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The facilities and security needed to carry out MOT testing, signs and notices, maintaining and calibrating testing equipment, documentation, IT and associated equipment, the MOT security code.
What happens when shortcomings are found in MOT testing or operations, why disciplinary action may be taken against authorised examiners and testers, disciplinary points and how they're evaluated, when formal disciplinar…
How to keep heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and public service vehicles (PSVs) safe to drive, including daily checks, inspections, maintenance and record keeping.
What you need to check inside and outside of the vehicle when you do a lorry or other HGV walkaround check.
How the Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) system works and how vehicle operators should use it.
Tyre load rating and exceptions, and tyre load index tables for single wheel and dual wheel configurations for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
Abbreviations and definitions
Guidance on the required internal features for motor caravans.
List of items that MOT testers must check during a motorcycle MOT test.
Report a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver or company if you think they’re breaking safety rules.
Seat belt installation rules and inspection for vehicles fitted with more than 8 passenger seats and first used before 1 October 2001.
Guidance for driving examiners carrying out the practical and extended driving tests for cars.
Find out if you can report an MOT tester or centre for fraud, how to report them (including without giving your name), and what will happen next.
The 'show me, tell me' vehicle safety questions that driving examiners can ask in category A (motorcycle) riding tests.
Report a bus or coach service or driver for turning up late, not stopping or breaking safety or accessibility rules.
The rules about the tachograph that must be used by drivers to record assimilated or AETR drivers' hours.
Find out if you need the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) qualification to drive a lorry, bus or coach, or if you could be exempt.
Seat belt fitment requirements and tables.
The guidance driving examiners follow when they carry out driving tests in Great Britain. It's sometimes known as the 'DT1'.
The 'show me, tell me' vehicle safety questions that can be asked in category C (lorry) and D (bus and coach) driving tests.
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