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Checks you should carry out every time you tow a trailer, caravan or horsebox with a car, to make sure you're towing safely and legally.
Check the tariff classification for new pneumatic rubber tyres of a kind used on motor cars, buses or lorries, and trailers.
Get help to classify various types of vehicles such as mobility scooters, dumpers and utility vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and e-bikes for import and export.
Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have
You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.
From 19 January 2013 driving licences changed and now look different to comply with new EU rules.
Who needs to get permission from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), types of trailers that need permission and how to apply.
Work out if you’re old enough or have the right kind of licence to tow a trailer from different kinds of vehicle
Groups and categories for driving licences issued before 15 October 2012 - find equivalent new licence categories and what vehicles you can drive
Guidance and reports on the Department for Transport's trial of longer semi-trailers for articulated goods vehicles.
Helping current or potential new operators safely use longer-semi trailers.
Lorries used for practical driving tests have to meet certain rules, and some vehicles and trailers must also carry a minimum weight.
Rules about the labels that tyres must display to give information about fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise classification.
The rules about towing a trailer or caravan with a car changed on 16 December 2021. Find out how the changes affect you.
Amending anti-dumping measures on imports of steel road wheels, originating in the People’s Republic of China.
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