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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.
Find out which licence and fuel you need for agricultural vehicles and which tax and operator's licence exemptions might apply to you.
How to safely decide whether you can continue your journey or take other action.
Being stopped by the police or DVSA - fixed penalties, roadside prohibitions, driving without an operator's licence, immobilisation and impounding.
Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have
International regulations and required documentation for hauliers transporting dangerous or hazardous goods by road or by vehicles on ships.
Information about becoming a goods vehicle operator, getting a goods vehicle licence and complying with regulations
Apply to get a vehicle load compartment design approved to be used under the TIR scheme for quicker international border crossings.
Using retractable or foldable aerodynamic rear devices on heavy goods vehicles.
Overview of the vehicle operator licensing system.
The rules about towing a trailer or caravan with a car changed on 16 December 2021. Find out how the changes affect you.
Apply to get a certificate if you change an approved load compartment design to make sure it still meets the rules to be used under the TIR scheme.
You need the right licence to drive a tractor or specialist vehicle, there are also age limits and specific rules for driving tests
What UK goods vehicle operators need to do to carry out international road haulage.
Driving licence categories - entitlements on your licence and what vehicles you can drive - cars, motorcycles, mopeds, medium and large lorries, minibuses and buses.
Groups and categories for driving licences issued before 15 October 2012 - find equivalent new licence categories and what vehicles you can drive
Work out if you’re old enough or have the right kind of licence to tow a trailer from different kinds of vehicle
Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer documents you need to legally cross international borders in a UK-registered vehicle.
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