 PASS PLUS Pass Plus website. DRIVER & VEHICLE LICENCING AGENCY (DVLA) The Government Agency responsible for issuing driving licences www.dvla.gov.uk. DIRECT GOVERNMENT WEBSITE Government website bringing together the bulk of Government motoring information including applying for a provisional driving licence, applying for Theory & Practical Driving Tests and Pass Plus www.direct.gov.uk/motoring. 2Young2Die Excellent interactive website from road safety charity Brake providing relevant, interesting and striking information on the impact of reckless and irresponsible driving together with how to stay safe when driving www.2young2die.org.uk. Includes an informative morning after alcohol calculator. TYRE CARE INFORMATION FROM DUNLOP TYRES It's vital that your tyres are properly maintained and replaced when appropriate since they are the only thing between you and the road. This webpage provides valuable information on tyre care www.dunloptyres.co.uk/ourTyres/car/tyreCare/. INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS (IAM) The leading road safety organisation in the UK dedicated to raising driving standards through their Advanced Driving Test www.iam.org.uk. 2PASS Useful website giving information and guidance for learner drivers www.2pass.co.uk. SMART LEARNERS Useful website giving information and guidance for learner drivers www.smartlearners.co.uk. DRIVING TEST SUCCESS Useful website giving information and guidance for learner drivers www.driving-test-success.com. CAR & TRAILER (Category B+E) LICENCE If you passed your car (Category B) driving test on or after 1st January 1997, you will have more limited entitlements to tow a trailer than if you passed your test before this date. The regulations are slightly complex and can be found at Car & Trailer Practical Driving Test (MAM = permissible maximum weight also known as Gross Vehicle Weight. Unladen Mass = vehicles own weight when not carrying any goods or burden inclusive of the body and all parts which are necessary to or ordinarily used with the vehicle when working on a road, exclusive of fuel. Kerb Weight is the nearest readily available figure but will often include the weight of fuel, driver and possibly a luggage element). As an example, a Kia Sorento 4x4 has a Kerb Weight of 2065kg but, if you passed your car test on or after 1st January 1997, you can't tow a trailer with a MAM of 1435kg because the MAM of the Kia Sorento is 2640kg. You can only tow a trailer with a MAM of 860kg. WILTSHIRE COUNCIL MOT TEST STATION Concerned your car may fail it's MOT due to a garage wanting to generate business? If so, take your car to Wiltshire Council's MOT Station who will undertake MOT tests on cars owned by members of the Public. The benefit is they do not undertake repairs (you have 10 working days to undertake any repairs and there is no retest fee during this period)! Bookings by appointment (minimum one to two weeks notice but we recommend 29 days before your MOT expires so you have time to undertake repairs and the new MOT period will commmence on the date your current MOT expires provided you take the current MOT Certificate). They charge the standard MOT test fee. Wiltshire Council Works Depot, Horton Road, Devizes, SN10 2JJ. Tel. 01380 725854. Targetneutral UK Become Carbon Neutral, like Shamrock Driving School, and cancel out your emissions by supporting projects that reduce the equivalent amount of CO2 Targetneutral UK. Help for Heroes Shamrock Driving School supports Help for Heroes, a UK Charity which raises money to support members of the UK Armed Forces wounded in the service of their country Help for Heroes. NSPCC Shamrock Driving School supports the NSPCC, the UK Charity with the aim of ending cruelty to children NSPCC. WANT TO BECOME A DRIVING INSTRUCTOR? Maybe Not! |