Guidance and regulation

The 'show me, tell me' vehicle safety questions that driving examiners can ask in car driving tests.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 4 December 2017

• Car 'show me, tell me' vehicle safety questions

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The rules about towing a trailer or caravan with a car changed on 16 December 2021. Find out how the changes affect you.

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 22 December 2021

Find out what to do if you have problems accessing the services to book your driving test, change your appointment or cancel your test.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 12 September 2023

Check if you can supervise friends or family learning to drive a car, what the rules are, how to prepare the car, and how to plan your practice sessions.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 1 November 2022

You can use the driving test marking sheet (DL25) if you're a driving instructor carrying out a mock driving test.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 21 June 2022

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.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 21 November 2022

The skills, knowledge and understanding you need to be a safe and responsible driver of a car or van (category B vehicle).

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 30 March 2010

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.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 20 May 2022

What driving instructors should do to carry out realistic mock driving tests, including what needs to be in the test, assessing faults and recording the result.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 22 June 2022

Find out what’s assessed during your driving test, what things count as faults, and how to improve.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 21 April 2022

The rules about the size of L plates that must be displayed on a vehicle being driven by a learner driver.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 23 July 2014

Find out the 10 most common reasons for failing the car driving test in Great Britain.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 15 September 2023

How to use the DVSA practical test business service to book and manage driving tests for your pupils, and manage your business details.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 22 December 2022

How to get permission to display posters or leaflets in driving test centres, and the rules on what can be displayed.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 7 March 2022

The 'show me, tell me' vehicle safety questions that driving examiners could ask in category B+E (car and trailer) driving tests.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 10 September 2021

Notes and definitions and source data for driving test, theory test and instructor statistics.

• From: Department for Transport and 1 others
• Updated: 28 June 2018

A diagram that explained the reversing exercise you needed to do during a car and trailer driving test.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 10 September 2021

The research, statistics and professional opinions which form the basis of the national standard for driving cars and light vans.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 28 March 2024

Information on what you can and cannot film during a driving test and how to follow the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) policy.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 19 April 2021

Find out how prompt cards will be used to support you during your driving test if you’re deaf or have a hearing impairment, and download a copy of the cards.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 24 February 2022