British driving test centre in Bahrain urged.Byline: TOM HANRATTY EFFORTS are underway to open a driving centre in Bahrain, which would help those trying to get a British driving licence driving licence Noun an official document authorizing a person to drive a motor vehicle Noun 1. driving licence - a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle . Bahrain-based businessman Dr Laurence Brown is spearheading the move to open a British Part One Theory and Hazard Perception driving test station. He first proposed the scheme to the director of the UK Driving Standards Agency The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Transport (DfT) and is part of the Safety, Service Delivery and Logistics (SSDL) group. This group is the result of the re-structuring of the Driver, Vehicle and Operator (DVO) group. (DSA (1) (Directory Server Agent) An X.500 program that looks up the address of a recipient in a Directory Information Base (DIB), also known as white pages. It accepts requests from the Directory User Agent (DUA) counterpart in the workstation. ), Jill Lewis, last summer and says he has received a positive response. "Ms Lewis has indicated that if I can prove the need from the British expat British Expat is an Internet-based portal for British expatriates worldwide and for would-be British emigrants. It offers news, information and advice via articles and its various discussion forums. community, then she will arrange for Pearson's (the company that holds the franchise for the test stations) to affiliate with me," Dr Brown told the GDN GDN Garden (postal suffix) GDN Gdansk, Poland - Rebiechowo (Airport Code) GDN Global Data Network GDN Goods Dispatch Note GDN Global Disaster Network (Yahoo group) . "We will need hundreds of e-mails of support to be forwarded to the DSA in Nottingham, as this would be a first for them." The British Embassy in Bahrain is backing the scheme and charge d'affaires char·gé d'af·faires n. pl. char·gés d'affaires 1. A diplomat who temporarily substitutes for an absent ambassador or minister. 2. Rupert Potter wrote to Ms Lewis last month, indicating the embassy's support. Dr Brown, who has been living in the Gulf since 1998 and in Bahrain for four years, spent over a decade as a grade five Approved Driving Instructor Approved Driving Instructor (or ADI) is a UK term for a trainer of car driving who has been tested and licensed by the Driving Standards Agency. It is a legal requirement that instructors of car driving in the UK must be thus qualified in order to charge for their services. . Support He was also a certified Diamond Instructor and a member of the UK's Institute of Advanced Motorists The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is a charity based in the United Kingdom whose objective is to improve car driving and motorcycle riding standards, and hence enhance road safety, through the proper use of a system of car/motorcycle control based on Roadcraft (commonly . Dr Brown believes the test centre in Bahrain would be of massive benefit to young expat drivers hoping to acquire a UK driving licence - saying their driving education is being hindered by short summer breaks in the UK. They would be able to do the theory element of their driving test here, but would then have to take the practical test in the UK. Dr Brown urged British parents in Bahrain, who backed the scheme, to send him messages of support, which he will then forward to the DSA in the UK. He hopes this will strengthen the case for the UK's first offshore theory testing station to be located in Bahrain. Anyone wishing to support the plan should e-mail dsapart1@gmail.com. To support the initiative, Dr Brown will be starting five-week classroom preparation programmes for road safety awareness, driving theory and the UK's Theory and Hazard Perception tests early this month. Dr Brown, who is managing director of designersbox.co.uk, describes himself as a curriculum designer and e-learning expert. Copyright 2009 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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