Submitted by Jesse Bailey on Tuesday 3rd February 2026
Published on Friday 13th March 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 13th September 2026
Current Signatures: 25
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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6 Months ~ Compulsory ~ drivers ~ Driving ~ environment ~ Government MUST ~ Immigration ~ Individuals ~ learning ~ Lessons ~ Mandatory ~ Minimum ~ month ~ Prevent ~ ROADS ~ Terribly ~ testing ~ The Road ~ Unreasonable ~ Withdraw
Do not introduce a mandatory learning period for new UK drivers
The Government must withdraw its proposal to introduce a minimum learning time requirement for new drivers in the UK.
The suggestion that individuals applying for a driving licence in the UK must undertake a compulsory learning period of up to 6 months will, we believe, directly prevent certain groups (immigrants, elders who have to reapply, and those unable to afford private lessons) from getting onto the road and will lead to the already terrible learner driver environment to become even more unreasonable in terms of wait times for lessons/tests/etc, and will increase the number of drivers without a licence.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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