course be unpublished. So the increase in the number of theory tests is purely down to retesting and not a surge in people learning to drive.
Motorcycle practical and theory are about 25% lower than the same quarter 2012.
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Diesel drivers beware
Millions of motorists have been warned they could face unexpected breakdowns this winter due to problems with diesel sold on British forecourts.
Under EU regulations, fuel suppliers have in recent years been obliged to blend conventional diesel and petrol with increasing amounts of environmentally friendly biofuels.
But experts believe rising biodiesel concentrations could be behind a growing number of breakdowns caused by a build-up of a thick gel in vehicles' engines.
Breakdown services last month saw a sudden uptick in call-outs from drivers whose engine filters have become blocked by the substance after the arrival of winter weather.
RAC teams attended 600 such incidents last month, suggesting that thousands of Britain's 9.4 million drivers of diesel vehicles could be affected this winter.