Alabama road-test checklist
Tick boxes for the Alabama driving test: what to bring, the vehicle check, what the examiner scores and what fails you on the spot. Free to print. The full guide with every quote is on the road-test page.
Study sheet for before your test. Notes aren’t allowed in the DMV test room. Every state bans notes, phones and printouts during the knowledge test, in person and online.
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Tick each box during practice drives in the weeks before your test. The numbers in brackets are the sources listed at the bottom. How it’s scored: ALEA publishes no point scale for examiner-given tests. The study guide lists five reasons you may fail, including several errors in safe driving practice. On the third-party (driver education) skills checklist, any check in the failure column means the student fails. [4, 5] Bring to the test [1, 2, 3]- Your learner license (it is surrendered at the road test)
- Proof of current insurance
- Vehicle registration
- A licensed driver (applicants 18 or older doing all testing at once)
- Corrective lenses, if your license requires them
- Practice-hours verification form or driver education completion form (under 18)
- Cash or money order for the license fee (no checks)
Vehicle check before you go [2, 4]- Brake lights
- Left and right turn signals
- Horn
- Must be in safe operating condition (examiner inspects it before the test)
- Valid registration and current insurance
- Rental cars only if your name is on the rental agreement as an additional driver
- The study guide's equipment diagram also labels: headlights, signal lights, brakes, safety glass, wipers, mirror, horn, good tires, parking brake, muffler and tight exhaust system, seat belts, license plate and light, brake lights and tail lights
Maneuvers the examiner scores [4, 5]- Location of controls (may be tested)
- Backing (may be tested)
- Turn about (three-point turn) (may be tested)
- Stop on upgrade (may be tested)
- Start on upgrade (may be tested)
- Smooth stop (may be tested)
- Stop signs and traffic lights (may be tested)
- Right turns (may be tested)
- Left turns (may be tested)
- Passing, merging and keeping in lane (may be tested)
Skills checked throughout [4, 5]- Clutch use (manual transmission)
- Posture
- Approach to corners
- Right of way
- Use of horn
- Following distance
- Speed
- Attention
- Headlights in rain
Automatic failures: never do these [4, 5]- Being involved in an accident
- Violating the law
- Driving recklessly or dangerously
- Failing to cooperate with the examiner
- Several errors in safe driving practice from habit or lack of practice
- Not making a complete stop at a stop sign (third-party checklist)
- Running a red light or turning right on red without stopping (third-party checklist)
Sources- alea.gov: graduated driver license
- alea.gov: ALEA DL Manual (PDF)
- alea.gov: document requirements and fees
- alea.gov: road test study guide (PDF)
- alea.gov: ALDPSPrivHighSchDLTestWaiver TestSkillsChecksheet (PDF)
- alea.gov: private high school driver traffic safety education program
- alea.gov: ALDPSPrivHighSchDLTestWaiver 3rdPartyTestInfo 3.7.25 (PDF)
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