Learner drivers frozen out on their test days
Dundee's driving test centre has been forced to cancel 50 examinations this week due to frost and ice.
Icy conditions at the test centre this week.
- By Jonathan Watson
- Published in the Courier : 09.02.12
- Published online : 09.02.12 @ 12.44pm
Conditions on test routes, including areas in and around the centre at Faraday Court, are deemed too dangerous to take students out during the cold snap.
However, it is the condition of side roads used by examiners, where important parts of the examination are conducted, that is said to be forcing the abandonment of many tests with safety concerns coming to the fore.
A spokesman for the Driving Standards Agency (DSA), which operates the centre, said: ''DSA doesn't conduct practical driving tests in adverse weather — for example, when the roads are icy. This is for the safety of both the person taking the test and the examiner.
''Candidates due to take their practical test should follow the advice on their appointment letter and call their test centre if there is snow or ice in the local area on the day of their test. Any candidate whose test is cancelled because of bad weather will have another appointment arranged automatically at no further cost.''
The test centre operation moved from its former base in Broughty Ferry in 1995.
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