Because it’s defined as a “home test”, the application will go to your nearest test centre, and the examiner will get in touch with you to arrange a suitable place. It’s worth working out the quietest route to the test venue before leaving the farm. Throughout the test, you should have used appropriate signals to let everyone around know what you were about to do. This should have been done in good time. Examples of faults Adjust the seat and mirrors, make sure the handbrake is on and make sure it’s in neutral before you start the engine. The hand throttle shouldn’t be used during the test To get this you first need to get the right provisional driving licence entitlement and then pass a tractor or specialist vehicle driving test. Exemptions Other, non-tractor agricultural motor vehicles require a category B licence, and you must also be over 21 years old to drive these.

When borrowing or hiring vehicles from others, you must ensure they are used in accordance with these rules, including having a roadworthiness test certificate or using red/white diesel as appropriate. No. But you will be expected to have a good knowledge of the Highway Code, so take it with you to bed and read it from cover to cover. Because there are lots of hazards on country roads like cyclists and horseriders, you’ll be expected to know how to deal with them. Always use the mirror, signal, manoeuvre (MSM) routine and travel at a suitable speedThere are age restrictions that control the type of vehicle you can legally drive. The tables below provide information on the licence required to drive or ride agricultural vehicles and the minimum age requirements. Three or 4-wheeled light vehicles Category

There are certain types of vehicle that are exempt from vehicle tax. If your vehicle is exempt, you will need to renew it each year. Vehicles exempt from tax Tractors can be scary to small children, so if you have to wait at a pedestrian crossing, give them time to cross and don’t stop too near If your quad was first used on or after 1 April 1986, the types of lamp it requires are determined by the maximum speed of the vehicle, as shown in the table below: Lamp requirements for different types of quad Maximum speedYou needed to show you can keep your vehicle correctly positioned on the road, staying within the correct lane, without driving too close to the lines. Examples of faults At road junctions and roundabouts, the examiner will expect you to know the correct procedure. Because tractors are larger than normal vehicles, make sure you’re in the correct lane and not taking up any of the other side of the road and MSM. As you will need to creep slowly forwards from a junction, look both ways several times before edging out Age 16 for tractors less than 2.45 metres wide, it must only pull trailers less than 2.45 metres wide with 2 wheels, or 4 close-coupled general haulage: a vehicle constructed and used for hauling loads, where the vehicle itself does not carry the load (like a goods vehicles) or have the load superimposed on it (like an HGV tractor unit) This includes vehicles that have not been taxed since before the 31 January 1998, which are not required to make a SORN.

Depending on the location and examiner, it can take from 20 minutes to an hour to complete your test. Make sure you book enough time off school. age 21 or over: all tractors and non-tractor agricultural motor vehicles, subject to holding relevant entitlement Because of the height of a tractor, you’ll get a good view of what’s up ahead. But make sure you don’t intimidate people by trying to get in their boot Abandoned vehicles can cause a nuisance, attract anti-social behaviour, or be part of a criminal investigation. Abandoning a vehicle is a crime and can attract a financial penalty or prison sentence. have passed your driving test and Driver Certificate of Professional Competence ( CPC) initial qualificationQuad bikes and similar single-seater machines used for agricultural, horticultural or forestry work are classed as light agricultural vehicles. Agricultural material handlers Front and rear direction indicators are not required if the unladen mass of the quad is less than 255 kilograms Additional features and rules for agricultural quads is only used on the road to pass between land owned by the tractor owner, up to a maximum of 6 miles per week

You are required to have a goods vehicle operator’s licence for most goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes gross plated weight. As above and also: Dipped-beam headlamp (white) Front and rear direction indicators (amber)* Also, there must be a switch to operate all 4 flashing together - as a hazard warning device normal driving - your position of the vehicle when driving such as not driving too close to the kerb or linesAs agriculture employ many seasonal workers from outside the UK it is important to understand the rules around temporary residents as non-UK driving licences are not always comparable with UK driving licences. EEA/EU licences Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man A full list of the exemptions from Operator Licensing can be found in Schedule 3 of The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995 (as amended). If you drive a larger vehicle, the maximum authorised mass - ie the total weight of the vehicle plus the maximum load it can carry - will determine which driving licence entitlement you require, for example: only in passing from land in the occupation of a person keeping the vehicle to other land in the occupation of that person