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You must make sure your car, motorcycle or other vehicle is safe to drive (‘roadworthy’) all year round.
How to keep heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and public service vehicles (PSVs) safe to drive, including daily checks, inspections, maintenance and record keeping.
Proposal to make legislative changes to how vehicles are tested for roadworthiness, and to introduce testing for fast tractors.
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.
Seeking your views on an exemption from testing for vehicles older than 40 years and associated changes.
Being stopped by the police or DVSA - fixed penalties, roadside prohibitions, driving without an operator's licence, immobilisation and impounding.
What you need to do before you can drive a car or ride a motorcycle - driving licence, registering your vehicle, insurance, vehicle tax, MOT
Rules for drivers and motorcyclists, including vehicle condition, fitness to drive, alcohol and drugs, what to do before setting off, vehicle towing and loading, and seat belts and child restraints.
You need the right licence to drive a tractor or specialist vehicle, there are also age limits and specific rules for driving tests
OCRS is used to calculate the risk of commercial vehicle operators not following the rules on roadworthiness and traffic - how the system works, what your score means and how it can change
Additional tests for passenger vehicles - Low Emissions Certificate and seat belt installation tests
Report a manufacturer or a dealer for making or selling new vehicles, vehicle parts and vehicle accessories with safety problems.
How the Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) system works and how vehicle operators should use it.
A guide about the daily checks that van drivers should carry out to make sure that they're roadworthy.
Information and rules about you and your bicycle.
How vehicle defects found during roadside inspections or vehicle tests are categorised and what action will be taken when they're found.
Permits to travel to or through European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) member countries, and the rules you have to follow.
Findings of checks on the roadworthiness of trailers.
Vehicle tax exemptions and MOT exemptions for vehicles built or first registered before 1984.
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