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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.
You can book your driving test when you’ve passed your theory test. You do…
You must take: your UK driving licence your theory test pass certificate,…
You can take your driving test in your own car rather than your driving…
There are 5 parts to the driving test: an eyesight check ‘show me, tell…
There are 3 types of faults you can make: a dangerous fault - this…
Your driving test can be cancelled or stopped because of bad weather,…
When you book your driving test you should say if you have a: disability…
How to apply to appoint your own staff as delegated driving examiners to provide driving tests for your employees of your company, police service or fire and rescue service
Driving tests are usually provided by the Driver and Vehicle Standards…
When deciding whether to give permission for someone to provide driving…
You must email the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to get…
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.
Record the details of scheduled delegated driving tests with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
Apply for your site to be approved to host heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) part 4 tests.
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.
How to use your own staff to provide driving tests for employees of your company, police service or fire and rescue service.
Book driving and motorcycle tests for your pupils, check details, change, swap or cancel tests, and manage your availability for car driving tests.
Guidance for driving examiners carrying out the practical and extended driving tests for cars.
Find out what to do if you have problems accessing the services to book your driving test, change your appointment or cancel your test.
Book your official DVSA practical driving test for cars from £62, or other types of practical driving tests, including motorcycle and driving instructor tests
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.
Research about learning to drive and driving tests.
Get approved to carry out Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) part 3a (off-road exercises) tests and the rules you must follow.
You can appeal to a court about your driving test if your examiner did not follow the law, but your test result cannot be changed.
How the government is trialling changes to the driving test to make it a better test of the driver’s ability to drive safely on their own.
Check the date and time of your driving test appointment if you've lost or deleted your driving test confirmation email
Find out what’s changed with how driving licences work for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and bus drivers and how driving tests are changing.
How to get your full driving licence once you've passed your driving test - driving test certificate, photocard, provisional, paper licences
The driving test changed on 4 December 2017 to make it a better assessment of the ability to drive safely on our busy, modern roads.
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