Changes to HGV and bus driving tests and allowing car drivers to tow a trailer without an extra test

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is seeking views on proposals to:

• allow drivers to take one test to drive both a rigid and articulated lorry, rather than having to pass a test in a rigid lorry first, and then another in an articulated lorry
• allow drivers who want to use a bus or coach to tow a trailer to take one test with a trailer, rather than having to pass a test without a trailer first
• allow the off-road manoeuvres part of the test to be assessed by the driver training industry
• allow car drivers to tow a trailer without having to take another test