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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.
Advice for medical professionals for assessing fitness to drive.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with neurological disorders.
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.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with psychiatric disorders.
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.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with drug or alcohol misuse or dependence.
You must make sure your car, motorcycle or other vehicle is safe to drive (‘roadworthy’) all year round.
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
You must tell DVLA if you have obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) or any sleep condition or apnoea which causes excessive sleepiness.
General information for medical professionals about the assessing fitness to drive guide.
Apply for your site to be approved to host heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) part 4 tests.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with miscellaneous conditions.
Who can teach you to drive, practising with friends and family, driving lessons, insurance, using L and P plates.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with diabetes mellitus.
As a driving instructor, you can ask for a report that shows a summary of the faults your pupils made during car driving tests in the last 12 months.
When to book your car driving test, what to take with you, what happens during the test, major and minor faults, and what happens if your test is cancelled.
Explains changes to drug driving law and the guidance available for healthcare professionals and users of prescription medicine.
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