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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
Who can teach you to drive, practising with friends and family, driving lessons, insurance, using L and P plates.
You can apply for a provisional driving licence when you’re 15 years and 9…
Anyone you pay to teach you to drive must be either: a qualified and…
You can practise driving with family or friends. Anyone you practise your…
You must put an L plate on the front and back of your vehicle so they can…
Research about learning to drive and driving tests.
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.
Find driving lessons, book and manage theory and driving tests, tests for different vehicles
If you’re a driving instructor, use this form to assess and record your pupils’ progress learning the skills they need to drive a car safely.
The syllabus sets out a way of teaching people the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to be a safe and responsible car driver when towing a trailer.
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.
You need the right licence to drive a tractor or specialist vehicle, there are also age limits and specific rules for driving tests
How you can train to drive a heavy goods vehicle (HGV): Skills Bootcamps, apprenticeships, vocational courses and driving schools.
How to upgrade an automatic car driving licence so that you can drive a manual car
A way of teaching people the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to be a safe and responsible car or light van driver.
You must become an approved driving instructor (ADI) if you want to charge people for lessons. You can do this as part of a driving school or by setting up your own business.
You must tell DVLA if you have a learning disability - download the correct form to let them know
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're old enough, or have the right kind of driving licence, to drive different kinds of vehicle
Qualify as an HGV or bus driver, requalify if you used to drive an HGV or bus, get a provisional licence, take the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) tests.
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.
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