subject: Driving Test Details Kept Secret [print this page] The days of the learner driver being able to find, view, practice and memorise popular test routes driving examiners take their students are well and truly over according to new guidelines set out by the UKs road safety minister Mike Penning.
The routes currently used throughout the UKs test centres are presently published online, which has enabled learner drivers to follow these routes, enabling them to effectively memorise the route and in doing so giving a false measure of just how well they can drive on their own in real life driving situations. This could lead to people passing the test that would not otherwise do so, possibly resulting in under skilled drivers gaining a legal licence.
The placement and visibility of fixed cameras has been heavily criticized. Many cameras are deliberately located behind large street signs, trees or walls and remain invisible to motorists until it is too late. Under UK law, speed cameras MUST be in place as a visual deterrent and not an entrapment device, something that cannot be possible if they are obscured from view. If the speed limit is 40mph or less, they must be visible from 60m, 100m over 40mph.
The law states that speed cameras MUST be in place as a visual deterrent and not an entrapment device which cannot be possible if they are obscured from view, this has caused significant complaints. If the speed limit is 40mph or less, they must be visible from 60m, 100m over 40mph.
Trevor Wedge, the chief driving examiner of the DSA said: "Evidence shows that the biggest challenge newly qualified drivers face after passing their test is learning how to cope when they no longer have their instructor there to help and prompt them."
Many websites have popped up with pictures of camera vans parked on pavements with double yellow lines, hidden around bends, in the way of pedestrians and blocking entrances to properties, the aims is to fight against illegal entrapment.
A change in legislation in 1992 saw that any new speed camera would need to be approved by parliament but reportedly none of the 6000 speed cameras set up since then have acquired the essential approval. This means that practically every single speeding ticket issue in the UK since 1992 could be illegal and all evidence collected on the roads could be dismissed.
