The driving test is set to get a significant revamp this year to make it more realistic.
Key changes proposed include learners being asked to follow directions using a sat-nav instead of road signs.
Reversing round a corner, a manoeuvre considered to be outdated, is to be ditched in favour of reversing out of a parking bay.
There will be four major additions to the tests in total.
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) chief executive Gareth Llewellyn said: “Great Britain’s roads are among the safest in the world. But there is scope to do more to keep road users safe – particularly newly-qualified drivers.
“Making sure the test better assesses a driver’s ability to drive safely and independently is part of our strategy to help every driver through a lifetime of safe driving.”
The changes have been trialled with more than 4,500 learner drivers and 850 instructors in 32 locations across Britain.
Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation, said the planned tests reflected the real world the better.
He said: “These proposed changes recognise that it is more important for candidates to demonstrate the capability to drive independently on high-risk roads than being able to reverse flawlessly into a quiet cul-de-sac.
“The new approach will be deemed a success if, in the longer term, it produces better-prepared drivers and we experience fewer road casualties.
“Meantime we hope these common sense changes will be rolled out swiftly.”
Learners will start sitting the new test later in 2017.
DVSA Chief Driving Examiner, Lesley Young, said: “During 2016 DVSA held a consultation around possible changes to the driving test and received a significant number of responses.
“We will announce the results of the consultation later in the year.”
What could be added to tests?
Following instructions from a sat-nav device
Reversing into, and out of, parking bays
Vehicle safety
Doubling the independent driving section from 10 minutes to 20 minutes
What is being dropped?
Reversing around the corner
Independent driving using road signs