Two driving instructors and four test candidates were also arrested in London and Walsall, West Midlands.

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Barry Kenward, deputy chairman of the Driving Instructors Democratic Union, has put in a Freedom of Information request to find out how many accidents have occurred on the test so far.

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While research and driving instructors attest that women often make better drivers, advertising and marketing focuses on the male driver as those who drive for the joy of it, and have historically.

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The Safe And Fuel Efficient Driving Scheme will pay for the training of 200 instructors to teach advanced van driving techniques - and will then fund lessons for 3, 500 drivers.

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