It cites graduated driver licensing systems in which teens' abilities to drive are expanded over time from the initial stages, when driving is restricted to low-risk conditions.

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"Wiltshire Trading Standards would pass on the details of offending vehicles to the DVLA (Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency), which could result in prosecutions through the magistrates courts, " the council spokesman added.

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But critics suggest this may be difficult as records at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) are only 90% accurate.

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Hundreds of local authorities have been banned from accessing the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency (DVLA) database for not using it properly.

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Three Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) staff were dismissed in Wales in 2011 for misuse of social media, the BBC has learned.

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The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea had previously dismissed three workers for making "inappropriate comments" about the DVLA, a colleague or customers on social media.

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In England, Scotland and Wales, patients with angina, valvular heart disease, a heart murmur or heart failure do not have to tell the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and can continue to drive a car a month after an episode as long as their doctor says they are fit to.

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