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You must report any incident involving your organisation's public service vehicles (PSVs) if there are fatalities, serious injuries, or serious damage.
The licences and qualifications you need to transport horses and rules you must follow to keep your horses and vehicles safe.
How trailers are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.
The 'show me, tell me' safety questions that can be asked in category C+E (lorry) and D+E (bus and coach) driving tests with a trailer.
Apply for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) if you're making or importing a very small number of vans or light goods vehicles (also known as IVA 1LG).
Find out if your heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer needs a ministry plate and plating certificate, how to get them and what to do if you lose or damage them.
Safety advice for vehicles carrying overhanging loads.
Guidance on the law on sticking items on vehicle windows which could obscure the view.
Bull bars for vehicles should comply with safety standards before they can be sold or fitted.
Check the list of topics that MOT testers need to have MOT training records for from May 2020 to March 2025.
Audible warning (horn) rules and inspection for motorcycle MOT tests.
Understanding your tractor or specialist vehicle driving test result, including what was assessed, what sorts of things counted as faults, and how to improve in each area.
Find out how to ask for your personal information held by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) – these are sometimes called a subject access request.
What you must be able to do and understand when to prepare yourself, the vehicle and its passengers for a journey.
The skills and understanding needed to cycle safely and responsibly, and to enable others to cycle.
Download an example of a weekly record sheet.
The working time rules that apply to you depend on whether you drive a vehicle in scope of the assimilated or GB domestic drivers’ hours rules.
Guidance for driving examiners carrying out motorcycle tests.
Tell the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) about collisions or incidents involving your vehicles if you've joined the DVSA earned recognition scheme.
How to understand your brake test report including what is checked during the test, what will fail, and how to identify problems that might need repairs.
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