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Sensible progress
our correspondent Martin Perry (CM 3-9
July) suggests that learner bus drivers could fail their tests for not driving at the maximum permitted speed.
The bus and coach driving test requires a candidate to demonstrate a high level of driving skill in a variety of situations.
For example, a driver who maintained a speed of only 30mph on a clear dual-carriageway in good conditions would not be demonstrating that ability. But the driver would not be penalised for driving below the speed limit, or for acting sensibly if the conditions demanded a much slower speed.
Mr Perry 's terms "hustle" and "aggressive urgency" are not in the driving test or the training vocabulary. Evidence of those tendencies on test would, in our experience, probably lead to serious faults and subsequent failure.
Brian Broadhurst
Deputy chief driving examiner, DSA.