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		<title>Hard-up motorists will pay up to 60% more for driving licences but NOT in Bedford</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Motorists in Northern Ireland have been dealt another financial blow after it  emerged that the cost of driving licences will rise by up to 60%. For people learning to drive the price of a provisional licence will be  subject to a £12.50 hike (or 25%), going up from £50 to £62.50. Renewing or repairing a [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Motorists in Northern Ireland have been dealt another financial blow after it  emerged that the cost of driving licences will rise by up to 60%.</strong></p>
<p>For people learning to drive the price of a provisional licence will be  subject to a £12.50 hike (or 25%), going up from £50 to £62.50.</p>
<p>Renewing or repairing a licence will cost £30 instead of £20 (up 50%), while  drivers applying for a licence after a disqualification will face higher  increases of up to 60%.</p>
<p>Environment Minister Alex Attwood has announced the proposals to raise the  fees at a time when drivers are struggling with record fuel bills.</p>
<p>Statistics from the AA last month revealed petrol and diesel cost more in  Northern Ireland than in any other UK region.</p>
<p>University of Ulster retail analyst Donald McFetridge said the news will  exacerbate the burden of owning, driving and licensing a vehicle here.</p>
<p>“These additional costs will add greatly to the already spiralling cost of  living, particularly for younger motorists and for those who, in many parts of  Northern Ireland, are heavily reliant on car usage due to geographical  location,” said Mr McFetridge.</p>
<p>“Running a car these days is extremely expensive. Motor tax costs were  increased at the last Budget with the result that a growing number of motorists  are opting to tax their vehicles for only six months instead of 12, in spite of  being able to save a small amount if they choose to tax their vehicle for the  full 12 months.”</p>
<p>Mr McFetridge added that regional fuel pricing policies — whereby  supermarkets charge different prices depending on geographical location — is  putting drivers under added pressure.</p>
<p>“When taken as a whole, purchasing, taxing, running and completing even the  minimum number of car journeys — as many drivers are now electing to do — has  become almost prohibitive,” he said.</p>
<p>“A hike in licence fees could justifiably be regarded as a step too far,  possibly meaning that many will have to resort to the use of public transport,  if it&#8217;s available, on future occasions.”</p>
<p>There are no plans to introduce charges for licences which are currently  free, including medically restricted licences or licences for those aged over  70.</p>
<p>However, the fees for licences issued after a driver has their licence  revoked or is disqualified would increase from £50 and £65 to £80 and £104  respectively.</p>
<p>The fee for the reissue of a licence to a high risk offender will also  increase, to £144.</p>
<p>Read more: <a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/hardup-motorists-will-pay-up-to-60-more-for-driving-licences-16154162.html#ixzz1vFAoibS7">http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/hardup-motorists-will-pay-up-to-60-more-for-driving-licences-16154162.html#ixzz1vFAoibS7</a></p>
<p>From : <a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/hardup-motorists-will-pay-up-to-60-more-for-driving-licences-16154162.html">Belfast Telegraph</a></p>
<p>Luckily driving schools in Bedford offering <a href="http://www.txt-drive.co.uk">Bedford driving lessons</a> with a qualified driving instructor in Bedford provide cheap driving lessons in Bedford. Prices for Bedford <a href="http://www.drivingschoolbedford.com/">driving lessons</a> vary between the different driving schools in Bedford and the <a href="http://www.bahrasom.co.uk/prices.htm">driving instructors </a>in Bedford. The reason for the difference in price can be due to the driving instructor&#8217;s experience &amp; pass rate or even the choice of car they give driving lessons in. An experienced driving instructor in Bedford will probably charge more than a new <a href="http://www.txt-drive.co.uk/testimonials%204.shtml">driving instructor in Bedford</a>. Equally a driving school in Bedford that uses a new BMW or MINI will probably charge more than a <a href="http://www.drivingschoolbedford.com/">driving school</a> that uses a rusty old Vauxhall Corsa or Ford Fiesta.</p>


