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Learning To Drive with confidence.
Tel:07590009872
Learning To Drive with confidence.
Tel:07590009872
Your driving test will start with an eyesight check and some vehicle safety questions. You will then start your practical driving test where you will be examined on your general driving and on two reversing exercises. The reversing exercises will be chosen from:
Reversing into a limited opening
Turning in the road
Reverse parking
You may also be asked to carry out a controlled emergency stop exercise.
The driving part of your test will last about 40 minutes. Throughout the test your examiner will be looking for an overall safe standard of driving, including when you are carrying out the set exercises. You can make up to 15 driving faults and still pass the test (16 or more results in failure). However, if you commit one serious or dangerous fault you will fail the test.
The driving test is straightforward and has been designed to see if you:
Can drive safely
Know The Highway Code and can demonstrate this through your driving.
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is now able to offer tests outside the normal test times at a number of test centres. This provides customers a wider range of appointments over an extended working day.
Practical tests are generally available at all permanent test centres. Saturday and weekday evening tests, subject to resources being available, are offered at a premium rate. Non premium rate tests are available at various times between 7.30 am and 3.27 pm Monday to Friday.
Driving test standards
All examiners are trained to carry out the test to the same standard, they do not have pass or fail quotas. So as long as you demonstrate the standard required you will pass your driving test.
DSA do not conduct tests in bad light or in adverse weather conditions for the safety of the candidate and the examiner. We will arrange another appointment at no further cost, but compensation is not payable. Candidates should call the telephone number quoted on the appointment letter to check whether their test will go ahead.
If the driving test is not completed for reasons attributable to you or your vehicle, you will have to take another test at your own cost.