Practical test.
Congratulation
on passing your theory & hazard perception test so now it's time to apply for the practical driving test
To book, change or cancel your Practical Test just click the link below.
The current test fee is £62.00 (weekdays), £75.00 (weekends)
About your practical test
The practical driving test is a test on your ability to drive independently, safely and complete the set exercises while demonstrating to the examiner throughout you have the knowledge of the Highway Code
Feedback from your instructor
How will you know when you are ready to book your
test?
You will be ready for the test when you have reached the standard set out by the DVSA through your 1st choice driving instructor.
Your instructor will inform you when you are ready to book your practical test (you have 3 working days to cancel it if you feel your making too many faults on your driving lessons)
You will know you are ready when you are driving consistently well, with confidence and without help or guidance from your driving instructor.
Saving money
Waiting until you are ready will in the end save you money.
Your instructor will carry out mock tests using the same sat nav used on your driving test
and also verbal instruction to provide you with a true reflection of your driving readiness for the test
Your instructor can arrange for another instructor from 1st
Choice driving school to take the mock test as this will be a realistic simulation of the actual practical test.
On your test day
At the start of your test you will be asked to read in good daylight (with the aid of glasses or contact lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle with letters and figures 79.4 millimetres high at a distance of 20.5 metres (20 metres for a new style number plate).
If you fail the eyesight test, you will be unable to take the practical
test and your licence will be taken off you by the examiner.
Show me Tell me questions
Once you have read the number plate you then be asked a show me question (a safety check) about your vehicle
Then on your driving test your examiner will ask you a Tell me question
All this information is on the 1st choice show me tell me link below.
On your driving test
Exercises on your driving test
Once on your driving test you will be asked to carry out one
of the four
exercises:-
1. Parallel Park at the side of the road
2. Drive into a bay and reversing out
3. Reversing in and driving out of a parking bay
4. Pull up on the right-hand side of the road, reverse for 2 car lengths and re-join the traffic
(the examiner will tell you which
you have to do)
Emergency stop
One in three candidates will be asked to carry out an emergency stop
All lessons are broken down on the below link.
Changing your driving licence
After you have passed your practical driving test you are on probation for two years, if you obtain six or more penalty points you will lose your licence and will have to reapply for a provisional licence and start all over again
Driving test changes from 4th December 2017
Independent drive
The independent drive has been increase from 10 minutes to 20 minutes - roughly half of the test.
During this part of the test, you have to drive without directions from the driving examiner.
Following a sat nav
Following directions from a sat nav (a TomTom Start 52)
During the independent driving part of the test, 4
out of 5
candidates will be asked to follow directions from a sat nav. 1
out of 5
will follow traffic signs instead like on a normal lesson
The examiner will provide the sat nav and (TomTom Start 52) set it up for you as the test route is programmed in
Speed limits
Speed limits
The sat nav unfortunately displays the speed limit of the road you are on. So please do not rely on this information always maintain good observations for roads markings and information signs.
New road look for new signs information
Going the wrong way
Don’t worry if you go the wrong way, for example if you are going straight ahead and you are in the wrong lane position (the straight ahead arrow is in the right hand lane and you are in the left hand lane).
Simply mirror
and signal
left and turn left
The examiner will put you back on course
Reversing changes
The reverse around a corner and turn-in-the-road manoeuvres are no longer on tests, but you still will be taught them by your instructor
Driving test centres
Grimsby Driving Test Centre
Grimsby Coldwater
Industrial Estate 1
Pyewipe
Grimsby,
North East Lincolnshire
DN31 2TB.
Louth Driving Test Centre
70 Church St
Louth
LN11 9DD
Please note Louth is not a full time Test Centre, test dates are subject to demand and availability
Scunthorpe Driving Test Centre
34 Glover Rd
Scunthorpe
DN17 1AS
Hull Driving Test Centre
100 Sculcoates Lane
Hull,
HU5 1EE.
Doncaster Driving Test Centre
Unit 14
Reed Industrial Estate
Carr Hill
Doncaster
DN4 8DE