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		<title>New Bedford driving instructor added : Jo Folkes Driver Training</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk is pleased to add Bedford driving instructor Jo Folkes to the website. Jo Folkes Driver Training operates in the Bedford 7 days a week using both manual &#38; automatic cars. The car she uses to give driving lessons in Bedford is the Peugeot 307. Driving lessons can be booked with a driving instructor from Jo [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk">www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk</a> is pleased to add Bedford driving instructor Jo Folkes to the website.</strong></p>
<p>Jo Folkes Driver Training operates in the Bedford 7 days a week using both manual &amp; automatic cars. The car she uses to give driving lessons in Bedford is the Peugeot 307.</p>
<p>Driving lessons can be booked with a driving instructor from Jo Folkes Driver Training by calling 07778 008989. You can choose between driving lessons of 1 hour, 1.5 hours &amp; 2 hours.</p>
<p>Standard 1 hour driving lessons in Bedford cost £23.00 (£46 for 2 hours) with Jo Folkes Driver Training. But you can book 10 hours of driving lessons in Bedford for £220.00 which gives you a saving of £1.00 per hour.</p>
<p>You can find out more about Jo Folkes Driver Training by visiting <a href="http://www.baddia.co.uk/jo-folkes-driver-training">www.baddia.co.uk/jo-folkes-driver-training</a> or visit her new website <a href="http://www.bedford-driving-lessons.co.uk">www.bedford-driving-lessons.co.uk</a> in a couple of weeks (it&#8217;s not live just yet).</p>
<p>If you are looking for a female driving instructor in Bedford &amp; want to have either manual or automatic driving lessons in Bedford, Jo Folkes Driver Training maybe just right for you!</p>
<p>Other driving schools &amp; driving instructors in Bedford can be found on <a href="http://www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk">www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk</a>. You can search for female driving instructors, cheap driving lessons, automatic lessons, driving schools which use a Mini etc etc. There are so many ways to find your perfect driving school on <a href="http://www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk">www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk</a>.</p>
<p>This website (<a href="http://www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk">www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk</a>) is FREE to use &amp; is FREE to list your details on&#8230;&#8230; ideal for learner drivers in Bedford, driving instructors in Bedford &amp; also Bedford driving schools.</p>


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		<description><![CDATA[LEARNER drivers in Caithness have been urged to check that the person teaching them to drive is fully qualified to do so. A police investigation into unlicensed driving instructors resulted in one person in the North being reported to the procurator fiscal, and now Northern Constabulary has warned learners to check out their teachers. The [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>LEARNER drivers in Caithness have been urged to check that the person teaching them to drive is fully qualified to do so.</strong></p>
<p>A police investigation into unlicensed driving instructors resulted in one person in the North being reported to the procurator fiscal, and now Northern Constabulary has warned learners to check out their teachers. The alleged unlicensed instructor was said by police to have been operating throughout last year.</p>
<p>PC Andy Mackay, of Wick Police Station, told the <em>John O’Groat Journal</em> this is an unusual offence for the Highlands, but said it highlighted the need for people to be more vigilant before booking lessons.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is essential that anyone learning to drive checks that their instructor is fully licensed,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Receiving incorrect or outdated instruction at such a crucial stage may be detrimental when it comes to your test day, but it can also be unhelpful for the rest of your driving career.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is not a usual offence which takes place in the Highlands but there have been cases in other parts of Scotland.</p>
<p>&#8220;Fully licensed instructors are up to date with the latest standards required by the Driving Standards Agency.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is quite easy for someone to say that they are a fully qualified</p>
<p>driving instructor, and people don’t think twice about all the boxes being ticked.</p>
<p>&#8220;The only real way to check if someone is qualified is to go on to the DSA website and type in your postcode.</p>
<p>&#8220;This will show all the qualified driving instructors in the local area.&#8221;</p>
<p>For a full list of local approved driving instructors, go to <a href="http://www.dft.gov.uk/dsa">www.dft.gov.uk/dsa</a></p>
<p>From : <a href="http://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/News/Check-the-instructor-plea-issued-01032012.htm">John O&#8217;Groat Journal</a></p>
