you want to pass your driving test quickly but you also want to keep the
cost of learning to drive down trouble is the majority of people taking the
test don't pass first time because they aren't ready so the Department for
Transport is looking at ways to encourage learner drivers to do more
practice before their tests and to encourage learners to do more practice
by considering giving a cash back to those who pass first time so making it
cheaper a bit more practice before your test doesn't have to mean paying for
extra lessons you can do with a family member or another experienced driver and
evidence shows that the more you practice and vary practice for example
experience of driving and different weather conditions different roads at
different times of day it also lowers your chance of being in an accident
after passing your test younger in new drivers are one of the group's most
likely to be involved in an accident a quarter of drivers killed and seriously
injured on our roads are between 17 and 24 and many people are involved in
accidents within six months of passing their driving test we don't want to push
up the cost of the test we know that many people don't just want to drive but
needs to be able to drive to work and to see family and friends so we're very
keen to hear what you think of this idea and whether it would help improve young
driver safety whether this would work and if you think it's fair you can let
us know your views by responding to the consultation by commenting on our
proposals on the DVSA Facebook page
