Advice

You and your HGV experience

• Your health on the road

  Includes eyesight

• Planning a journey

  Includes using a sat nav, spotting risks on your route

• Driver and passenger safety

  Seat belts, head restraints, passenger distractions

• Loading your vehicle

  Includes calculating your vehicle's weight, load stability

• Fuel-efficient driving

  How driving technique can help save money and protect the environment

• What to do if your vehicle breaks down

  Includes tyre blow-outs, breakdowns on motorways

• Dealing with a collision

  What to do if you're involved in an incident, first aid

• Staying safe throughout your career

  Learning from experience, returning to driving

• Disabled drivers

  Includes modifications

• Older drivers

  Includes renewing your licence, refreshing your skills

Heavy goods vehicle drivers

• Pass your learner tests

  All you need to know from starting to learn, to passing your tests

• How to drive an HGV

  The basics to get you moving

• Develop your HGV driving skills

  Tips on handling, reactions, advanced manoeuvres and tricky conditions

• You and your HGV experience

  How to stay safe as life changes and brings new challenges

• Your vehicle and documents

  Find out the key responsibilities of vehicle ownership

• Car drivers

  Packed full of advice for everyone from learners to professionals

• Motorcycle riders

  Essential advice and information for each stage of your riding life

• Heavy goods vehicle drivers

  Learn about driver CPC, the practical test, driving for a living and more

• Bus and coach drivers

  Essential advice for learner bus and coach drivers

• Instructors and trainers

  Find out what it takes to become an Approved Driving Instructor or Motorcycle Trainer

• Other driving and riding careers

  Explore other driving careers with these easy-to-follow resources

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