Others feel the jeopardy of learning in a manual is just too high. With huge competition for driving test slots, and long waits to re-take for those who fail, some young drivers feel learning in an ...

Caitlin Graham wanted to learn to drive in an automatic car as she hoped the test would be quicker to pass without having to get to grips with a gear box. But the 22-year-old says she had little ...

One in four driving tests in Great Britain are being taken in automatic cars, according to new data, as drivers opt for more electric vehicles (EVs) and shy away from manual gearboxes. Figures from ...

Learning to drive in the UK isn’t like learning to drive in the U.S., and not only because drivers sit on different sides of the car. If British drivers want to drive a car with a manual transmission ...

I’m not surprised to hear that one in four driving tests in Great Britain are now being taken in automatic cars (Picture: Annette Kellow) Pulling into the test centre, I felt excitement bubbling up ...

It comes after recent DVSA data showed that 470,000 driving tests were taken in automatic cars last year across England, Scotland and Wales. The DVSA reports that in 2012/13, just ...

Learner drivers who have not passed their driving test after seven years will be required to take additional driving lessons in order to go back on the road, under new Government proposals. The ...

Learner drivers are increasingly being scammed on social media by fraudsters offering driving lessons and tests that do not exist, a bank has warned. TSB said losses among learner drivers had more ...

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