Bedford Driver's Newsletter (November 2013) A Virtual Drive to Cardington Test Centre Cardington MPTC has now been open for a year and still no acce

       
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Bedford Driver's Newsletter (November 2013)

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A Virtual Drive to Cardington Test Centre
Cardington MPTC has now been open for a year and still no access is given to the public until the day of their Driving Test. Here you can see a video of a drive to and from the Test Centre car park.

Watch the video.

The location is supposed to be temporary whilst a more suitable site is found, but don't hold your breath.

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Cardington MPTC - Harrowden Lane - Bedford Road - Cardington Road - A5134 - Wallis Way - A600 - Harrowden Road - London Road - Rope Walk - Longholme Way - Embankment - Tennyson Road - Parallel Park - Kingsley Road - Shaftesbury Avenue - Embankmeny - Town Bridge - St Marys Street - St Johns Street - London Road - Harrowden Road - A600 - Harrowden Lane - Cardington MPTC.

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Driving tests in foreign languages to be banned to stop learners cheating
Learner drivers are to be banned from taking driving tests in a foreign language to crack down on fraud and boost safety.
From early next year candidates will no longer be able to use prerecorded foreign language voice-overs – which are used to read out questions – or interpreters in theory and practical tests.
The decision by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin follows a spate of fraud convictions involving ‘back seat’ interpreters who help their clients cheat by using the foreign language to give covert coaching.
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Free Saturday parking for Bedford shoppers
Shoppers will be able to park for free in Bedford on Saturdays in a major bid to boost town centre retail.
Bedford mayor Dave Hodgson today announced that all council-run car parks will offer two hours of free parking on Saturdays.
The move will open up thousands of car parking spaces in the centre of town and is a move to entice people back into town to shop.
Under the mayor’s Free Parking Deal, everyone using any of the council surface and multi-storey car parks in the town centre will get their first two hours’ parking free on Saturdays, for the first time.
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Bedford Borough Council is still 'nicking' our 10ps one year on
MOTORISTS are still losing out on 10p every time they park in certain areas of Bedford as the machines won’t accept their old 5p and 10p coins.
In June last year, this newspaper reported that Bedford Borough Council would be upgrading various meters. However, just last week, 15 months later, drivers are still being caught out.
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