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Report a bus or coach service or driver to DVSA for breaking safety or accessibility rules.
Guidance on the required internal features for motor caravans.
Definitions, vehicle classes, reasons to refuse to test a vehicle, historic vehicles, and inspection procedures for motorcycle MOT tests.
Guidance driving examiners follow when they carry out ADI part 3 tests - the test of the teachning ability of someone wanting to become an ADI.
How to keep heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and public service vehicles (PSVs) safe to drive, including daily checks, inspections, maintenance and record keeping.
Since 8 April 2025, you need to give more notice to change or cancel your car driving test without losing the fee - check the new deadline.
The rules about the tachograph that must be used by drivers to record assimilated or AETR drivers' hours.
Seat belt fitment requirements and tables.
You must register all trailers over 750kg to drive to or through most countries in Europe.
Inspection processes and standards for bus and coach MOT tests (annual tests).
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.
How to appeal against a decision to refuse to pass a test, and how to complain against the decision to pass a test.
List of items that MOT testers must check during a motorcycle MOT test.
The 'show me, tell me' vehicle safety questions that can be asked in category C (lorry) and D (bus and coach) driving tests.
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.
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.
What MOT testers need to know about how to test certain makes and models of vehicles (previously called vehicle specific information).
The 'show me, tell me' vehicle safety questions that driving examiners can ask in category A (motorcycle) riding tests.
A guide about the main things that will be checked when you take your car for an MOT test.
Entrance and exit doors, emergency exits, passenger grab handles, steps and stair rules and inspection for bus and coach MOT tests.
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