When a young person has a fatal accident on the roads, there are often calls for the driving age to be raised from 16 to 17. Is this a good idea? In Australia, we have a graduated driver licencing system…
There are two ways in New South Wales: Contact a Roads and Maritime-Registered Training Organisation and do a Heavy Vehicle Competency Based Assessment (HVCBA) Where HVCBA isn’t available, go to a Roads and Maritime registry and do a heavy vehicle…
Different states have different rules for driving at night before you get your full licence. All learners can drive at night because they are supervised by a person with a licence. In fact, each state has its own recommendations for…
If you are studying for your driver licence and English is your second language you can download learning materials in different languages. Road users handbook You can download the handbook in: English Arabic Chinese Croatian Greek Korean Japanese Serbian Spanish…
A digital driver licence is a driver licence you store on your smartphone. Its purpose is to prove your identity and that you have the right to drive a specific type of vehicle but without having to show a plastic card.…
If you’re visiting New South Wales for under three months you can use your overseas driver’s licence for an equivalent licence in Australia. However, there are restrictions: Equivalent New South Wales licences for overseas drivers Learner licence If your licence…
Once considered a right of passage, the percentage of people getting a driving licence has dropped gradually over the years. The reasons are: Difficulty: It’s now much more difficult and time-consuming with our graduated driver licence system to get right through…