<p>This warnings applies to all learner drivers in Bedford. Learners should ensure that their driving instructor in Bedford displays a licence to give driving lessons in Bedford. All registered driving instructors will display either a pink licence which means they are a trainee driving instructor who is not yet fully qualified or a green licence which means they are a fully qualified driving instructor.</p>
<p>The licence should contain an ADI number, an expiry date &amp; a photograph of the driving instructor. If your driving instructor in Bedford does not display a licence then you may be having driving lessons with someone who is not &#8216;fit &amp; proper&#8217;. All driving instructors undergo background checks to ensure they will not be a threat to a learner &amp; to ensure they meet the required standard that the DSA set.</p>
<p>Some driving instructors in Bedford &amp; driving schools in Bedford may be unqualified driving instructors yet still charge the same as a fully qualified driving instructor!!! Some of the larger driving schools in Bedford that train driving instructors do tend to use unqualified driving instructors ot give driving lessons to members of the public. Driving instructors from ASM, Elms School Of Motoring &amp; Txt-Drive etc do use FULLY QUALIFIED driving instructors.</p>


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Young drivers are having to turn down work because they are being &#8216;hammered&#8217; by the soaring cost of car insurance, a leading MP has warned. </strong></p>
<p><span>Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Nigel Evans said that young people could face a genuine financial conflict between accepting a job and affording the car insurance to drive to work.</span></p>
<p><span>High costs mean drivers are being &#8216;punished before they have even sat behind the wheel&#8217;, he warned. </span></p>
<p><span>Mr Evans argued that people in rural areas are particularly badly hit since a lack of regular public transport leaves them with no alternative to driving. </span></p>
<p><span>The MP called on insurance firms to use ‘more imagination’ to solve the problem. </span></p>
<p><span>Possible solutions could include the offer of a rebate after a year of no claims, or an insurance quote based on the scores in the practical driving test, Mr Evans suggested. </span></p>
<p><span>&#8216;I do recognise that young people are in a high risk bracket for insurance, but the vast majority of them are not involved in accidents nor do they drive dangerously,’ he added.</span></p>
<p><span>The MP said he hopes to meet with the Association of British Insurers (ABI) to discuss how to take the issue forward.</span></p>
<p><span>According to figures from the AA, young drivers have seen their motor insurance premiums jump by up to 90 per cent in just two years. </span></p>
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<p><span>Men under the age of 22 have seen their payments rise by an average of £1,427 – or 82 per cent – to £3,163 a year. </span></p>
<p><span>Young women’s premiums have also surged by £50, or 90 per cent, up to an average of £1,799. </span></p>
<p><span>Female drivers could also be hit by another hike of up to £1,315 from the end of the year due to an EU ruling, which will force insurance companies to charge male and female drivers the same premiums. </span></p>
<p><span>High insurance costs may also be leading to young drivers putting themselves at risk by skipping their car insurance, a firm has warned. </span></p>
<p><span>One in five young drivers is considering breaking the law and driving without insurance, according to a survey by Young Marmalade. </span></p>
<p><span>Meanwhile one in three has thought about modifying the information they supply to their insurer to bring down their quote, the insurer found.</span></p>
<p><span>The ABI commented that employment status is one of the factors that insurers use to set premiums. </span></p>
<p><span>‘Many insurers have reported that there is an additional risk associated with being unemployed.  We understand that this can cause difficulties for people, but it is a quantified factor supported by evidence,’ it said. </span></p>
<p><span>James Dalton, Assistant Director of Motor at the association suggested that young drivers can take measures to reduce their premiums, such as shopping around, perhaps changing their car or keeping their mileage down. </span></p>
<p><span>He added that higher premiums for young drivers reflect the greater risk they pose. Young drivers aged 17 – 24 account for 12 per cent of license holders, but 25 per cent of all road accidents where someone is injured. </span></p>
<p><span>&#8216;To improve the road safety of young drivers and reduce their motor insurance costs, we have long argued for reform and we are urging the government to introduce a minimum learning period, a structured learning programme, graduated driver licensing and a zero alcohol limit for young drivers,’ Mr Dalton said</span></p>
