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Headlamp, position lamps, daytime running lamps, stop lamps, indicators, hazard warning lamps, fog lamps, reversing lamps, lighting ‘tell-tales’, trailer electrical socket, electrical wiring and battery rules and inspection …
When you need an MOT for your vehicle, what it costs, what happens if your vehicle fails, and how to get mistakes on the MOT certificate fixed.
Cancel your driving theory test if you no longer need your appointment - give 3 working days' notice to get a refund.
How the MOT scheme is administered and the rules for authorised examiners, testers and testing different types of vehicles.
Buy a vehicle - how to check you’re not buying a stolen vehicle. Registering, taxing and insuring your vehicle.
Vehicle tax exemptions and MOT exemptions for vehicles built or first registered before 1984.
The MOT test changed on 20 May 2018, with new defect types, stricter rules for diesel car emissions, and some vehicles over 40 years old becoming exempt.
Check heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and public service vehicle (PSV) operator applications and decisions
Cancel your practical driving or riding test if you no longer need your appointment - give 3 working days' notice to get a refund
Brake condition and operation, service brakes, secondary brakes, parking brakes, anti-lock braking system (ABS), electronic braking system (EBS) and brake fluid rules and inspection for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
Find lorry and bus operators by name, address or licence number
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
What UK drivers need to do to drive when visiting the EU
Structure and attachments (including exhaust system and bumpers), and body and interior (including doors and catches, seats and floor) rules and inspection for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
Noise, exhaust emissions, engine malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) (sometimes called an engine management light or 'EML'), and fluid leak rules and inspection for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
Qualify as an HGV or bus driver, requalify if you used to drive an HGV or bus, get a provisional licence, take the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) tests.
Pass Plus is a practical course to improve your driving skills - once completed you may get a discount on your car insurance
A flowchart of the different ways you can get a full motorcycle licence, including the training and tests you need to take.
The rules about towing a trailer or caravan with a car changed on 16 December 2021. Find out how the changes affect you.
Definitions, vehicle classes, reasons to refuse to test a vehicle, narrow track vehicles, historic vehicles and inspection procedures for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
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