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Check if you're old enough, or have the right kind of driving licence, to drive different kinds of vehicle
What you need to do before you can drive a car or ride a motorcycle - driving licence, registering your vehicle, insurance, vehicle tax, MOT
It's illegal to drive if you're unfit to do so because you're on legal or illegal drugs, or you have certain levels of drugs or medicine in your blood
Renew your driving licence online if you're 70 or over. Use form D46P to apply by post
Check if you need an international driving permit (IDP) to drive abroad on holiday and how to exchange your licence if you move abroad - including driving in the EU after Brexit.
Book driving and motorcycle tests for your pupils, check details, change, swap or cancel tests, and manage your availability for car driving tests.
Keep a record of the driving practice you do with family or friends when you're learning to drive a car so you can show your driving instructor.
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.
Includes vehicle tax, MOT and driving licences
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.
General information for medical professionals about the assessing fitness to drive guide.
Check if you need to tell DVLA about a health or medical condition, how to report medical conditions to DVLA
Buy multiple licences for Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) driving theory e-learning for all of the learner drivers you teach or drivers you employ.
Advice for medical professionals to use when assessing drivers with cardiovascular disorders.
Understanding your car driving test result, including what was assessed, what sorts of things counted as faults, and how to improve in each area.
Advice for medical professionals for assessing fitness to drive.
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.
Driving licence exchange and rules for drivers living in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with neurological disorders.
How to reapply for your driving licence, full or provisional, if you've been disqualified for drink driving or other offences.
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