Article in Daily Telegraph.
It appears that towing rules are to be relaxed - Caravan towing relaxed & HGV licencing/testing shortened
You currently can tow a trailer up to a maximum of 3.5 tons (Combined car & trailer weight) if you passed your test before 1997. Test passed after 1997 requires another Test.
To free up driving test spaces the "caravan test" is going to be waived.
UK Driving Test have a huge waiting lists.
Southern Ireland 1979 - "solved" their driving licence queues and created havoc.
Over 60,000 drivers were given a controversial “amnesty” in 1979 when they were granted a full driving licence without sitting a driving test due to a large backlog of applicants.
It took decades for the accident statistics to come back down.
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