for test fees 'to double' to reduce six-month backlog

A driving instructor has said test fees for learners should increase as a way to tackle the long waiting times as some pupils have to wait up to six months as a result of the pandemic.

Glasgow Live · Aug 19, 2022

Electric cars more likely to pass MoT but one area lets them down

Just 14.84% of hybrid cars and 17.87% of pure electric cars failed their MoT at the first attempt

Wales Online · Aug 17, 2022

Learner drivers issued warning as more than half of driving tests failed

Driving examiners had to intervene in one in five failed tests within the last year as car driving tests were failed 786,400 times between April 2021 and March 2022

Glasgow Live · Aug 11, 2022

Caravan owners issued fine and points warning after major driving law changes

Motorists in the UK are being warned about a major shake up to driving laws after the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) unveiled changes in December 2021.

Glasgow Live · Aug 8, 2022

‘It’s basically impossible’: pandemic backlog leaves learners struggling to sit driving tests

Learner drivers are overpaying to book driving tests and struggling to find teachers as the Covid crisis disrupted lessons for some half a million pupils

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2022

Learner drivers overpay for tests and struggle to find teachers after lockdown

Backlogs caused by the Covid crisis have meant disruption for about 500,000 pupils

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2022

Southport theory test centre could return less than a year after shock closure

A motion has been submitted to have the centre reinstated

Liverpool Echo · Jul 12, 2022