<p>From : <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2109201/Young-job-hunters-turn-work-sky-high-car-insurance.html?ito=feeds-newsxml">Daily Mail website</a></div>
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<div>Passsing your driving test in Bedford with a driving school or driving instructor can greatly increase your chance of getting a job!! Finding employment will be easier as you will have more freedom &amp; won&#8217;t have to rely on finding a job near public transport. You can work night shifts or evening shift &amp; won&#8217;t need other people to pick you up or drop you off at work!</div>
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<div>Many driving schools in Bedford offer a course called PASS PLUS which can reduce your insurance costs. Driving instructors take you out on various roads to develop your existing driving skills, once you have passed your driving test in Bedford. Topics covered in the PASS PLUS course in Bedford are motoways, dual carriageways, rural driving, night driving, town driving &amp; all weather driving.</div>
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<div>PASS PLUS courses vary between driving schools but your would be looking to pay around £150 (which covers the minimum 6 hours required).</div>
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This is the 500 by Gucci. The tiny city car has been given a makeover by Gucci’s<br />
creative director Frida Giannini to celebrate the fashion firm’s 90th<br />
birthday,</div>
<div>There are two models to choose from,<br />
either in black or white, with bumper trim, wing mirror caps and shoulderline<br />
all highlighted in chrome. Black cars get an interior trimmed in black and<br />
white, while white cars get black interior trim.</div>
<div>Special Gucci-branded 16-inch alloys<br />
which hide green-painted brake calipers are complimented by Gucci script on the<br />
B-pillar and bootlid. Gucci’s trademark green-red-green stripe along the car’s<br />
side and on the seats, carpets, keyfob and even seatbelts.</div>
<div>Based on the 100bhp 1.4-litre petrol<br />
powered model, the 500 by Gucci made its debut on the opening day of Milan<br />
fashion week, and will also be shown at <a href="http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/motorshows/geneva-motor-show/">Geneva Motor Show</a> as part of a Gucci pop-up store on the<br />
Fiat stand.</div>
<div>The car will then be displayed around<br />
the world before going on sale here in July. UK prices are yet to be set, but<br />
the 500 by Gucci costs from €17,000 (£14,500) in Italy.</div>
<div>Alongside the car’s launch, Gucci has<br />
also created a fashion collection, which includes travel accessories, leather<br />
goods, clothes, sunglasses and a watch, which will be available in select Gucci<br />
stores from April.</div>
<p>Read more: <a href="http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/motorshows/geneva-motor-show/264718/fiat_500_by_gucci.html#ixzz1kzPUIPPS">http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/motorshows/geneva-motor-show/264718/fiat_500_by_gucci.html#ixzz1kzPUIPPS</a></div>
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<div>This may well be move to try to shift more Fiat 500s to the fashion conscious customer. Whilst it may appeal to many females (&amp; a few males) it would probably to the complete opposite to most males who consider it a &#8216;girls&#8217; car already.</div>
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<div>There could some great collabs if the following brands hooked up &#8211; just imagine&#8230;&#8230;. Paul Smith x Mini, Ralph Lauren x Ford, Louis Vuitton x BMW&#8230;&#8230;..</div>
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<div>Cars that appeal to both males &amp; females appear to be those such as the Vauxhall Corsa &amp; BMW MINI.</div>
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<div>Many driving schools in Bedford use small cars like the Fiesta, Corsa, Clio, MINI etc. Fully qualified driving instructors will normally give driving lessons in Bedford in a dual controlled car. Ring some of the driving schools which appear on <a href="http://www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk">www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk</a> &amp; find out what car they use for driving lessons.</div>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-three years after failing her third test, Lucy Etherington managed to overcome her fears and is now a proud driver. When I was 18, I failed my driving test three times. The first was down to “undue hesitancy”. In the second test, I tried to be more assertive and… well, let’s just say I’d have [...]


