Transport and logistics isn't just for businesses directly involved in the transport sector. If you use transport in any part of your business - from providing company cars for employees to moving goods or produce or drawing up workplace travel plans – the transport and logistics theme will point you towards the information you need.

You can access us directly at businesslink.gov.uk/transport or find us in 'Your business sector' on businesslink.gov.uk.

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The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has published a video on its YouTube channel which explains how to sign up, free of charge, for DSA Direct email alerts.

·         watch the video on YouTube

DSA is encouraging learner drivers and driver trainers to sign up for the service. It will help them to stay up to date with information about learning to drive and ride, the driving test, and road safety.

If you run your own website for learner drivers and riders, or driver trainer...

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A new version of the 'Are you ready?' video for the car practical driving test has been published on DSA's YouTube channel at youtube.com/dsagov. It shows how the test will look from 4 October 2010.

The video includes information about the independent driving section of the test, and confirms that, from 4 October, car test candidates will only have to complete one reversing manoeuvre rather than two. The manoeuvre will be selected at random by the examiner from:

• turning in the roa...

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Introducing DSA’s National Driving and Riding Standards

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has published its National Driving and Riding Standards. They set out the knowledge, skills and understanding that DSA believe people need to have to be safe and responsible drivers or riders.

They can be found on the DSA website by going to the DSA homepage > Policy, guidance and research > DSA core driving standards.

In this area you’ll also be able to view the Competence Frameworks...

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One of the big issues that newly qualified drivers have is being on their own.  Not having that voice telling you where to go can lead to recently qualified drivers getting lost and confused.  The Pass Plus would help with this, however, the DSA has taken some inititive here and has produced a few YouTube videos to help put drivers at ease.


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From April this year, when starting the driving test each student will be asked by the examiner if they would like have an observer sitting in the back.  The DSA is hoping that the number of learners wanting this will dramatically rise from the 18,000 that sat in the back last year.  The aim is that instructors then can see the test  and understand the feedback at the end if the student fails and then in future lessons can target any issues, strengthening the learner in that department.

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