The Official DVSA Guide to Driving Goods Vehicles (LGV / HGV) 2025 - Updated Dec 2024

New edition for 2025!

A comprehensive guide for learners, experienced HGV drivers, and instructors, offering expert advice to enhance skills and promote road safety. This new edition features updated sections on Driver CPC, including practice case studies, the national standard for HGVs, practical driving skills, and the latest regulations.

Whether you’re a learner, an experienced HGV driver or an instructor, this book has something for you. It’s packed with expert advice designed to improve your skills and keep everyone safe on today’s increasingly crowded roads.

This new edition contains sections on Driver CPC including practice case studies and the national standard for HGVs, as well as essential guidance on practical driving skills and the latest regulations.

Key features

• First new edition in 5 years
• Packed full of expert advice designed to improve your skills
• Learn the key techniques for driving a large vehicle
• Source material for the HGV driver theory test
• Includes a full guide to initial Driver CPC, including case study examples
• Understand your vehicle, how to secure a load, health and safety, drivers’ hours and records, and much more

This book is perfect for

• For new HGV drivers (Cat C)
• Experienced HGV drivers, HGV trainers
• Transport Managers
• HGV trainer register organisations
• HGV member organisations and associations