All Driving tests should be filmed

before i explain why I believe this, I passed my test second time and accept that i should've failed my first one. I also passed my motorcycle test first time too. therefore, Im not saying this out of bitterness or anything etc.

Reason 1:
To ensure a fair outcome. if a learner feels that a tests has been unfairly failed, it can be used to address the situation. However, if a second opinion from a more senior examiner does not overturn the result, the candidate will be banned from taking a test for 3 months. this is to ensure they are certain of a unfair/incorrect failure, and not everyone who has failed requests it.

Reason 2:
It will better monitor examiners job competency. At the moment, an examiner every so often, has another examiner sit in on a test. However, as they know which test this will be, this will create a "falseness", about the review. Instead, at the end of every quarter, a random selection of tests will be sent to senior examiners and then reviewed. This way, examiners will not know which one(s) will be reviewed. If they are good enough, they have nothing to fear right? they should be on the ball and setting the same standards for every test for do anyway, so should have no problem with this.

Reason 3:
To protect either examiners or learners. Ive heard on several occasions that examiners have been attacked, and in some instances examiners have made inappropriate gestures and moves towards female learners. If tests are recorded, the safety of learners and the job safety of examiners will be improved.

These three reasons seem very reasonable and logical to me. i cant understand why the DSA is so against the filming of tests. Is it because they are scared that their examiners are wrongly failing (and more importantly) wrongly passing tests? I cant think of anyother reason. Could someone, if they know the actual reason why they are so against it on an astonishing scale?

Ok, so where would the cameras point?? A camera for the back, inside, and front would not film things at the side - the side being somewhere someone is likely to miss something, which may be the reason they fail.

If anything, this could have an adverse effect with examiners worrying that if they fail lots of people, their decisions may be overturned, and therefore they might pass people who they're on the sideline about.

Not only this, but driving tests are taken in either the instructor's car, or your own car, which would mean a significant amount of time would be installing the cameras. That's also a lot of cameras that you need to buy to be able to cover all the different tests that go on at any one time... This would mean fewer tests available each day, which would just massively increase the waiting time, which for some people, is literally 2-3 months, if not longer. Technical issues with the cameras would then cause further delays.

Also, banning someone from taking a test for 3 months if their 'appeal' is not upheld is absolutely ridiculous. That's like suggesting those who apply for a remark shouldn't be allowed to resit that exam, an absurd idea. Saying that, the number of appeals would be massive. It'd just absolutely waste the DVLA's time.

Its not hard and doesnt take long to set up a few cameras. Have them record sound. Could be set up in minutes (just like a satnav when they are included in the driving test). Some driving examiners already have this set up in their car anyway. mine did and so did my sisters and my cousins)

If it is on the sideline, the examiner can explain why and argue his/her case to why they were failed. It just wont be "Im in a bad mod so dont need to worry, if I dont do my job properly today, and as I will suffer no consequence for it, it doesn't matter". That attitude goes on, believe me. My driving instructor said that attitude goes on, as examiners are put on a pedestal. Its not an argument anyway, as examiners already pass people they are on the sideline about and pass people who should definitely fail. therefore, there is no change.

The 3 month is just an arbitrary figure. It as just a suggestion, so that not everyone who fails puts a review request in. They have to be certain that they were unfairly failed, and not just bitterly doing it.

The DVLA and DSA have plenty of time in their hands btw.

In your title, you said to film it. - make up your mind. And how the hell is recording sound really going to make any difference. Oh ****, I heard that car honk it's horn so you should've been failed... And, please tell me, how quickly and efficiently you'd be able to set up cameras to give a 360 view, to the effect that you'd confidently be able to say whether an examiner made the right decision or not.

I really wish I was your instructor - must be absolutely brilliant to know absolutely everything about how all the examiners across the country think and their attitudes. Maybe he should be PM and solve the whole country's problems. You're painting every examiner with the same brush.

Naturally people are going to want to appeal if they fail, because you're basically giving them a platform to do it.

I'm assuming you work high up in the DVLA/DSA or have audited them recently then?

I meant record sound too, as well as visuals.

It would take me no more than 5 mins.

No, I would never work in the public sector. I suppose you do though as youre so quick to defend examiners every single judgement?