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Who can teach you to drive, practising with friends and family, driving lessons, insurance, using L and P plates.

• Overview

  You can apply for a provisional driving licence when you’re 15 years and 9…

• Taking driving lessons

  Anyone you pay to teach you to drive must be either: a qualified and…

• Practising with family or friends

  You can practise driving with family or friends. Anyone you practise your…

• Using 'L' and 'P' plates

  You must put an L plate on the front and back of your vehicle so they can…

How to apply to appoint your own staff as delegated driving examiners to provide driving tests for your employees of your company, police service or fire and rescue service

• Who can provide driving tests

  Driving tests are usually provided by the Driver and Vehicle Standards…

• Rules for your driving examiners

  When deciding whether to give permission for someone to provide driving…

• Apply to provide driving tests

  You must email the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to get…

Check what type of drivers' hours rules you need to follow if you drive a goods vehicle or a bus or coach.

General information for medical professionals about the assessing fitness to drive guide.

• Updated: 15 January 2024

To help them carry out their duties British military personnel and visiting members of the armed forces have a number of driving exemptions.

• Updated: 1 November 2013

You must make sure that anyone you employ to drive a vehicle has the right licence and qualifications - tachographs, lorry, bus, coach, minibus

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

Rules for lorry, bus and coach drivers on how many hours you can drive, exemptions from the rules, and when the rules can be relaxed temporarily.

• Updated: 23 April 2022

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.

• Updated: 1 November 2022