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Book your official DVSA practical driving test for cars from £62, or other types of practical driving tests, including motorcycle and driving instructor tests
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.
Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test
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.
Find an earlier practical driving test, move it to a later date, or change the test centre you take it at.
Apply for your site to be approved to host heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) part 4 tests.
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.
Understanding your car driving test result, including what was assessed, what sorts of things counted as faults, and how to improve in each area.
You can no longer apply for an emergency practical driving test as a critical worker.
Who can teach you to drive, practising with friends and family, driving lessons, insurance, using L and P plates.
Taking the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 2 test - what you need to bring and what happens during the test.
Guidance driving examiners follow when they carry out ADI part 2 tests - the test of the driving ability of someone wanting to become an ADI.
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.
Guidance for driving examiners carrying out the practical and extended driving tests for cars.
Find driving lessons, book and manage theory and driving tests, tests for different vehicles
You can sit in and observe a driving test if you're 16 or over, but you cannot take any part in the test and you must follow certain rules.
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
What you need to do to ride a motorcycle, moped or motor tricycle - tests and training, minimum ages, vehicle requirements, new licence rules
You need the right licence to drive a tractor or specialist vehicle, there are also age limits and specific rules for driving tests
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