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Driving test changes: 4 December 2017
The driving test will change from Monday 4 December 2017 to include following directions from a sat nav and testing different manoeuvres.
Driver & Vehicle
Standards
Agency
Drivers’ hours and tachograph rules: goods vehicles (GV262)
Rules on drivers’ hours and tachographs for goods vehicles in Great Britain and Europe.
Learner drivers will be allowed on motorways from 2018
Learner drivers will be allowed to take motorway driving lessons with an approved driving instructor in a car with dual controls from 2018.
DVSA aims to stop violence against its staff
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is taking a zero tolerance approach to physical and verbal assaults against its staff.
Tow a trailer with a car: safety checks
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.
Latest
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Drivers' hours: rules and guidance
- updated
- Collection
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DfT: spending over £25,000, May 2017
- published
- Transparency data
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Temporary relaxation of the EU drivers’ hours rules: transport of pigs from Scotland to abattoirs in England
- published
- Guidance
What we do
We carry out driving tests, approve people to be driving instructors and MOT testers, carry out tests to make sure lorries and buses are safe to drive, carry out roadside checks on drivers and vehicles, and monitor vehicle recalls.
DVSA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Transport.
Our policies
Documents
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Our consultations
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Allowing learner drivers to have driving lessons on motorways
- Consultation outcome
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Improving the car driving test
- Consultation outcome
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Our management
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Gareth Llewellyn
Chief Executive, DVSA
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Peter Hearn
Director of Operations (North), DVSA
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Richard Hennessy
Director of Operations (South), DVSA
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Adrian Long
Director of People, Communications and Engagement, DVSA
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Helen Milne
Director of Finance and Corporate Services, DVSA
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James Munson
Director of Digital Services and Technology, DVSA
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Bridget Rosewell OBE
Non-Executive Chair, DVSA
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Shrin Honap
Non-Executive Director, DVSA
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Fiona Ross
Non-Executive Director, DVSA
Contact DVSA
How to contact DVSA
Contact form https://www.gov.uk/con...
Use the link to find the right number, email or address to contact DVSA about driving tests, instructor services, MOT, operator licensing and Driver CPC.
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