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Check if you're eligible for a Blue Badge and apply or renew

The rules for child car seats and booster seats - height, weight, age, type of vehicle, car, minibus, licensed taxi

• Using a child car seat or booster seat

  Children must normally use a child car seat until they’re 12 years old or…

• When a child can travel without a car seat

  A child aged 3 or older can travel in a back seat without a child car seat…

Rules on what motor insurance you need, what to do if you're in an accident, insurance for driving abroad, penalties for uninsured vehicles and drivers.

• Overview

  You must have motor insurance to drive your vehicle on UK roads. Third…

• If you’re in an accident

  If you have an accident causing damage or injury you must give the…

• Driving abroad

  If you’re driving in most European countries All UK vehicle insurance…

• Uninsured vehicles

  You must have motor insurance for your vehicle if you use it on roads and…

• Driving without insurance

  It’s illegal to drive a vehicle on a road or in a public place without at…

Some older people can get free travel on local buses - contact your council to check your eligibility and apply for a bus pass

Financial help if you're disabled - benefits, housing costs, council tax, vehicle tax exemption, TV Licence, motability schemes, VAT relief

Book a National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme course

Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia

How to pay or challenge a penalty charge notice (PCN) or parking ticket - fixed penalty notice (FPN), standard or excess charge notice.

When you can be banned from driving, check when your driving ban ends, reduce your disqualification period, disqualified until you've passed your test, drink-driving offences

Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test

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Contact your local council to find out who issues disabled bus passes in your area as part of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme

Find out how to pay a local council for a parking fine or parking ticket - if it’s a penalty charge notice (PCN)

What you need to do before you can drive a car or ride a motorcycle - driving licence, registering your vehicle, insurance, vehicle tax, MOT

Check fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and vehicle tax bands by make model and registration

A limit of 30 miles per hour or 48 kilometres per hour usually applies to all traffic on all roads with street lighting

Blue Badge parking permits let disabled drivers and passengers park nearer to where they're going - find out more about Blue Badges from your council

Register for the HGV levy and pre-pay your levy

Driving licence renewals - find out when and how to renew your lorry, bus, minibus or coach licence.

How to apply for a taxi or private hire vehicle (PHV) driving licences inside and outside London

Check if you need an international driving permit (IDP) to drive abroad on holiday and how to exchange your licence if you move abroad - including driving in the EU after Brexit.