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The main change is that the theory test questions will no longer be published and from January 2012 all of the questions are being changed to make any existing books useless.

The problem is that over the last few years too many people are simply memorising the answers without learning what they mean. I've seen evidence of this on lessons when i've asked a pupil what a road sign means and they say "I don't know but it's answer C on the theory". Knowing it's answer C is not going to help you drive!

This is a great new idea, it will now be done the way it was when i learnt to drive. Instead of just learning the questions and answers from a pre published list you will have to read a book or watch a DVD and learn the theory properly. You'll still be able to buy books and you'll still be able to take practice tests online. They just won't be the real ones that you'll get on the day of your theory test.

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