Government announces launch of new Back Seat Driving Test
There was surprise today after the unexpected launch of the new Back Seat Driving Test, to be introduced later this year.
The written test will require applicants to fill in a series of multiple choice questions by reaching over an examiner’s shoulder, with bonus points available for changing answers in a smooth fashion. Whilst the practical will test the proficiency levels of reversing directions, turning into a monster and parallel sulking.
Motoring organisations largely welcomed the move with one source claiming that drivers spend most of their time looking in the rear view mirror purely to check their own safety from verbal attacks. A Department of Transport spokesman confirmed that the new initiative was in response to the rapid acceleration in back seat related accidents, which often end up with rapid acceleration into the car in front.
There had been questions raised over how involved the Prime Minister had been in the policy decision, although rumours of a mysterious moustachioed force steering the Government from behind Mr Brown were dismissed as ‘ridiculous’.
