Videos

Blue Light Awareness

How to correctly react to emergency services vehicles.

Blue Light Aware is a short video, produced on behalf of the emergency services.

Video courtesy of Driving Crawley

Driving Test Manoeuvres and Questions

The UK CatB (Car) Driving Test changed in 2017, and new manoeuvres and questions were introduced. These videos explain.

Pull-up then reverse  on the right-hand side of the road.

Drive forward into a bay on the left or the right to park.

Tell-Me question, asked at the start of the test, when the car is not moving.

Show-Me question, asked when the car is in motion.

Driving Tests in days past

The driving test has changed many times since it was first introduced in 1935. These videos show some tests of old.

A 76-year-old lady takes her 17th driving test in 1976, in a Triumph TR7 sports car.

The Driving Test - 1935

"The Driving Test" 1980. Made for Dept. of Transport. Describes examiner training of the day.

"A Testing Time".  1968. Central Office of Information film that demystifies the driving test and covers the training that driving examiners have to undergo.