Dvsa Theory Test App
Elena Piersanti
Practise your driving theory test for free with these revision questions,answers and explanations, licensed by DVSA (the people who set the test).There are hundreds of multiple choice questions for car, motorbike,heavy vehicle and passenger vehicle that you can practise on your computer, tablet or phone.From road signs to dealing with emergencies, learn the Highway Code the simple and effective wayusing these online theory tests. Choose a category to get started.
The full DVSA revision bank of 3000 theory test questions from the Highway Code for cars, motorbikes, lorries, buses and ADIs is here. All questions include explanations of the answers to help you learn the material in-depth. Once you can go through the quizzes and pass the questions you are ready to go for your theory test as these questions are virtually identical to the ones you will be asked in your actual theory exam.
These free driver theory tests will get you up-to-speed with the Highway Code and make you a more effective and better driver. As a new driver you will experience what will seem like an overwhelming number of signs, road conditions, weather conditions, other road users to negotiate (such as horses and agricultural machinery), and restrictions. So that you have a positive driving experience from the start, make sure you know the rules and it'll keep you much safer and free of fines or points on your licence.
We believe that your money should go on taking practical driving lessons because that's how you'll improve the most. Highway Code education should be free, which is why we offer these mock theory tests for you at no charge.
I was reading this article. It seems as usual DVLA or the authorities do not know what is really going on. People have booked the tests in false names blocked the real people from finding the bookings and then they are selling those bookings for 200 pound each.
I have met 4 people who have bought the dates in this way. That is the reason they keep changing the dates and also notice the names. Someone should do something about it
The delays have led to some individuals and companies trying to profiteer off the situation using bots to snap up driving tests from the DVSA and sell them onto desperate learners for a much higher price.
I totally agree. Companies are profiting from this by using their robots to buy and sell all tests at a triple price. It
The DVSA canceled my booking during COVID, and when it was open, my theory test ran out. So they said they could not let me do the practical test until I pass the theory test again, which is unfair because it was not my fault!!
Also, it's been more than 5 months now looking for a test on a daily basis to no avail
Given the long waiting list, the DVSA should extend the duration of the theory test to reflect the waiting list for the practical test. We are unable to find tests in 2 years meaning we need to pass the theory again and again!!
Oh so now its the fault of the instructors and their pupils and not the fact the DVSA CAN'T keep examiners in test centres or the fact that it has taken nearly 2 years to get to this point, and not actually getting anything done about it.
There's a name for passing blame to others and not taking responsibility, it's called GASLIGHTING.
Hi, I'm a learner, after going through few of all comments, looks like the current problem of practically no test is never going to end atleast for next 5 to 7 years, I got a thought, can another ADI conduct tests for a learner ? And dvsa device some means to make this official,
When will people listen us on the ground? Although the reasons above are valid they are not the main reason. The main reason that the waiting lists are so long is because of the blatant profeteering by not only third party companies but also ADIs who are buying these tests and selling them at what can only be discribed as rediculous prices, in some cases up to 350. The solution is easy but a little painful for some. Firstly cancel all booked driving tests and refund the money. Then a week later post all test online and only allow the person who booked the test to take the test. Stop all this switching around and buying multiple tests. Then, if the person who booked it needs to change, they go online cancel theirs and book another. Job done. I am being sent list of 20-30 tests weekly by one ADI who wants to re-sell them and he is not alone. Until this is stopped by individuals or companies nothing will change.
Dear Loveday
Many thanks for your email. The main issue is that some are using softwares Maybe DVSA IT department is not updated. second, There are some driving test centres dont have slots and some other test centres have too many slots for the following days or so. Send some examiners to busy test centres from those quite test centres. Provide them Hotel around 62 per night and food. these examiners will be able to see 8 candidates the following day. 24 days times 8 equal to 192 candidates are booked test. 192 times 50 examiner equal 9600 candidates per/m. You even dont need recruit new examiners. increase the payment for those wanting for example to travel to busy test centres.
If the DVSA developed it's own rebooking system for cancellations (like the testi App and others on the market) and offered it free within the booking system this would kill the demand for paid Apps.
If it could be put into law that it was illegal to sell a test for more than the DVSA original price it would give you the tools to stop the selling of tests for profit.
