that you can drive safely, complete the nominated set exercises
and show through your driving that you have a thorough
knowledge of the Highway Code.
Your test will last approximately 40 minutes over a route that will
include a range of typical road and traffic conditions. This could
include town centres, urban roads, rural roads and Dual
Carriageways.
that your test vehicle is covered by insurance. (This is not a
problem with Gateway School of Motoring) Your examiner will
also conduct an eyesight test, you must be able to read a car number
plate from a distance of 20.5 metres, with or without the aid of
glasses or contact lenses.
If you need to wear glasses or contact lenses to do this, you must
wear them whilst driving. If you fail the eyesight test your driving
test will not continue.
Since 1st September 2003 there has been an additional part added
to the driving test (Show me, Tell me) which involves you being asked
to describe and also show your examiner how you would carry out a
number of safety checks on your vehicle. You will need to answer two
questions regarding the maintenance and operation of the vehicle.
The format is simple, one question involves you having to demonstrate,
and the other requires you to explain.
set exercises: - Reverse round a corner. - Turn in the road - Reverse
park-You may also be asked to carry out an emergency stop exercise.
faults.
Committing one fault of a Serious or Dangerous nature will result in
you failing your test. Committing driving faults of a less serious nature
may not lead to failure, provided you do not commit more than 15
faults, however, if a particular fault is habitual this would be considered
to be a serious weakness in your driving and would be marked as a
serious fault thus leading to failure.
At the end of your test your examiner will go through your driving test
report with you and offer some guidance and explanation of your faults.