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Getting teen son his provisional licence

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Siannie 49

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Anyone advise me about getting my son his provisional driving licence. He was 16 2 weeks ago. Can u ring the dvla and they post the relevant documents to fill in. Did anyone have any difficulties filling the forms in. Any advice would be great. He's so looking forward to learn to drive. It's all he's ever wanted to do
 
Well he can't drive until he's 17, though he can learn to ride a low powered motorbike or scooter when he's 16. My first provisional and driving lessons didn't occur until I was 35, so I'd already been T1 for 13 years before I even started, Nothing at all complicated about the forms - just be truthful is all.

DVLA website tells you which forms you need, cos obviously there's a medical form as well as the 'application' form. Get them first, then if there's anything you find unclear, then ask.
 
trophywench said:
Well he can't drive until he's 17
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Errr - in the UK, he CAN drive before he is 17. You can apply for your provisional driving license 3 months before your 16th birthday but you cannot drive on public roads until your 17th birthday. During normal, non-pandemic times there are intensive driving schools on private land which allow teenagers to pass their driving test on their 17th birthday. And I have friends who legally drove tractors and the like around their family farms.

@Siannie 49, if you are based in the UK, the DVLA is the best source of information about driving license applications including, as The Trophywench mentions, medical forms which must be completed if your son has diabetes treated with insulin.
 
Your son can apply for his licence online 🙂 Good luck
 
From what I remember of applying my provisional a few years ago, the DVLA may ask for some information from your son's healthcare team to say that his control is good enough to get behind the wheel. It might add a bit of extra time to the process but doesn't take too much longer and is relatively simple I seem to remember 🙂
 
Ah - I knew there were 'off road' facilities to get your CBT to ride a motorbike, but not heard of them for cars. All our grandkids waited until they were 17 or older - well 6 of them have anyway, No 7 is still only 8 or 9.
 
trophywench said:
Ah - I knew there were 'off road' facilities to get your CBT to ride a motorbike, but not heard of them for cars. All our grandkids waited until they were 17 or older - well 6 of them have anyway, No 7 is still only 8 or 9.
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Many larger Driving Schools around here have been doing them for at least 15 years, I think they are quite pricy too.
 
Well everything to do with driving is pricy - insurance can cost thousands of ££££ for new and newish drivers before you add the cost of a vehicle, its maintenance and fuel ! Mom/dad can no longer add little Johnny to their existing policy for a tenner.
 
Hope the application goes well @Siannie 49

And best of luck to your lad with his driving lessons 🙂
 
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