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Vehicle safety questions ('show me, tell me' questions) used by driving examiners in car driving tests, motorcycle tests, vocational driving tests, and tractor and specialist vehicle driving tests (including Highway …
How buses and coaches are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.
The legislation about drivers' hours rules.
Check the list of topics that MOT testers need to have MOT training records for from May 2020 to March 2025.
Overview of which drivers' hours and tachograph rules for passenger carrying vehicles apply in different situations.
Find contact details for dangerous goods safety advisers (DGSA) that can help you transport dangerous goods safely.
What you must be able to do and understand to guide and control the vehicle.
How changes to goods vehicles before they're registered will be approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.
Buses and coaches used for practical driving tests have to meet certain rules, and some must also carry a minimum weight.
What you must be able to do and understand when to prepare yourself, the vehicle and its passengers for a journey.
Find out about the indicators used to assess approved driving instructors (ADIs) and what will trigger a standards check.
What you must be able to do and understand to follow The Highway Code.
How to follow the rules about the conspicuity markings that must be fitted to all HGVs.
MOT centres and garages can display this poster about vehicle recalls if they want to.
Guidance for driving examiners carrying out medium and large goods vehicle and passenger carrying vehicle tests.
How to prepare your HGV for the brake testing part of the annual test (MOT).
How the drivers' hours rules apply when driving a goods vehicle under a mix of the assimilated or AETR and Great Britain rules.
Take the voluntary Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) special test if you’re an approved driving instructor or a fully qualified motorcycle instructor.
Information about the minimum level of driver competence and vehicle safety practices to use when driving horse-drawn vehicles.
MOT centres can display this poster about the MOT diesel smoke test if they want to.
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