Useful Links For Related Organisations

Driving Standards Agency

The DSA is responsible for conducting all driving tests in Great Britain for cars, motorcycles, lorries, buses and other vehicles.

It maintains a register of car driving instructors and periodically checks their standard of tuition. It also operates a voluntary register of Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) trainers. It supervises Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) for motorcyclists. It also sets and maintains theory test standards.

You can get all the information about booking theory and practical tests and other related subjects from this website.

Pass Plus

Pass Plus is a scheme that has been designed to assist newly qualified drivers in becoming better drivers. The course consists of six specifically designed modules that follow on from passing the practical driving test. These modules will enable the new driver to gain more experience in urban driving, rural driving, all weather driving, night driving, dual carriageway and motorway driving. To gain the discounts from insurance companies, in most cases the course has to be completed within the first year of passing the practical test. More information can be gained from this website.

Brake

Brake is a national road safety charity (registration number 1093244) with two aims:

• To prevent death and injury on the roads through education of all road users and campaigning for Government improvements to road safety.

• To care for people who are bereaved or affected by serious injury in a road crash through support services, including a helpline and literature distributed through police officers.

Brake founded and runs Road Safety Week as an annual flagship event to stimulate community involvement in promoting road safety awareness year-round. See our dedicated Road Safety Week website, www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk, for more information.

Brake employs a team of dedicated staff at its headquarters in Yorkshire. Its chief executive is Mary Williams who was awarded the OBE for her services to road safety in 2000.

The Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)

This organisation is mainly responsible for the licensing of drivers in Great Britain, the registration and licensing of vehicles and the collection and enforcement of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) in the UK. You can get more information about your provisional or full license from this website.

Driving Instructors Association (DIA)

The DIA is an organisation that represents the interests of the professional driving instructor. It is regularly consulted by all the relevant Government bodies and has representation in Parliament. Although primarily for instructors, there is other information for both learner and qualified drivers on this website.

The ADI Federatrion

The ADI Federation is different from most other national associations. The Federation's primary role is to offer one-to-one support for the individual ADI member and to work with the DSA. Other associations tend to speak for the industry as a whole, not so much the individual. The Federation not only voices the support for the industry but will support the individual as well. A visit to this website is a must for every ADI.

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM)

The aims of the IAM are to improve the standard of driving (and riding) on the UK roads. The advancement of Road Safety. The administration of an Advanced Test. The institute is a registered charity and tries to offer a rounded approach to Road Safety. The IAM's Advanced Driving Test is recognised and accredited by the DSA.