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The conclusions of our investigation into whether vehicle manufacturers are manipulating emissions tests, plus our testing results of real world diesel emissions.
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.
Guidance for driving examiners on particular types of vehicle and adaptations.
Buses and coaches used for practical driving tests have to meet certain rules, and some must also carry a minimum weight.
When you need an MOT for your vehicle, what it costs, what happens if your vehicle fails, and how to get mistakes on the MOT certificate fixed.
Type approval, individual (IVA), motorcycle single vehicle approval, voluntary approval, certificate of initial fitness, accessibility approval, fees, forms, replacement certificates
Taking the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 3 test - what you need to bring and what happens during the test.
Data about vehicle and driver licensing, roadworthiness testing, car ownership and low emission vehicles, produced by Department for Transport.
How to upgrade an automatic car driving licence so that you can drive a manual car
Advice and information for MOT garages and testers.
You may be able to get provisional entitlement to higher category vehicles, and automatic entitlement to lower categories if you pass a higher category driving test.
Check the MOT history of a vehicle from 2005 onwards, including if it passed or failed, its mileage and why it failed, download MOT test certificate
Find a test centre where you can get an Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA), Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA) or Certificate of Initial Fitness (COIF) test.
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.
Changes to the car driving test to make sure newly-qualified drivers are better prepared for driving on modern roads.
Get approved to carry out Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) part 3a (off-road exercises) tests and the rules you must follow.
What checks you must do and the precautions you must take when you take a dangerous good vehicle for its annual test (MOT).
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