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You need the right licence to drive a tractor or specialist vehicle, there are also age limits and specific rules for driving tests

• Driving licence requirements

  If you pass a regular car driving test (category B) you’ll get entitlement…

• Age limits

  Category Minimum age Agricultural tractors F 16/17* Road rollers G 21**…

• Practising driving a tractor or specialist vehicle

  You can get a provisional licence for a tractor or specialist vehicle at…

• Driving tests for tractors and specialist vehicles

  The type of driving test you have to do depends on the type of vehicle.…

• Rules for test vehicles

  All test vehicles have to meet certain rules, depending on their category.…

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• Updated: 23 April 2021

Outlines reforms to the management of motorways and major roads in England.

• Updated: 21 July 2023

The RTFO reduces greenhouse gas emissions from surface transport by encouraging the supply of low carbon fuels for use in road vehicles, trains, other non-road transport and mobile machinery.

• Updated: 19 December 2024

• Updated: 9 March 2023

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• Updated: 4 December 2020

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• Updated: 16 July 2018

The roadmap sets out the measures government is taking to maximise the future success of Freeports.

• Updated: 19 December 2023

The qualifications you need to work with fluorinated gas (F gas) and the organisations that offer them.

• Updated: 3 February 2023

Information on road traffic devices, such as breath-testing, speed cameras and immobilisation devices.

• Updated: 20 December 2023