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Other Wimbledon Driving Schools in and around Merton
Bridge School Of Motoring, 58 Boyd Road, Colliers Wood, London SW19 2DG | 020 8540 8138
Britania Driving School LTD, 285 Kingston Road, Merton Park, London SW20 8LB | 020 8542 2589
Drive Time, 81 Dupont Road, Bushey Mead, Raynes Park, London, SW20 8EH | 07748 065911
Drivewell, 18 Durham Road, Raynes Park, London, SW20 0QJ | 020 8255 9896
Every Success Driving School, 4 Elms Court, Montague Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SZ |
07940 953156
Ideal Driving School, 142 All Saints Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1BZ | 020 8540 4914
Learn Moore School of Motoring, 39 Marina Avenue, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 6NE | 07716 433698
Magnum Driving School, 421 Durnsford Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 8EE | 020 8947 6060
Modina Driving School, 9, Christchurch Close, Colliers Wood, London, SW19 2NZ | 07957 273167
National Driving School, 3 Eleanor House, High Path, Wimbledon, London, SW19 2JT | 020 8417 0661
Pauline's School of Motoring, 86 Abbotts Road, Mitcham, Surrey CR4 1JU | 020 8287 5384
Red Driving School, 3 Parkland Gardens, Wimbledon, London, SW19 6DT | 07748 651575
Southfields School Of Motoring, 49 Evelyn Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 8NT | 020 8540 6140
Wimbledon Driving School, 114 Aylward Road, Wimbledon, London, SW20 9AQ | 020 8542 6244
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History of Driver Testing and Driving Regulations in the UK
During the late 19th and 20th centuries in the early days of driving in the UK, there was no driving test and drivers received basic training from friends, in the work place, or were self taught. To make matters worse there were virtually no regulations and rules governing driving conduct. Drivers and pedestrians had to wait for the publication of the first edition of The Highway Code in 1931 before road safety began to improve. In the mean time the death toll from accidents on Britain’s roads was mounting, in line with the rising popularity of vehicle ownership.
To put it into perspective, figures from the Driving Standards Agency* show that when The Highway Code was introduced in 1931, there were 2.3 million vehicles on Britain’s roads and over 7,000 fatalities on our roads during the early 1930’s. Today, with over 27 million vehicles on our roads, yearly fatalities are consistently under half of those in the early 1930s.
The First Driving Tests
The first driving tests in the UK were established in 1930 and these were only for disabled drivers, with a license being valid for one year. In early 1935 voluntary testing became an option for all drivers and a Mr. J. Beene was the first person to pass his driving test under the voluntary system. Compulsory testing was introduced on 1st June 1935, for all drivers who started driving on or after 1st of April 1934.
It was in France, however, where the world’s first driving tests, vehicle registration plates and parking restrictions were introduced in 1893, in an early attempt to improve road safety. In 1900 the first British woman to pass a driving test was Miss Vera Hedges Butler and she had to travel to France to take her test, since driver testing would not be established in the UK for another 30 years.
Driver testing in the UK was suspended in 1939 because of the outbreak of the Second World War and testing resumed in 1946. The post war period in Britain saw the rise of many driving schools throughout the country where the complete requirements of the UK driving test are taught.
In spite of mounting alcohol related driving deaths it was not until 1967 that drink driving laws came into force in the UK, with a limit of 80mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood – very lenient by the zero or near zero amount of alcohol in blood allowed in many other counties.
Article © Wimbledon Visitor 2008
*Statistical sources for article: Historical data from The Driving Standards Agency.
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