Newslink October 2021
Membership magazine of the Motor Schools Association; road safety, driver training and testing news.
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31<br />
Stay calm and be a COW<br />
That’s the advice from TV presenter James<br />
May as he launches new in-app video, How<br />
Not to Fail Your Practical Driving Test – Pg 18<br />
DRLs and conspicuity on the road<br />
Tom Harrington asks whether daytime running<br />
lights are a help or a hazard – Pg 22<br />
Unscientific surveys and the<br />
voting habits of turkeys<br />
Guess what: when you ask the public if DVSA<br />
should to scrap a test, they say yes – Pg 25<br />
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Regional News/Views<br />
MSA GB Training days and AGMs<br />
More details of your local event – pg 28<br />
IMTD award for Geoff Little<br />
MSA GB deputy national chairman honoured for<br />
‘Exemplary contribution to the IMTD’ – pg 33<br />
Lifting the lid on driver training<br />
Long-time member Kathy<br />
Higgins has published her<br />
first book on life as an ADI<br />
– pg 35<br />
Q&A with...<br />
Janet Stewart<br />
From city slicker to<br />
teaching learners, via<br />
Ancient Greece – pg 36<br />
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33<br />
L-test changes – nothing’s new!<br />
Yet more amends to the driving test – but you<br />
know, it was ever thus, says Mike Yeomans<br />
– Pg 26<br />
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