Driving school fleets that use Toyota iQ cars can no longer use them for driving tests.

Late last year the Driving Standards Authority (DSA) assessed the car and said all round visibility was too poor for the car to be used.

It was hoped that the DSA would reassess the car, but a spokesman has confirmed to Fleet News that this will not happen.

"At a constructive meeting with Toyota UK we demonstrated the problems with limited visibility from the passenger seat," said the spokesman.

"The Toyota iQ remains unsuitable for test and we have no plans to reassess it after banning it from driving tests."

Therefore, any driving schools using the cars must provide an alternative vehicle for the test. 

The DSA said some modern cars have good forward vision but large blind spots to the rear, which present examiners with problems of observation.

"Vehicles for test must allow examiners all round vision so they can see approaching vehicles, particularly when the vehicle is at an angle to others during reversing manoeuvres and when emerging at a junction with the vehicle at an angle to the major road," said the DSA.