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Acquiring your new car is an exciting event in a person's life. Getting the feel of driving the car of your own is a very exhilarating feeling. But, before you are able to do all of this one should get his/her own driving license and must attend driving lessons to be able to be licensed driver. Attending driving lessons should be taken seriously since taking the test would need him/her to be armed with the theory as well as practical skills in getting the needed license. There are several advantages in getting driving lessons. One is most driving test is composed of two categories, the first one is the theoretical test where you will be given a multiple choice questions and you have to pass this test before trying to go on practical test which has several smaller test along the way to test your skills in actual driving of your vehicle. Availing yourself to be trained and taught by competent driving schools. Driving lessons will provide you with lots of information that you will need when taking the driving test with DSA.

DSA (Driving Standards Agency) is the agency that handles and administers the test for the applicants. They have an existing website that you can access and from there you can book a date for you when you are ready to take the exam. dsa's jurisdiction covers only the Great Britain. in Northern Ireland it is called DVA (Driver and Vehicle Agency). They are tasked to do the following responsibilities: Setting standards for drivers, riders and trainers; driver education and the provision of learning resources; registering and supervising quality assured instructors; modern, effective and efficient assessments conducted as computer based and practical tests(source: Wikipedia). Prior to getting your license you are required to get a provisional driving license. Although this stage you can practically drive a car with an assisted licensed driver it still has limited rights for you to drive alone. The next step for you is to take the theoretical exams, in this stage, you are required to answer a multiple choice questionnaire to test your theoretical competency in terms of your local transportation code. Very recently they have added the hazard perception test as an additional theoretical test requirement. It is part and parcel of the theoretical test and must passed both of these test before you can be allowed to take the practical test. The second part of the test which is called practical driving test. In here, you will be tested your true driving skills by driving a real car with the examiner with you. You will be required to do certain kind of maneuvers. This will mean that if you commit serious driving mistake you could fail the whole test itself. So it is imperative that when taking the test you have armed yourself with the necessarily knowledge and skills before taking the exams.