Newslink December 2021
Magazine for Motor Schools Association of Great Britain, road safety, driving training and testing
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For all the latest news, see www.msagb.com<br />
Area News/Views<br />
Sharing my space<br />
by Janet Stewart, MSA GB Greater London – pg 33<br />
Western report<br />
by Arthur Mynott, MSA GB Western – pg 35<br />
Poor standards of other ADIs<br />
Russell Jones, MSA GB East Midlands – pg 36<br />
Shedding some light on DRLs<br />
by Brian Thomson, MSA GB Scotland – pg 38<br />
Plus news and views from the<br />
South East, North West, North<br />
East and the West Midlands<br />
Features<br />
18 years of hard graft...<br />
... destroyed by a political whim. One ADI’s<br />
devastating story of the impact scrapping B+E<br />
testing has had on his business – Pg 22<br />
The fabled driving licence ...<br />
A look back at that most quaint of historic<br />
artefacts, the driving licence, circa <strong>2021</strong> – Pg 25<br />
The story of safety rails<br />
Concrete or steel? Wire or solid? The barriers that<br />
stop cars leaving the roads are surprising<br />
controversial – Pg 30<br />
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MSA Conference 2022<br />
First details of next year’s event<br />
22<br />
Q&A with...Steven Porter<br />
MSA GB Scotland’s new<br />
Chairman on his love of Rangers,<br />
rock band Queen – and practice<br />
– pg 42<br />
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Chairman: Geoff Little<br />
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Alex Buist<br />
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n North East:<br />
Mike Yeomans<br />
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n North West:<br />
Graham Clayton<br />
chair.nw@msagb.com<br />
n East Midlands:<br />
Kate Fennelly<br />
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n West Midlands:<br />
Geoff Little<br />
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n Western:<br />
Arthur Mynott<br />
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n Eastern:<br />
Paul Harmes<br />
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n Greater London:<br />
Tom Kwok<br />
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n South East:<br />
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