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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.

• Booking your test

  You can book your driving test when you’ve passed your theory test. You do…

• What to take to your test

  You must take: your UK driving licence your theory test pass certificate,…

• Using your own car for your test

  You can take your driving test in your own car rather than your driving…

• What happens during the test

  There are 5 parts to the driving test: an eyesight check ‘show me, tell…

• Driving test faults and your result

  There are 3 types of faults you can make: a dangerous fault - this…

• If your test is cancelled or there's bad weather

  Your driving test can be cancelled or stopped because of bad weather,…

• If you have a disability, health condition or learning difficulty

  When you book your driving test you should say if you have a: disability…

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.

• Updated: 22 June 2022

When to book your motorcycle, moped or scooter tests, what to take with you, what happens during the tests, major and minor faults, and what happens if your test is cancelled

• Booking your tests

  After you’ve passed your theory test you’ll also need to pass: an off-road…

• What to take to your tests

  You must take a moped or motorcycle and all of the following: your UK…

• Motorcycles and mopeds you can use for the tests

  The motorcycle or moped you use for your tests must: be a solo machine -…

• Module 1 off-road test: what happens

  You’ll take the module 1 test in an off-road motorcycle manoeuvring area.…

• Module 2 on-road test: what happens

  You must pass module 1 before you can take the module 2 test. You can book…

• If your test is cancelled or there’s bad weather

  Your riding test can be cancelled or stopped because of bad weather,…

• If you have a disability, health condition or learning difficulty

  When you book your tests you should say if you have a: disability learning…

Taking the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 2 test - what you need to bring and what happens during the test.

What you need to know to teach people how to drive a car and trailer (category BE) including eligibility, skills and how to get accredited.

• Updated: 18 May 2022

You can appeal to a court about your driving test if your examiner did not follow the law, but your test result cannot be changed.

• Updated: 21 November 2022

The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.

When to tell DVLA about a medical condition or disability - what will happen to your licence, renewing or reapplying for your licence.

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.

• Updated: 6 February 2025

What you need to tell DVLA and how to deal with vehicle tax if someone who was a driver has died