Lorry, bus and coach drivers

Become a lorry or bus driver

• Become a lorry or bus driver
• Vehicles you can drive
• Driving a minibus
• Driving a motorhome
• Adding higher categories to your driving licence
• Book your theory test
• Book your driving test
• Driving test costs
• Order DVLA forms

Keeping your licence up to date

• Driving licence renewal after 45: lorries, minibuses and buses
• Tell DVLA you’ve changed address
• Order DVLA forms

Drivers' hours and tachographs

• Drivers' hours
• Tachographs: rules for drivers and operators
• Apply for a digital tachograph driver smart card
• Find your local Approved Tachograph Centre (ATC)
• Drivers’ hours and tachographs rules: goods vehicles (GV262)
• Drivers’ hours and tachographs rules: buses and coaches (PSV375)

Driver CPC

• Become a lorry or bus driver
• Driver CPC training for qualified drivers
• Find Driver CPC training courses
• Check your Driver CPC periodic training hours
• Replace a lost, stolen or damaged Driver CPC card
• Driver CPC

Driving regulations and enforcement

• Roadside vehicle checks for commercial drivers
• Taking a lorry abroad
• Drive a vehicle in the London low emission zone (LEZ)
• Traffic commissioner public inquiries
• Transporting goods

Vehicle tests and tax

• Apply to tax a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV)
• Annual test (MOT) for lorries, buses and trailers
• Book an annual test at an Authorised Testing Facility (ATF)
• Book a single annual test at a DVSA test station
• Book tests for multiple vehicles at a DVSA test station
• Specialist tests for lorries
• Specialist tests for coaches and buses

Detailed guidance

• Driver CPC
• Transporting goods

Driving and transport

• Driving licences

• Vehicle tax, MOT and insurance

• Driving tests and learning to drive or ride

• Number plates, vehicle registration and log books

• Buy, sell or scrap a vehicle

• Driving with medical conditions, Blue Badges and public transport if you're disabled

• The Highway Code, road safety and vehicle rules

• Vehicle and driver data and information

• Penalty points, fines and driving bans

• Driving in the UK and abroad

• Lorry, bus and coach drivers

• Transport and driving businesses

• Teaching people to drive

• Driving and enforcing the law

• Parking, public transport and the environment

• Manufacture or adapt a vehicle

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