The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has confirmed they will secure a new permanent testing site within Bournemouth. Your support transformed this petition into a forceful argument that officials could not overlook. We will observe the progress of this transition to ensure the commitment is honored.
July 29, 2019
Final supporters
Keep a Driving Test Centre in Bournemouth
Bournemouth unexpectedly lost its Driving Test Centre to flood damage in February 2019, and car driving tests are now having to be taken in Poole, several miles away. This is causing huge inconvenience and extra expense for already stressed candidates and driving instructors alike.
This petition is to be submitted to the officials who run the driving test centres nationally - the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). The DVSA has not yet committed to either reopening the Bournemouth centre, or to finding another equally suitable location.
There is now talk of permanently relocating all tests to Poole.
There are two primary reasons why Poole is not suitable.
1. The distance some candidates now have to travel to get to test.
2. The Poole site itself.
Candidates from central Bournemouth, and places such as Christchurch, Ringwood, Verwood, and outlying Bournemouth districts such as Tuckton, Iford and Southbourne, now have to make long journeys through some of the most congested roads in the country, just to get to take their tests. Even before learners are ready for test at least some training now needs to be carried out in far-off Poole.
instructors are having to charge extra to cover increased time and fuel costs, adding to the overall expense of training and the test day itself. Those who don't charge extra are shouldering the extra costs themselves. There have reportedly been cases of candidates being caught in traffic and missing their tests.
The driving test centre in Poole now used for car driving tests is on the congested Nuffield industrial estate. It is itself an industrial compound currently also used for LGV/HGV and motorcycle driving tests.
The site is a poor place for carrying out driving tests for several reasons including awkward entry and exit points and a dark and overcrowded waiting room. Entering and leaving the facility usually involves driving alongside many large commercial vehicles. None of this creates the right atmosphere needed for candidates just about to take a driving test.
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Please sign our petition to Keep a Driving Test Centre in Bournemouth. We need to encourage the DVSA to listen, and this petition will visibly demonstrate the high level of support we are receiving from instructors and the public alike.
Thank you.
Bournemouth and District Driving Instructors Association (BDDIA) - working on behalf of all local driving instructors and their customers, members and non-members alike.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
July 3, 2019
July 2, 2019
The campaign is approaching the two hundred and fifty signature threshold. Please contact three individuals today to request that they add their support to this effort.
Reached 100 supporters
June 14, 2019
129 Comments
PYT BOURNEMOUTH DRIVING SCHOOL , needs a test centre in Bournemouth !! my business is suffering financially because of extra travelling costs .. having to go over to Poole all the time, this is really not fair on pupils that live in Christchurch area !!
Parent of a learner driver : please do not close Bournemouth test centre . It’s much more convenient as we live in verwood , extra travel time to Poole and unnecessary extra cost for everyone involved . Totally ludicrous.
My daughter is a pupil affected by the closure of Bournemouth. Lessons now have to be 3 hours long to accommodate travel to and from Poole - a certain amount of knowledge of the roads around the test centre is vital when we have no need to be in Poole even once a month. Thank you
Many people from Bournemouth, mostly young people need a local driving test center, they shouldn’t have to travel to another town to take their driving test, we pay council tax which should go towards providing this essential service.
As a driving instructor I consider Poole test centre inadequate in size and structure to cope with the amount of tests conducted there. Also, it is highly unpractical to expect learners to travel over an hour away through very congested roads to reach this location if they live in Christchurch or Ferndown etc.
Please open the center
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The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has confirmed they will secure a new permanent testing site within Bournemouth. Your support transformed this petition into a forceful argument that officials could not overlook. We will observe the progress of this transition to ensure the commitment is honored.
July 29, 2019
Final supporters
Keep a Driving Test Centre in Bournemouth
Bournemouth unexpectedly lost its Driving Test Centre to flood damage in February 2019, and car driving tests are now having to be taken in Poole, several miles away. This is causing huge inconvenience and extra expense for already stressed candidates and driving instructors alike.
This petition is to be submitted to the officials who run the driving test centres nationally - the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). The DVSA has not yet committed to either reopening the Bournemouth centre, or to finding another equally suitable location.
There is now talk of permanently relocating all tests to Poole.
There are two primary reasons why Poole is not suitable.
1. The distance some candidates now have to travel to get to test.
2. The Poole site itself.
Candidates from central Bournemouth, and places such as Christchurch, Ringwood, Verwood, and outlying Bournemouth districts such as Tuckton, Iford and Southbourne, now have to make long journeys through some of the most congested roads in the country, just to get to take their tests. Even before learners are ready for test at least some training now needs to be carried out in far-off Poole.
instructors are having to charge extra to cover increased time and fuel costs, adding to the overall expense of training and the test day itself. Those who don't charge extra are shouldering the extra costs themselves. There have reportedly been cases of candidates being caught in traffic and missing their tests.
The driving test centre in Poole now used for car driving tests is on the congested Nuffield industrial estate. It is itself an industrial compound currently also used for LGV/HGV and motorcycle driving tests.
The site is a poor place for carrying out driving tests for several reasons including awkward entry and exit points and a dark and overcrowded waiting room. Entering and leaving the facility usually involves driving alongside many large commercial vehicles. None of this creates the right atmosphere needed for candidates just about to take a driving test.
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Please sign our petition to Keep a Driving Test Centre in Bournemouth. We need to encourage the DVSA to listen, and this petition will visibly demonstrate the high level of support we are receiving from instructors and the public alike.
Thank you.
Bournemouth and District Driving Instructors Association (BDDIA) - working on behalf of all local driving instructors and their customers, members and non-members alike.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
July 3, 2019
July 2, 2019
The campaign is approaching the two hundred and fifty signature threshold. Please contact three individuals today to request that they add their support to this effort.
Reached 100 supporters
June 14, 2019
129 Comments
Needs to be a test centre in Bournemouth area when I had to take my test the Bournemouth one was again closed so had to take the test in area where I wasn’t familiar with so test was even more stressful than needed to be
PYT BOURNEMOUTH DRIVING SCHOOL , needs a test centre in Bournemouth !! my business is suffering financially because of extra travelling costs .. having to go over to Poole all the time, this is really not fair on pupils that live in Christchurch area !!
Parent of a learner driver : please do not close Bournemouth test centre . It’s much more convenient as we live in verwood , extra travel time to Poole and unnecessary extra cost for everyone involved . Totally ludicrous.
My daughter is a pupil affected by the closure of Bournemouth. Lessons now have to be 3 hours long to accommodate travel to and from Poole - a certain amount of knowledge of the roads around the test centre is vital when we have no need to be in Poole even once a month. Thank you
Many people from Bournemouth, mostly young people need a local driving test center, they shouldn’t have to travel to another town to take their driving test, we pay council tax which should go towards providing this essential service.
As a driving instructor I consider Poole test centre inadequate in size and structure to cope with the amount of tests conducted there. Also, it is highly unpractical to expect learners to travel over an hour away through very congested roads to reach this location if they live in Christchurch or Ferndown etc.
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Needs to be a test centre in Bournemouth area when I had to take my test the Bournemouth one was again closed so had to take the test in area where I wasn’t familiar with so test was even more stressful than needed to be