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<p>When I was 18, I failed my driving test three times. The first was down to “undue hesitancy”. In the second test, I tried to be more assertive and… well, let’s just say I’d have scored highly in PlayStation’s <em>Grand Theft Auto</em>.</p>
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<p>Five minutes into the third test, I signalled left, turned right and stalled, causing four traffic jams. “Have I failed?” I asked the examiner, amid a cacophony of horns. “I can’t tell you until you’ve completed the course,” he said, clutching his clipboard. “But,” he looked at me pleadingly, “you can ask to end the test now.”</p>
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<p>Perhaps it wasn’t surprising that I put off taking my fourth test. Only the delay might seem unusual – 23 years.</p>
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<p>To be fair, I had perfectly valid excuses. I lived in central London and my partner drove. Even when the kids came along, I scoffed at my friends’ people carriers and gamely balanced buggies, babies and hyperactive toddlers on escalators and buses, claiming it was good for my biceps and the environment. I could have happily remained a non-driver forever.</p>
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<p>Then we moved to rural Suffolk. It was four miles to the nearest shop, two to the school. There were no pavements and only one wheezing bus a day. I was 41, but I couldn’t put it off any longer. I had to drive.</p>
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<p>I was scared. Scared of the horrible things that can happen, the death and mayhem you could potentially cause. When you’re young, you’re invincible. The<br />
older driver has to wrestle with her sense of mortality.</p>
<p>Yet Steve Garrod of the Driving Instructors Association says this is an advantage. “Older learners have much better road sense, judgment skills and speed awareness,” he told me. “They’ve usually been passengers for years, and are often parents, so more likely to recognise potential hazards. They take safety seriously.”</p>
<p>Driving Standards Agency (DSA) statistics aren’t too discouraging. The highest percentage passes are among 17-year-olds. These drop in your thirties and forties – but not by a huge amount. In fact, the 2011 figures show that the second highest rate of passes (60 per cent) is women in their sixties. No excuses, then.</p>
<p>I spoke to a couple of the major driving schools to see if they could suggest anything for older learners. None offered specific courses. Most, reassuringly perhaps, felt that age was not going to be an issue, but some recommended asking for an older instructor.</p>
<p>I plumped for a local company – Total Driving in Stowmarket – because it offered great deals on intensive courses (I wanted it over with as quickly as possible).</p>
<p>As I had requested a mature, ideally female, instructor I struck gold. My tutor, Debbie, owned the company, and had tons of qualifications and experience.</p>
<p>She never once mentioned my age, and scoffed whenever I did. It was simply not an issue – it was only when I walked into the exam room that I realised everyone was half my age, which was a bit disconcerting, but ultimately no one cared. We were there to take a test.</p>
<p>I admit that I found intensive lessons exhausting, maybe more so than in my twenties, but Debbie made sure that we had regular breaks, and I did notice a vast improvement in a short space of time.</p>
<p>As the day of terror loomed, I can’t tell you the amount of times I nearly called to cancel. On the morning of my test there was a partial eclipse of the sun. We passed a crash on the A14. Short of plagues of frogs and women in black pointy hats screaming, the signs were ominous.</p>
<p>Having bodged a simple manoeuvre in a supermarket car park, I went miserably to the scaffold. In fact it was fine. Well, it wasn’t, in that I accidentall mounted a kerb and failed outright… But apart from that, I had learnt the most valuable lesson of all: the test was, if anything, quite dull. And painless. The examiner was absolutely lovely.</p>
<p>A month later, after lots more practice, I took it again. And passed.</p>
<p>The feeling was incredible. Elated, I wanted to smother my examiner in kisses. He said he’d take a polite handshake if that was all right.</p>
<p>The change wasn’t immediate. It took a while to get used to the New Driving Me. At first I felt like a fraud, easily intimidated by aggressive speed freaks, sweating buckets on motorways while trying to look relaxed in front of the kids. But now, six months on, I’m at the point where I can’t remember what i was like not to drive, not to have that freedom, not to relish a stretch of open road.</p>
