Schedule a novice driver needs to finish up in vehicle (8)
I believe the answer is:
calendar
'schedule' is the definition.
(I know that schedule can be written as calendar)
'a novice driver needs to finish up in vehicle' is the wordplay.
'novice driver' becomes 'L' (as in an L-plate for learner drivers).
'needs' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'to finish up' becomes 'end' (to finish is to come to an end).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'a'+'l'+'end'='alend'
'alend' put inside 'car' is 'CALENDAR'.
(Other definitions for calendar that I've seen before include "Diary" , "Date chart" , "Chart of times" , "Tabular array of days" , "system for time management" .)