F&I Management & Training

THE Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has launched a public consultation on proposals for a trial of smart card provisional driving licences. The trial is scheduled to begin early in 2008 and will last up to 12 months.The consultation will seek to establish public opinions on potential wider uses of smart card driving licences, for example, the ability for a driver to access electronic services offered by DVLA on a chip and pin basis, or use by a driver to authorise access to the driver record for car hire and insurance purposes. The trial will investigate the concept of using an electronic chip embedded into a provisional driving licence to improve its security and to combat the increase in the number of experienced drivers fraudulently taking driving tests on behalf of learners.The trial will be restricted to Wales and only Welsh bi-lingual provisional driving licences will be chipped. Just under 30,000, licences will be involved.

DATED: 28.10.07

FEED: HC