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Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with miscellaneous conditions.

• Updated: 7 November 2025

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…

Being stopped by the police or DVSA - fixed penalties, roadside prohibitions, driving without an operator's licence, immobilisation and impounding.

• Checks on your vehicle

  As a commercial driver, you might be asked to stop by the police or a…

• Making sure your vehicle is roadworthy

  You’re responsible for maintaining the roadworthiness of your vehicle.…

• Roadside prohibitions

  A prohibition can prevent you from driving until you get a problem with…

• Driving without a valid operator's licence

  You need a valid operator’s licence if you drive the following for any…

• Fines, penalty points and other sanctions

  If you get a fine from a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)…

• What happens if your vehicle is immobilised

  Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) officers and police officers…

Report a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver or company if you think they’re breaking safety rules.

• Updated: 24 May 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 may need to tell DVLA if you have Tourette's syndrome - download the correct form if you need to let them know.

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

You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence

Rules on what motor insurance you need, what to do if you're in an accident, insurance for driving abroad, penalties for uninsured vehicles and drivers.

You must tell DVLA if you have Huntington's disease and it causes any symptoms - download the correct form to let them know