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Safety advice and legal requirements on carrying passengers in the rear of horseboxes.
Pre-course trainee checks, the compulsory basic training (CBT) syllabus, trainee to instructor ratios, automatic machines and dealing with complaints.
Information on what you can and cannot film during a driving test and how to follow the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) policy.
How vehicles which are outside the normal dimensions and weights usually allowed on the road ('special types') can legally be used on the road.
The law on using lightweight transport vehicles which transport one person.
What checks you must do and the precautions you must take when you take a dangerous good vehicle for its annual test (MOT).
Contact details for associations and organisations that represent driving instructors and work with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.
How to get your road safety product accredited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), how much it costs, eligibility, and how to apply.
What you must be able to do and understand when to prepare yourself, the vehicle and its passengers for a journey.
The standards needed for seat belts installed in buses, coaches and minibuses (including van conversions).
How bus, coach and HGV drivers should record the hours they spend on 'other work'.
This section is for reference only, as the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency no longer carries out taxi tests.
Find driver and vehicle software and IT systems that can report on performance measures for the DVSA earned recognition scheme for vehicle operators.
Who can use the Driver and Vehicle Standards (DVSA) earned recognition logo, where it can be used, and how it must look.
How to prepare your HGV for the brake testing part of the annual test (MOT).
How to set up a drink-drive rehabilitation course, applying for approval, fees you have to pay and how you'll be monitored.
Regulations for manufacturers on constructing and testing prototype vehicles on roads.
The syllabus sets out what can be covered during Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) enhanced rider scheme training for motorcyclists.
What UK bus and coach operators need to do to provide services, tours, holidays and trips into Europe and other countries.
Diesel particulate filters (DPM) filter particulate matter from diesel exhaust gases.
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