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Rules about the labels that tyres must display to give information about fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise classification.
You must make sure your car, motorcycle or other vehicle is safe to drive (‘roadworthy’) all year round.
Get help to classify various types of vehicles such as mobility scooters, dumpers and utility vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and e-bikes for import and export.
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.
Apply for compensation for damage to your vehicle - report the damage, fill in the damage report form, provide evidence
How councils and national park authorities should deal with the removal of abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads.
Axle, wheel bearing, wheel and tyres, tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), and suspension (including springs, shock absorbers, and suspension arms and joints) rules and inspection for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
Check if you're old enough, or have the right kind of driving licence, to drive different kinds of vehicle
How to account for VAT on vehicles and fuel you use for your business.
Find out about the calculation of the company car benefit charge.
Type approval, individual (IVA), motorcycle single vehicle approval, voluntary approval, certificate of initial fitness, accessibility approval, fees, forms, replacement certificates
Check the tariff classification for all-terrain vehicles designed to be used as tractors.
Being stopped by the police or DVSA - fixed penalties, roadside prohibitions, driving without an operator's licence, immobilisation and impounding.
Report a manufacturer or a dealer for making or selling new vehicles, vehicle parts and vehicle accessories with safety problems.
Find out how much you have to pay and where you have to collect your vehicle from if it's been clamped or impounded
Report you’ve changed a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer chassis, weight, tyres or brakes (a ‘notifiable alteration’) or change the weight you can carry.
Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
The law on the use of tyres on steering axle or axles of affected goods vehicles, buses, minibuses and coaches on Great Britain's roads.
What you need to check inside and outside of the vehicle when you do a lorry or other HGV walkaround check.
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