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Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test
Who can teach you to drive, practising with friends and family, driving lessons, insurance, using L and P plates.
You can apply for a provisional driving licence when you’re 15 years and 9…
Anyone you pay to teach you to drive must be either: a qualified and…
You can practise driving with family or friends. Anyone you practise your…
You must put an L plate on the front and back of your vehicle so they can…
Find driving lessons, book and manage theory and driving tests, tests for different vehicles
Check if you can supervise friends or family learning to drive a car, what the rules are, how to prepare the car, and how to plan your practice sessions.
If you’re a driving instructor, use this form to assess and record your pupils’ progress learning the skills they need to drive a car safely.
Keep a record of the driving practice you do with family or friends when you're learning to drive a car so you can show your driving instructor.
Research about learning to drive and driving tests.
Buy multiple licences for Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) driving theory e-learning for all of the learner drivers you teach or drivers you employ.
A way of teaching people the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to be a safe and responsible car or light van driver.
The syllabus sets out a way of teaching people the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to be a safe and responsible car driver when towing a trailer.
You need the right licence to drive a tractor or specialist vehicle, there are also age limits and specific rules for driving tests
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.
How you can train to drive a heavy goods vehicle (HGV): Skills Bootcamps, apprenticeships, vocational courses and driving schools.
Check if you're old enough, or have the right kind of driving licence, to drive different kinds of vehicle
Find driving instructors near you who are approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
Train people to become driving instructors by joining the official register of driving instructor training (ORDIT) - including the assessments you have to pass.
Find out what’s changed with how driving licences work for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and bus drivers and how driving tests are changing.
What you need to know to teach people how to drive a car and trailer (category BE) including eligibility, skills and how to get accredited.
How to get and use a trainee driving instructor licence to help you qualify as an approved driving instructor (ADI)
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