Learning to drive: the evidence

In 2007, the Department for Transport announced that a fundamental overhaul of how people learn to drive was required in order to address key gaps in driver training and testing and to improve safety on British roads. In response to this, the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) produced a summary of proposals in their consultation: Learning to Drive. This report sets out the evidence on why there is a need to transform the training and testing of drivers, illustrating the Department for Transport and the Driving Standards Agency's assessment of the current problem. The evidence has been grouped into three key (but related) issues: 1. issues with how people are learning to drive; 2. weaknesses in what people learn during driver training and testing; and 3. the ability, attitudes and behaviours of new drivers.

• Record URL:
  http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/research/rsrr/theme2/rsrr87.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Great Britain. Department for Transport

  London,    
• Authors:
  • Emmerson, K
• Publication Date: 2008-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 71p
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 87

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Driver licenses; Driver licensing; Driver training; Drivers; Driving tests; Highway safety; Recently qualified drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road safety (human factors)
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ATRI Terms: Attitude; Driver behaviour; Driver testing and licensing; Driver training; Learner driver; Road safety
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01386082
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 9781904763956
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 7:33PM