DVSA should book a test date for the learner to be taken six months after passing their theory test. No access for bots etc to DVSA calendar. Gives the learner 26 weeks to be test ready. Will help DVSA and ADI and hopefully rid the system of fraud.
The industry is fast becoming a laughing stock. The booking system is broken. The DVSA is useless .Also with the exclusion of Turn in the Road and Left reverse round the Corner and the VERY STUPID Drive over to the right and reverse two car lengths back and drive off again. You look like you have lost it. Whoever brought these in should be SACKED. These are two VERY important parts of learning to drive. When my students use the Sat Nav, they all say that it was easy and boring. I live in Ruislip Middlesex and since the ULEZ announcement the phone has virtually stopped ringing over the last few months. This a very worrying situation as kids probably cannot afford the price of newer cars just after passing their test and the high insurance costs. You should be on the back of this shouting it down as just another Tax to everyone affected. It's a further attack on motorists again and once it is rolled out to all major cities then it will affect even your jobs within your own industry. Overall I am totally frustrated and very angry after 21 years of teaching. I will be leaving when my licence expires in a few years. What a joke the DVSA have become.
Perhaps if you increased examiners pay and made there contracts less rigid it would attract more new ones . So training up examiners and then them leaving before they start because of the contracts is a waste of public money and the dvsa time.
You've hit the nail on the head Loveday. I would presume not 1 single driving instructor in the country likes the position we are in at the moment. I'd hazard a guess that the vast majority of instructors have had to change the way they now supply lessons and gamble with when to advise their pupils to book a test. I would imagine if every teacher in schools had to teach their pupils how we are now having to teach ours, there would be a mass uproar. It is totally impractical, and I would imagine none of us instructors or pupils are content with how the process to teach them isn't working. Trying to expect a learner to start taking lessons, get them to test readiness, and then tell them to stop taking continual lessons because they simply cannot afford to keep taking them for the foreseeable six months is ludicrous. Then when they do begin lessons again on their run-up to test day, the confidence they had prior to ceasing lessons has gone, and the additional pressure of a potential six-month wait, if they fail, is just way too much pressure for anyone. This really is not what any instructor wants for their pupils and definitely not the way we like to run our businesses. I seriously hope this situation gets resolved sooner rather than later.
Thanks for the update!
I find that a lack of driving tests in an area is also because people are willing to travel long distances to book a closer test date never having been to that area before!
That impacts on that area and instructors looking to book tests for their own pupils!
Consideration to blocking people on postcodes considerably outwith an area would be a good option to preventing this very common problem.
I think you've hit it on the nail there Loveday, the ultimate issue with the lack of tests is that pupils are now booking tests before they start learning due to lost confidence. The re-selling of tests is an issue, but not one necessarily caused by apps.
You don't need an app to book a test 4 months away to then sit on that test to then sell in 3 months time. Repeat this process and you have a steady weekly income. Many people rely on apps such as people who work such as nurses etc, i would advise against banning apps until you have an alternative solution that doesn't just favour those who sit at home all day by a computer refreshing the website.
To reduce waiting time for tests why not introduce radom drug testing once you have booked a test you would be subject to a radom drug test an if you failed it you would be subject to a ban and fine same as if your where drug dri ving I think you would find a lot would not book a test then for feere off being fined and banned and it would stop drug users from getting on the roads
I think the analysis is generally correct, but the action being taken is wholly inadequate and one key reason has been left out altogether.
One of the reasons not cited is 'wasted' tests. As an example, one of my students was unsuccessful on their first attempt due to driving over too much of the white circle of a mini roundabout, about 50-metres from Cheltenham test centre, at the end of his test when he'd only accumulated 2 other minor driving faults up to this point. Surely, something that 99% of drivers do every day (driving over the white circle of a mini roundabout) can't be classed as 'Serious' or 'Dangerous', although I respect the Highway Code makes it very clear vehicles must go round the marking unless they are too wide to do so. Either way, the same student managed to find a cancellation 2-weeks later and passed without any further tuition. Same driver, different day, different result wasting another precious test slot in my opinion.
I could give many more similar examples.
Please be assured, I don't want to reduce the high driving standard required in the UK Driving Test, just apply some common sense to 'technically serious' faults.