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From Department for Transport (DfT)
  • Learn about the benefits of E10 petrol and use our vehicle checker to confirm whether your vehicle is compatible with E10.

  • Outcome and recommendations following a review of eligibility criteria of the Blue Badge scheme in England.

  • Areas in England which operate civil parking enforcement.

  • Information about the road user and the law, including acts and regulations.

  • The procedure testers will follow to check vehicle exhaust emissions during the MOT test, and vehicle examiners follow to check emissions at the roadside.

  • Information and rules about vehicle maintenance, safety and security.

  • Vehicle markings used, including large goods vehicle rear markings, hazard warning plates, projection markers and other markings.

  • Taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) licensing authorities must use their licensing powers to protect children and vulnerable adults.

  • Check what you need to do before you travel to the UK and what to do after you arrive.

  • Using a UK Blue Badge parking card in the EU and EEA.

  • Rules for road works (including on motorways and other high-speed roads), level crossings and tramways.

  • How drivers, transport staff and bridge owners can prevent vehicles from hitting bridges and what to do if a bridge strike happens.

  • You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.

  • Signals used by authorised persons, including police officers, arm signals to persons controlling traffic, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency officers and traffic officers and school crossing patrols.

  • Information and rules about motor vehicle documentation and learner driver requirements.

  • An A to Z index of topics covered by The Highway Code.

  • Guidance on whether a vehicle qualifies as a car derived van or a dual purpose vehicle.

  • What UK goods vehicle operators need to do to carry out international road haulage.

  • Guidance for local authorities in England on administering and enforcing the Blue Badge disabled parking scheme.

  • Information and rules about penalties, including points and disqualification, a penalty table, new drivers and other consequences of offending.