<p>I feel like I have been a driver all my life.</p>
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<p><strong>It&#8217;s never too late to learn, or refresh</strong></p>
<p>* The AA doesn’t offer specific “older” learner driving lessons, but if someone is very nervous, their instructor will tailor the lessons to suit them. Customers can also request older instructors. The driving school webpage is www.theaa.com/driving-school/learn-to-drive. Lesson prices start at £21 per hour (£18 per hour for AA members), but it is best to check online for the latest offers.</p>
<p>* Red Driving offers introductory driving lessons for just £9 an hour, discounts on specifically tailored block bookings, and experienced instructors who understand the needs of older learners. <strong>www.reddrivingschool.com</strong>0800 840 3999.</p>
<p>* Most schools offer lessons in an automatic, which many drivers find easier and less stressful. It can also be a fast track to a licence.</p>
<p>* Refresher courses are designed for people who may already have a licence, but for various reasons have not driven for years, and have lost their nerve behind the wheel.</p>
<p>* Drive Confident through the AA Charitable Trust is aimed at nervous, rusty or lapsed drivers. Participants on the course receive two hours of in-car tuition. The Drive Confident web page is <strong><a href="https://www.theaa.com/pupil/refreshertraining.do;jsessionid=f1kXTlLW2DpyghmRHHC3nVJYJhQXCl7PQKLfDJ1LhYSvGNvB1GTn!712171745!154100395!1319454966061" target="_blank">www.theaa.com/pupil/refreshertraining.do</a></strong>. The two hours of training are free through the charity.</p>
<p>* Britannia Driving School offers various refresher courses, the most popular is the six-hour plan which costs £149.70 (£24.95 per hour) in a manual car and £155.70 (£25.95 per hour) in an automatic. <strong><a href="http://www.britannia-driving-school.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.britannia-driving-school.co.uk</a></strong>.</p>
<p>From : <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/road-safety/8831626/Passing-your-driving-test-at-40.html" target="_blank">Telegraph.co.uk</a></p>
<p>Many local <a href="http://www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk" target="_blank">Bedford driving schools</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk/find-driving-school.shtml" target="_blank">driving instructors in Bedford</a> can offer refresher driving courses to people that have previously failed a driving test. Most driving instructors are fully qualified &amp; will display a green badge (not a pink badge &#8211; which will be displayed by unqualified driving instructors). Bedford driving schools such as ASM, Independent, Txt-Drive &amp; Elms School Of Motoring give discounts to new pupils.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[TONY Davison still remembers the knock on the door that dark winter’s morning. “It was twenty to four,” he recites, the details as fresh now as the day they happened. “Fourth of November 2002. “The policeman said there had been a serious road crash in Bramhope and there were fatalities. That’s all it took to [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TONY Davison still remembers the knock on the door that dark winter’s morning.</p>
<p>“It was twenty to four,” he recites, the details as fresh now as the day they happened. “Fourth of November 2002.</p>
<p>“The policeman said there had been a serious road crash in Bramhope and there were fatalities. That’s all it took to shatter our lives.”</p>
<p>Tony’s son Adrian, 18, was a passenger in the car of a friend who drove after drinking. It crashed and both boys died.</p>
<p>It would have been Adrian’s birthday last Saturday, his 27th. What should have been a day of celebration was marked instead with a visit to his graveside.</p>
<p>“Life moves on, but at the same time he will never be forgotten,” says Tony. “Anniversaries are still difficult, even though it’s coming up to nine years ago. It’s as fresh in my mind now as it was the day we were told.</p>
<p>And it will be until the day I leave this mortal coil.”</p>
<p>Adrian was one of a disproportionate number of young men who die every year on our roads.</p>
<p>West Yorkshire road safety charity Brake used its annual international conference last week to put the issue under the spotlight.</p>
<p>Every year in Britain one young male driver in every 60 is involved in a crash that results in death or injury to themselves, a passenger or another road user.</p>
