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From Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
  • You can use the driving test marking sheet (DL25) if you're a driving instructor carrying out a mock driving test.

  • Inspection manuals and the MOT testing guide, special notices, leaflets and customer information, forms, test certificates, how to get a replacement test document, how documentation should be retained.

  • 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 disciplina…

  • You can appeal to a court about your driving test if your examiner did not follow the law, but your test result cannot be changed.

  • Book an MOT tester demonstration test when you’ve got your level 2 MOT testing certificate or if you're returning to testing after a break, lapse or suspension.

  • 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.

  • How the Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) system works and how vehicle operators should use it.

  • What you need to check inside and outside of the vehicle when you do a lorry or other HGV walkaround check.

  • Guidance on the required internal features for motor caravans.

  • The certificate of conformity ensures the free movement of goods and must be supplied to the buyer of a new vehicle when the vehicle is delivered.

  • Wheel bearing, wheel and tyre, and suspension (including springs, shock absorbers, and suspension arms and joints) rules and inspection for motorcycle MOT tests.

  • The rules about the tachograph that must be used by drivers to record EU or AETR drivers' hours.

  • What UK goods vehicle operators need to do to carry out international road haulage.

  • Seat belt fitment requirements and tables.

  • The 'show me, tell me' vehicle safety questions that can be asked in category C (lorry) and D (bus and coach) driving tests.

  • Seat belt installation rules and inspection for vehicles fitted with more than 8 passenger seats and first used before 1 October 2001.

  • 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.

  • Tyre load rating and exceptions, and tyre load index tables for single wheel and dual wheel configurations for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.

  • Why load security is important, what operators, drivers and consignors must do when loading and transporting goods, and how load security is enforced.

  • The working time rules that apply to you depend on whether you drive a vehicle in scope of the EU or GB domestic drivers’ hours rules.