The four colleges, Rajabhat University Phuket, Phuket Technical College, Phuket Polytechnic College and Phuket Skill Development Centre, have all agreed to provide lessons, and are ready to start immediately.
To qualify for the new test, applicants must have logged four hours of training at the wheel (or handlebars). At the end of it they will receive a certificate that is valid for six months.
The four hours will be increased incrementally to 15 hours of lessons by 2017.
In addition, a new written test has now been introduced, containing 50 questions – 30 more than the old test – and with a minimum passing score of 90 per cent (50 per cent for the old test).
In the future the Transportation Department will introduce a compulsory two-to-three-hour course on vehicle maintenance, which will later also become part of the driving test.
Teerayut Prasertphol, Director of the PLTO, told The Phuket News that there was a rush of people applying for their tests before the new more stringent version came in today (June 2).
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