Drive test requirements
Below is a list of what we will test you on once you're behind the wheel:
- Starting your vehicle
- Leaving the curb
- Signal and wait until it's safe to re-enter traffic
- Controlling the vehicle
- Use the gas pedal, brake, steering wheel, and other controls correctly
- Change your speed to meet:
- The number and speed of other vehicles and pedestrians
- Road and weather conditions
- Construction
- Amount of light
- The distance you can see ahead
- Driving in traffic
- Use the proper lane
- Signal to change lanes
- Change lanes carefully
- Follow other vehicles at a safe distance
- Turn your head and look back before changing lanes
- Signal the proper distance before turning
- Obeying traffic signals and signs
- Turn into the proper lane without cutting the lane or going wide into the improper lane
- Scan carefully for signs, signals, pedestrians, and other vehicles, yield, and take the right-of-way correctly
- Driving through blind or crowded intersections
- Scan carefully for signs, signals, pedestrians, and other vehicles
- Yield and take the right-of-way correctly
- Stopping
- Stop smoothly and at the right spot
- Stop quickly and safely in an emergency
- Backing up
- Look over your right shoulder
- Back in a straight line
- Have complete control of your car
- Judging distance
- Stay a safe distance away from:
- Other cars when following or passing
- People walking or riding on the roadway
- Respectful driving
- Be courteous to other drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists
- Pay full attention to the driving task
- Performing specific maneuvers
- Arm signals for right/left turn and slow or stop (you may use your arm signals during the test)
- A brake reaction test/emergency stop: you will be asked to put your foot on the gas pedal and step on the brake as fast as possible when told to stop
- Parking on a hill: you will park as if you were going to leave your car there unattended
- Parallel parking: you will parallel park without parking assist features on your vehicle
- Simulating backing out of a driveway or alley into traffic using a corner: you will be directed to back your vehicle around the corner to the right, staying as close to the street as you can, and continue backing in a straight line until directed to stop