Currently you are allowed to make maximum of 15 driving faults, but no serious or dangerous faults. The same fault can be minor, serious, or dangerous, depending on the circumstances at the time. For example, rolling backwards when moving off uphill could be a minor fault if there is nothing behind you, but would be a serious fault if there was, however, if there is people behind you as you roll backwards, it becomes a dangerous fault. If you repeat the same minor fault, usually 4 times, it is considered serious, and you will fail.

Simon Bush at Britannia Driving School says: “The Driving Test is “real” driving, but also a technical exercise and an observation test, so try to be as perfect as you can.”

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Crash: Charles Wyly died after his Porsche was struck by another vehicle as he was turning left off a state highway over the weekendA billionaire who was at the centre of a $500 million insider dealing probe has been killed in a horrific car crash while driving his Porsche.Charles Wyly, from Texas, was driving near a home he maintains is Aspen, Colorado, when his Porsche was hit by a sport utility vehicle on Sunday.The 77-year-old died shortly afterwards at Aspen Valley Hospital.The other driver suffered moderate injuries.Last summer, the Securities and Exchange Commission accused Wyly and his brother of using offshore havens to hide more than a half-billion dollars in profits over 13 years of insider stock trading. The brothers denied and were fighting the allegations.Wyly’s family is also renowned for donated millions of dollars to Republican causes.In Texas, he and his younger brother, Sam, along with their wives, gave $20 million to help build Dallas’s performing arts center. They also are said to have given about $10 million to GOP candidates and causes since the 1970s.’He is among the finest people I have ever known,’ William Brewer III, Wyly’s attorney and long-time friend, said. ‘His contributions in business, philanthropy and civic leadership will forever be remembered.’

The DVLA have made it compulsory for drivers applying for a new licence or a replacement licence to answer whether they wish to be an organ donor.

At present the question has been voluntary but as of the 1st August drivers must answer whether they want to register their details on the NHS Organ Donor Register to donate their organs following their death.

The waiting lists for organ transplants are endless and there are desperately ill people who could start a whole new life with a transplant. The aim is to get people to stop avoiding the question and make a decision either way.

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THE number of motorists drink driving in the county remains the same as last year despite campaigns to stop it.
Gloucestershire Police carried out over 500 breath tests on drivers during their annual summer drink drive campaign and arrested 52 people.
The percentage of people who failed the test, eight per cent, was the same as last year.
Inspector of the Road Safety and Traffic Management department, Jason Keates, said: “It is encouraging that the number of drivers breaking the law hasn’t increased. However, it is disappointing that we haven’t seen a reduction and that there are still people who insist on risking their lives and the lives of others by drinking and driving.
“We would like to reassure the community that our work doesn’t end when the campaign does and we will continue to be vigilant in bringing offenders to justice and keeping the county’s roads safe.”
The Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership, which includes Gloucestershire Police, launched its summer campaign on June 1 to appeal to drivers to make proper plans for getting home safely if they had been out socialising, particularly after watching the football in pubs and clubs.
The campaign ran until the beginning of July and during the month officers around the county carried out breath tests on a total of 540 drivers.
Of those tested 43 either gave a positive test or refused to give a breath specimen.
The drivers arrested will now be processed through the courts and those proven to have been drink driving will have a minimum 12 month driving ban imposed on them. They will also receive a criminal record and could receive up to six months in prison and a fine of up to £5,000.
Andre Bovington, skills for life manager at Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership added: “We want people to understand that drinking affects your judgement, and if you drink and then drive you are at a greater risk of causing a collision and seriously hurting someone. It’s as simple as that.”

With the recession still showing no signs of budging, everyone is making cuts and saving their pennies.

UK drivers bought one billion fewer litres of fuel at the start of this year in comparison to the start of 2008 pre-recession.

With fuel prices soaring making it impossible for some motorists to stay on the road, everyone else is attempting to reduce their costs and purchase as little fuel as possible.

The treasury is thought to have missed out on more than £630m in tax revenue.

However, environmentalists may see this particular change as a positive one, with more people walking or using public transport it is better for the environment but, families are affected in so many areas of their lives.

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