<p>While young drivers aged between 17 and 24 account for 12 per cent of licence holders they are involved in one in four road deaths and serious injuries.</p>
<p>One in five will crash in the first six months after passing their test and every year more than 3,300 young drivers and passengers aged 17 to 24 are killed or suffer a life-changing injury as a result of a road crash.</p>
<p>Brake says the current system under which young people learn to drive is inadequate, leaving young drivers without sufficient experience and maturity to face the complex challenges of driving unsupervised and unrestricted.</p>
<p>Its response has been to launch the Too Young to Die campaign, which calls for a system of graduated driver licensing so new drivers can build up their skills and experience bit by bit.</p>
<p>Under the scheme, learners would spend at least a year taking lessons before they were allowed to sit a test.</p>
<p>Once they passed, new drivers would be allowed to drive unsupervised but would have restrictions on their licence for at least two years.</p>
<p>These would include an effective zero tolerance drink drive limit, plus restrictions on passengers and driving at night.</p>
<p>“It’s all about finding a way to ensure young drivers learn to drive in a safe and protected way as much as possible,” says Ellen Booth, campaigns director for Brake.</p>
<p>“Young drivers are disproportionately affected by road crashes, significantly so. A young person is more likely to die on the road than any other cause.</p>
<p>“And the evidence is quite clear that males of all ages, not just young men, are more likely to take risks on the roads. So it’s all to do with driver attitude and behaviour.”</p>
<p>Speeding, taking unnecessary risks and using a mobile phone are some of the factors associated with an increased crash risk among men.</p>
<p>Males are also more likely to get behind the wheel when they’re tired and keep driving even if they feel sleepy.</p>
<p>The risks faced by young male drivers peak at 17, when they are in their first year of motoring.</p>
<p>“There are a number of factors, especially those of age and inexperience, that mean young drivers are more likely to have an accident,” says Ellen.</p>
<p>“When you combine those with the additional risk-taking habits that men exhibit they make young male drivers the most at risk group on the road.”</p>
<p>Tony Davison has been involved with Brake for several years, speaking to thousands of school and college students about his own experience.</p>
<p>He, for one, supports calls for the Government to make changes to the current system of driver licensing.</p>
<p>“The trouble is that young people don’t really learn to drive until after they have passed their test. All we do in this country is teach people to pass their test.</p>
<p>“In Germany it’s a totally different structure – they have to do night driving, motorway driving and there are none of these seven-day crash courses.</p>
<p>“We need to educate young people. They don’t think it’s going to happen to them, but it will happen to some of them.</p>
<p>“It’s not about scaremongering, it’s a proven fact: young males between 17 and 25 are the ones who are most likely to be involved in a serious crash.</p>
<p>“There needs to be a coherent strategy which first of all has to be incorporated into the national curriculum, not ad hoc as it is at the moment.</p>
<p>“Some schools are incredibly pro-active, but there are lots of high schools in Leeds we haven’t visited. To me it has to become part of the national curriculum, delivered to those youngsters who are coming up to learning to drive.”</p>


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<p>For three different key phrases <a href="http://www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk">www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk</a> has helped some driving schools in Bedford &amp; Bedford driving instructors to reach Page 1 &amp; Page 2 on Google. 3 Bedford driving instructors are in the top 20 for one key phrase, 3 driving schools in Bedford are in the 20 for another key phrase &amp; there are 4 Bedford driving schools &amp; driving instructors in Bedford in the top 20 results (Page 1 &amp; Page 2) for another key phrase!!!</p>
<p>In fact every key phrase we searched for on Google showed at least 2 results in the Top 20 (the first 2 pages) which were driving instructors &amp; driving schools in Bedford that were listed on <a href="http://www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk">www.bedford-driving-schools.co.uk</a>.</p>
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