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Check if you're old enough, or have the right kind of driving licence, to drive different kinds of vehicle
What you need to do before you can drive a car or ride a motorcycle - driving licence, registering your vehicle, insurance, vehicle tax, MOT
Check if you need an international driving permit (IDP) to drive abroad on holiday and how to exchange your licence if you move abroad - including driving in the EU after Brexit.
It's illegal to drive if you're unfit to do so because you're on legal or illegal drugs, or you have certain levels of drugs or medicine in your blood
Keep a record of the driving practice you do with family or friends when you're learning to drive a car so you can show your driving instructor.
Book driving and motorcycle tests for your pupils, check details, change, swap or cancel tests, and manage your availability for car driving tests.
What driving instructors should do to carry out realistic mock driving tests, including what needs to be in the test, assessing faults and recording the result.
Check if you can supervise friends or family learning to drive a car, what the rules are, how to prepare the car, and how to plan your practice sessions.
Includes vehicle tax, MOT and driving licences
Renew your driving licence online if you're 70 or over. Use form D46P to apply by post
Buy multiple licences for Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) driving theory e-learning for all of the learner drivers you teach or drivers you employ.
Check if you need to tell DVLA about a health or medical condition, how to report medical conditions to DVLA
General information for medical professionals about the assessing fitness to drive guide.
Driving licence exchange and rules for drivers living in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
Advice for medical professionals to use when assessing drivers with cardiovascular disorders.
EU and GB domestic rules for drivers of goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles
How to get your full driving licence once you've passed your driving test - driving test certificate, photocard, provisional, paper licences
Understanding your car driving test result, including what was assessed, what sorts of things counted as faults, and how to improve in each area.
It’s illegal to hold a phone or a sat nav while driving - you'll get penalty points, a fine and can be banned from driving.
You can sit in and observe a driving test if you're 16 or over, but you cannot take any part in the test and you must follow certain rules.
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