Before you drive
Fitness to drive, the law, your documents and checking the car and your passengers before every journey.
Fitness to drive
Being physically and mentally fit to drive: eyesight, health conditions, medicines and when to stay off the road.
Learn thisAlcohol and drugs
Drink and drug driving: legal limits, how long alcohol stays in your system, medicines and the penalties.
Learn thisTiredness and emotional state
Fatigue, stress, anger and distraction: how your state of mind changes how you drive and when to stop.
Learn thisVehicle checks before you drive
Tyres, lights, fluids, brakes and windscreen: the checks every driver should make, and how they link to show me, tell me.
Learn thisDocuments and the law
Licence, insurance, MOT, vehicle tax, V5C and L plates: what you must have and what happens if you do not.
Learn thisPassengers, loads and animals
Seat belts, child seats, carrying loads and pets safely, and the driver's legal responsibility for passengers.
Learn thisPlanning a journey
Choosing the right route and time, allowing for traffic, tiredness and the weather, and using sat nav sensibly.
Learn thisQuiz: Before you drive
Ten random questions from across this part.
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