Get ready for the road, one step at a time
Free, plain-English guides and practice for the driving test in the UK, Ireland, the US, Australia and Canada: theory and permit tests, hazard perception, road tests and every road sign explained.
What are you learning to drive?
Pick a vehicle, then your country, for its own guides and licence categories. Learning to drive a car? Choose your country above.
What every learner driver needs to learn
Ten parts, from your first permit to your first year after passing. Choose your country to see every topic.
Getting started
Permits, eligibility, costs and what you need before lesson one.
The theory / knowledge test
What the written test covers, how to book it and how to revise.
Learning to drive
Car controls, lessons and the skills you build before the test.
Rules of the road
Junctions, speed, overtaking, parking and everyday driving rules.
Signs, signals and markings
What every sign, light, signal and road marking means.
Sharing the road
Pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, large vehicles and animals.
Motorways, weather and emergencies
Fast roads, bad conditions and what to do when things go wrong.
Law, penalties and safety
Phones, alcohol, seat belts, points, insurance and crashes.
The driving / road test
Booking, the day itself, marking, manoeuvres and what to do if you fail.
Can you read the number plate?
Practise the eyesight check at the start of your driving test with our calibrated plate test, or play the approaching car game. Then check a real plate from 20 metres.
Pick your next step
Four steps from learner to licence
Work through each stage in order, and use the topic guides to fill any gaps.