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What you must be able to do and what you must know and understand to provide training to drivers and riders.
The guidance driving examiners follow when they carry out driving tests in Great Britain. It's sometimes known as the 'DT1'.
How to appeal against a decision to refuse to pass a test, and how to complain against the decision to pass a test.
Entrance and exit doors, emergency exits, passenger grab handles, steps and stair rules and inspection for bus and coach MOT tests.
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.
Guidance for driving examiners on the wording to use in all categories of driving tests.
A flowchart of the different ways you can get a full motorcycle licence, including the training and tests you need to take.
The rules about the tachograph that must be used by drivers to record assimilated or AETR drivers' hours.
The skills, knowledge and understanding you need to be a safe and responsible driver of a car or van (category B vehicle).
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.
Report a bus or coach service or driver to DVSA for breaking safety or accessibility rules.
List of items that MOT testers must check during a motorcycle MOT test.
Guidance on the required internal features for motor caravans.
Who can issue prohibition notices, how a prohibition notice can be lifted, how to test vehicles with prohibition notices.
You must register all trailers over 750kg to drive to or through most countries in Europe.
Ways to load items on a goods vehicle safely.
The 'show me, tell me' vehicle safety questions that can be asked in category C (lorry) and D (bus and coach) driving tests.
How to keep heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and public service vehicles (PSVs) safe to drive, including daily checks, inspections, maintenance and record keeping.
What driving instructors should do to carry out realistic mock driving tests, including what needs to be in the test, assessing faults and recording the result.
What MOT testers need to know about how to test certain makes and models of vehicles (previously called vehicle specific information).
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