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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…
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.
Teach or supervise C1 and D1 learner drivers - rules you must follow
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.
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.
Find driving lessons, book and manage theory and driving tests, tests for different vehicles
Information and rules about motor vehicle documentation and learner driver requirements.
Find out how prompt cards will be used to support you during your driving test if you’re deaf or have a hearing impairment, and download a copy of the cards.
Apply for your first provisional driving licence from DVLA online to drive a car, motorbike or moped.
Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test
Findings from a trial which sought to encourage learners to gain more on-road experience before taking their test, potentially increasing their road safety.
Numbers of driving instructors and learner drivers taking part in the driving test trial, and the number of tests booked.
Seeks views on a proposal to allow learner drivers to take lessons on motorways.
What you need to do before you can drive a car or ride a motorcycle - driving licence, registering your vehicle, insurance, vehicle tax, MOT
Research about learning to drive and driving tests.
You can use the driving test marking sheet (DL25) if you're a driving instructor carrying out a mock driving test.
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