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If
you have passed the Theory test you can now apply for your practical
driving test.
But first please consult your Instructor or Access Driving Tuition to mutually arrange a date and time.
| Are you at test standard? |
If you can drive
and control your car safely and smoothly, |
Presenting yourself for Test
Car:
Test vehicle requirements for a car test.
Cars presented for test must be:
A four wheeled vehicle of no more than 3500 kilograms (kg) maximum authorised
mass (MAM)
capable of a speed of at least 100 kilometres per hour (km/h) or 62.5 miles
per hour (mph)
The car must also be fitted with:
A seatbelt for the examiner.
A passenger head restraint, this needn't be adjustable but must be fitted
as an integral part of the seat - 'slip on' type head restraints aren't permitted.
An interior mirror for the examiner's use.
L-plates displayed on the front and rear of the vehicle but not interfering
with the driver's or examiner's view
A speedometer that measures speed in miles per hour and kilometres per hour
The vehicle must be legal and roadworthy and have no warning lights showing ie the airbag warning light.
Convertible vehicles
Some convertible vehicles are unsuitable for the driving test – eg the Ford KA convertible and Mini convertible due to the lack of all-round vision for the examiner. If you propose to use a convertible vehicle for the driving test please check its suitability when you book.
Suitability of vehicles for Category B tests.
The vast majority of hatchbacks, saloons and estate cars are suitable for test, but increasingly the designers of cars are producing models with sweeping lines which have good forward vision but have large blind spots to the rear and present examiners with problems of observation.
Vehicles for test must allow examiners all round vision to allow them to
see approaching vehicles, particularly when the car is at an angle to other
vehicles during reversing manoeuvres and also when emerging at a junction
with the vehicle at an angle to the major road.
If you are learning with Access Driving Tuition you will normally have the opportunity to take the test in your Instructors car.
Documents to take with you:
At the driving test centre
You must bring the following items with you. If you do not, the Driving Standards
Agency (DSA) may refuse to carry out the test and you may lose your fee.
An appropriately insured and licensed vehicle, displaying L- Plates that is suitable for the purpose of the test.
The appropriate theory test pass certificate (or confirmation) if you are
not exempt.
Your appointment letter.
Both parts of your Photo Card Licence. If you do not take both parts of your
licence your test will not take place and you will lose your fee.
If you have an old-style paper licence, you must take your signed driver licence
and a valid passport - from 1 November 2005 no other form of photographic
identification will be accepted.
Remember:
No licence
No photo
No test, and
YOU will lose your fee.
You
Arrive at the test centre in plenty of time and try to relax do not turn the examiner into some mystical monster. If you have trained with Access Driving Tuition you will already be to a good standard so have confidence in yourself. All the examiner wants to see you do is drive without being a hazard to any other road user.
After introducing himself, the examiner will get in the front passenger's seat, and explain briefly to you how the test works. You'll be asked to start the car and move away, and you're off!
You have
about 35-45 minutes in the car; that time includes two of the three possible
slow manoeuvres, turn in the road, reversing round a corner, or reverse parking
behind
a car, and you may be required to do an emergency stop. The reverse bay-parking
manoeuvre may take place off-road at the test centre. During the test it is
also likely
that you will be asked to demonstrate a hill-start and an angled start. The
rest of the
time is taken up with general driving on the chosen test route.
You will be expected to deal competently and safely with every situation that you find, but some minor driving faults are permitted. These are errors that do not in themselves create an actual or potential danger to other road users. They are recorded on the examiner's test form, and if you make 16 or more of these driving faults you will fail the test. You will also fail if you make a serious or dangerous error.
This may sound an awful lot to do but believe me it isn't really; if you have been trained to a good standard most of the above will be second nature.
When you've switched the engine off at the end of the test the examiner will tell you whether you have passed or failed if you've passed, your driving licence will be needed for the examiner to fill in the pass certificate. You need to send this to DVLA with your provisional licence, and you will receive your full licence in a few days' time. You can drive on your own in the meantime providing you keep a record of your Driver Number.
Good Luck
To Book your Practical test.
Please call the Driving Standards Agency on 08700 101372.
The current fee is £56.50
You will need your driving licence and theory test pass certificate to hand, plus a method of payment, I.E Credit/Debit card.
For more information on you're driving test and related matters
If you would like any question answered please Email
Neil@accessdrivingtuition.co.uk