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Professional driving of lorries, buses and coaches
Driver CPC training, information about tachographs and EU and international driving rules.
Services
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Order DVLA forms
Order application packs and forms from DVLA
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Check your Driver CPC periodic training hours
Check how many hours of Driver CPC periodic training you’ve done and which courses you’ve attended
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Apply for a digital tachograph driver card (D777B/DL)
Application for a digital tachograph driver card for GB photocard driving licences.
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Find Driver CPC training courses
Find Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training courses at approved training centres
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Application for a digital tachograph company card (form D779B)
As an operator you will need to use this form to apply for a digital tachograph company card to download data from your vehicles.
Guidance and regulation
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Become a qualified lorry or bus driver
How to become a qualified lorry or bus driver and get the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) to drive heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) or passenger carrying vehicles (PCVs)
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Apply for a digital tachograph driver smart card
Contact DVLA to get a digital tachograph driver smart card - change, replace, renew a card
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Drivers' hours
EU and GB domestic rules for drivers of goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles
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Driver CPC training for qualified drivers
When to take Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training if you're a lorry, bus or coach driver, how to find courses, and what happens if you miss your deadline
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Tachographs: rules for drivers and operators
Who needs to use a tachograph and exemptions; digital and analogue tachographs; guidance for goods vehicles, passenger carrying vehicles (PCVs) and light vehicles
News and communications
- Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill: updated analysis of amendments made for the purposes of English Votes for English Laws
- Drivers’ hours: changes to fines for commercial drivers
- Update on road freight
- More efficient lorries cut road congestion and improve air quality
Policy and engagement
- Secondary legislation relating to the HGV Road User Levy Act 2013
- Simplifying EU drivers’ hours and working time rules