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A new driving test has been announced in Spain in which the pupil will choose the route to take for ten minutes. Another change is that the pupil will be given the result note at the end of the drive, as well as a list of the mistakes made. However the examiners will remain silent until the test is ended, with the full drive lasting a maximum of 25 minutes. Seven Spanish provinces, Madrid, Barcelona, Burgos, Segovia, Gran Canaria, Sevilla and Navarra, have been chosen to pilot the new format of the exam, and driving schools in Burgos, Gran Canaria and Sevilla are already geared up.
DGT traffic director, Pere Navarro, said that the idea was to create an examination of ‘higher quality’ and to adapt to the European guidelines

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