USEFUL INFORMATION
Please find some helpful information below. If you have any questions about the process, please call us.
PROVISIONAL LICENCE
You need to get a Provisional Licence before you can drive a car on the road. If you have an old style paper licence you also need to sign it (photo-card licences already include your signature). You can get an application form and explanatory notes from most Post Offices. Read the application form carefully and make sure that you comply with the requirements for getting photos signed by an appropriate person. It consists of two parts – the photo-card and the paper counterpart. Any time you need to produce your driving licence you must produce BOTH PARTS. YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO TAKE YOUR PRACTICAL TEST WITHOUT BOTH PARTS!
THEORY TEST
The Theory Test is a computerised test usually taken at the centre nearest to your home. There are two parts to the Theory Test, a multiple choice test and a hazard perception test. You have to pass both parts to obtain your Theory certificate.
DRIVING TEST
We recommend you have an hour’s lesson before your driving test, this will give a good ‘warm up’ to practice your manoeuvres. You will then go to the test centre with your driving instructor and wait in the waiting room. There will probably be other people waiting at the same time as you. At the appropriate time the examiners will come into the waiting room. When one of them calls your name stand up and go over to where they are. They will ask to see your provisional licence (both parts). They will ask you to sign a residency and insurance declaration on their form to say that you still are at the same address and the car is insured for the test. They will then tell you to lead the way to your vehicle. on the way they will conduct the eyesight test. On arriving at the vehicle they will ask the two “show me / tell me” questions. They will then instruct you to follow the road ahead unless they tell you to turn or the road signs tell you to. The test last approximately 40 minutes and will include two manoeuvres and possibly an emergency stop. At the end of the test they will tell you if you have passed. To pass your test, you may not make more than 15 driving errors (minor mistakes) and you may not make any serious faults (major mistakes). If you have not passed, the examiner will explain what went wrong. They may ask if you want your instructor to listen in. They will then give you a copy of the Driving Test Report.