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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.
Signals, stopping procedures, lighting, control of the vehicle, speed limits, stopping distances, lines and lane markings and multi-lane carriageways, smoking, mobile phones and sat nav.
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.
When to book your car driving test, what to take with you, what happens during the test, major and minor faults, and what happens if your test is cancelled.
As a driving instructor, you can ask for a report that shows a summary of the faults your pupils made during car driving tests in the last 12 months.
How you can train to drive a heavy goods vehicle (HGV): Skills Bootcamps, apprenticeships, vocational courses and driving schools.
What Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) staff achieved in 2016 to 2017, and how they made a difference to road safety.
Advice on when a school employee with a car driving licence may drive a minibus and when a section 19 permit might be required.
FCDO travel advice for Canada. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Information for healthcare professionals to use when discussing medicines with patients that could impair driving.
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