About your Practical Test

The driving test is conducted by a Driving Standards Agency Examiner and lasts between 38 - 40 minutes. The routes are used to include a typical range of traffic and road conditions and starts and finishes from your local Driving Test Centre, on average you drive for about 8-miles during this period. The Examiner tests your ability to drive safely and competently and tests you on all that you have learnt during your lessons. You can fail the test if you commit a serious or dangerous fault, or if you have 16 or more driving faults.

If you are learning to drive in the Worcester area and require help and advice with preparing for your Practical Test, please contact Apex School of Motoring on 0800 849 6337.

Learn to Drive - Practical Test

During your test you will be asked to carry out some of the manoeuvres that you have been practicing on your driving lessons. The set manoeuvres are turn in the road, reversing around the corner, parallel park, reversing into a parking bay and emergency stop. You will not be asked to do all these exercises, the examiner will tell you when and which ones he/she want you to do during your test.

If you think you have made a mistake during your test try to forget about it and carry on. As what you think is a serious error, may possibly be a minor mistake and would not necessarily mean you have failed your test. If you do make a serious mistake at the beginning of your test, you will still be expected to continue and complete the test, then the examiner will tell you what you have failed on.

Immediately after the test the Examiner will advise you if you have passed or failed. If unfortunately you have failed you will be advised where you went wrong and given a report with the details. This report will be useful to show your driving instructor to assess what further training is required. You can apply for another driving test straight away providing 10 working days has elapsed between each test.