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  • National standard for driving cars and light vans

    The skills, knowledge and understanding you need to be a safe and responsible driver of a car or van (category B vehicle).

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  • Understanding your driving test result

    Find out what’s assessed during your driving test, what things count as faults, and how to improve.

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  • Supervise a learner driver

    Check if you can supervise friends or family learning to drive a car, what the rules are, how to prepare the car, and how to plan your practice sessions.

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  • Driving tests: prompt cards to support learner drivers who are deaf

    Find out how prompt cards will be used to support you during your driving test if you’re deaf or have a hearing impairment, and download a copy of the cards.

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  • Top 10 reasons for failing the driving test

    Find out the 10 most common reasons for failing the car driving test in Great Britain.

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  • New rules for towing a trailer with a car from 16 December 2021

    The rules about towing a trailer or caravan with a car changed on 16 December 2021. Find out how the changes affect you.

    • From: Department for Transport and 2 others
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  • Take part in newly-qualified driver research (Driver2020)

    How to take part in research that will help to make young drivers safer - you need to be 17 to 24 and have just passed your driving test.

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  • Sit in and observe driving tests

    You can sit in and observe a driving test if you're 16 or over, but you cannot take any part in the test and you must follow certain rules.

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  • Car and light van driver competence framework

    The research, statistics and professional opinions which form the basis of the national standard for driving cars and light vans.

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  • Driving test, theory test and instructor statistics information

    Notes and definitions and source data for driving test, theory test and instructor statistics.

    • From: Department for Transport and 1 others
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  • 'Show me, tell me' questions: car driving test

    The 'show me, tell me' vehicle safety questions that driving examiners can ask in car driving tests.

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  • 'Show me, tell me' questions: car and trailer driving test

    The 'show me, tell me' vehicle safety questions that driving examiners could ask in category B+E (car and trailer) driving tests.

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  • L plate size rules

    The rules about the size of L plates that must be displayed on a vehicle being driven by a learner driver.

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  • How to book and manage driving and riding tests for your pupils

    How to use the DVSA practical test business service to book and manage driving tests for your pupils, and manage your business details.

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  • Filming or recording driving tests: what you’re allowed to do

    Information on what you can and cannot film during a driving test and how to follow the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) policy.

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  • Appeal your driving test

    You can appeal to a court about your driving test if your examiner did not follow the law, but your test result cannot be changed.

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  • Carry out mock driving tests for your pupils

    What driving instructors should do to carry out realistic mock driving tests, including what needs to be in the test, assessing faults and recording the result.

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  • Display posters or leaflets in a driving test centre

    How to get permission to display posters or leaflets in driving test centres, and the rules on what can be displayed.

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  • Car and trailer driving test: reversing exercise diagram

    A diagram that explained the reversing exercise you needed to do during a car and trailer driving test.

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  • Driving test marking sheet

    You can use the driving test marking sheet (DL25) if you're a driving instructor carrying out a mock driving test.

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