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Guides about keeping commercial vehicles safe to drive, including heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), vans, buses, coaches and other public service vehicles.
Overview of the vehicle operator licensing system.
Overview of the public service vehicle operator licensing system.
Buy a vehicle - how to check you’re not buying a stolen vehicle. Registering, taxing and insuring your vehicle.
Find out about the help you can get to run your business safely and efficiently if you've been a vehicle operator for less than 6 months.
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.
Checks you should carry out every time you tow a trailer, caravan or horsebox with a car, to make sure you're towing safely and legally.
Get help as a local authority with the rollout of chargepoint infrastructure and other electric vehicle information.
Type approval, individual (IVA), motorcycle single vehicle approval, voluntary approval, certificate of initial fitness, accessibility approval, fees, forms, replacement certificates
Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test
How road transport companies and their drivers must secure their vehicles to stop people using them to enter the UK illegally, and to avoid being fined.
Check registration, MOT, tax, vehicle identification number and other details to help make sure a used car is not stolen or unsafe
How to avoid the top 10 reasons cars and other M1 passenger vehicles don't pass the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection.
What you must be able to do and understand to guide and control the vehicle.
Providing advice on purchasing a repaired ‘written off’ vehicle and what you should know.
The areas that are looked at during maintenance investigations to check that vehicle operators have suitable systems, facilities and arrangements.
Renting a car doesn’t always go smoothly. Things can go wrong before, during or after the rental, make sure you protect yourself by reading our advice.
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.
A list of local partners organisations that might be able to help reduce local vehicle crime, and the potential support they can provide.
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