Petition · past parliament

Allow driving tests and lessons to go ahead during the November 2020 lockdown

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Driving tests and lessons are a form of education and optional to partake in unlike school and university. Students and teachers can choose to participate at their own risk. Tests and lessons have been cancelled during the November 2020 lockdown and we are asking you to reinstate them.
Cancelling driving tests and lessons is affecting both students and instructor’s mental health, students ability to find employment and instructors and students ability to earn a wage. Schools and universities are allowed to remain open where social distancing cannot always be facilitated and students are not required to wear masks at all times. Driving lessons and tests have been made safe with PPE and are only one hour long, shared by two individuals. The risk of COVID-19 transmission is minor

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Exempt driving tests and lessons from COVID-19 restrictions

Timeline

3 Nov 2020 Petition opened for signatures
9 Nov 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Nov 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.