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Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test
Find out what’s changed with how driving licences work for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and bus drivers and how driving tests are changing.
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.
Guidance driving examiners follow when they carry out ADI part 2 tests - the test of the driving ability of someone wanting to become an ADI.
You need the right licence to drive a tractor or specialist vehicle, there are also age limits and specific rules for driving tests
Find out what to do if you have problems accessing the services to book your driving test, change your appointment or cancel your test.
Register with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to book certain types of theory and practical driving tests.
How to use your own staff to provide driving tests for employees of your company, police service or fire and rescue service.
Book your official DVSA car or motorcycle theory test for £23, or other lorry, bus and Driver CPC theory tests.
Evaluation of how learner drivers and approved driving instructors have responded to the independent driving part of the driving test.
How to get your full driving licence once you've passed your driving test - driving test certificate, photocard, provisional, paper licences
Understanding your lorry, bus or coach (including towing a trailer) driving test result, including what was assessed, what sorts of things counted as faults, and how to improve in each area.
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.
Additional tests for passenger vehicles - Low Emissions Certificate and seat belt installation tests
Proposals to improve the availability of driving tests, give learner drivers better information about driving instructors and modernise some test processes.
Buses and coaches used for practical driving tests have to meet certain rules, and some must also carry a minimum weight.
Taking the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 3 test - what you need to bring and what happens during the test.
Get approved to carry out Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) part 3a (off-road exercises) tests and the rules you must follow.
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