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Applying for a provisional driving licence
  

Before you can learn to drive a car with Drive There Driving School you must apply for a provisional driving licence. If you already hold a valid full driving licence and want to learn to drive larger vehicles, minibuses or buses you will need to apply for provisional entitlement for these vehicles.

 

Before you can learn to drive a car, moped or motorcycle you must apply for a provisional driving licence. If you already hold a valid full driving licence and want to learn to drive larger vehicles, minibuses or buses you will need to apply for provisional entitlement for these vehicles.

Apply online

You can apply for your first provisional driving licence for a car, moped or motorcycle using the

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (DVLA) secure and easy to use online service.

 

 

The vehicles you can drive or ride and minimum ages

The tables below show what you can drive or ride, and at what age if you passed your driving test after 1 January 1997

 

Cars or light vans, with or without trailers

The term maximum authorised mass (MAM) means the total weight of the vehicle plus the maximum load it can carry safely.

Category

Description

Minimum age

B

Motor vehicle with a MAM of up to 3,500 kg, no more than eight passenger seats, with or without a trailer - weighing no more than 750 kg

17*

B

As category B but with a trailer weighing more than 750 kg. The total weight of the vehicle and the trailer together can’t weigh more than 3,500 kg. The weight of the trailer, when fully loaded, can’t weigh more than the unladen weight of the vehicle

17*

B auto

As category B with automatic transmission

17*

B+E

As category B but with a heavier trailer that isn't covered in the descriptions for category B

17

 

 

*Age 16 if you are currently getting Disability Living Allowance at the higher rate (mobility component)

Example of category B with a trailer weighing over 750 kg: Motor vehicle with an unladen weight of 1,500 kg and a maximum weight of 2,000 kg towing a fully loaded trailer with a weight of 1,500 kg – total weight 3500 kg.

Example of category B+E: Motor vehicle with a MAM up to 3,500 kg towing a trailer of any weight over 750 kg.                       

 

 

For more information please look at the DirectGov website

 

 

Renewing the photo on your driving licence

 

 

If you didn't know that you need to renew your photocard driving licence after 10 years, then you may well be one of the more than 40,000 drivers across the UK who are breaking the law – many of whom are doing so unwittingly.

 

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) will send you a renewal application pack two months before your photo is due to expire. You’ll need to:

 

  • complete the enclosed form
  • include a new passport type photo of yourself that’s been taken within the last month - you don’t need the back of the photo signed
  • return both the photocard and counterpart of your licence - if you have lost one or both parts you can still use this application
  • enclose a cheque or postal order for £20.00 - no fee is needed if you have a medical short period licence or you’re aged 70 or over
  • send your application and fee to DVLA, Swansea SA99 1DH