Arkansas Road Test Checklist 2026 (Free Printable)

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.

Study sheet for before your test. Notes aren’t allowed in the DMV test room.
Source: Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Driver Services and Arkansas law, sources numbered below · Checked October 4, 2026 · Printed Oct 12, 2026 · drivingtestpal.com/arkansas/study-sheets/road-test-checklist/

Arkansas · Road test

Arkansas road-test checklist

Driver's license skills test

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: Vehicle controls: more than three missed controls fails the test. Driving: nonserious offenses get a verbal warning the first time; a second offense in the same category fails the test with a two-week penalty. Listed serious offenses are automatic failures with a mandatory 30-day penalty. Any violation of law may also fail you. [1, 4]

Bring to the test [2]

Original instruction permit (not photocopied or laminated)
A licensed driver aged 21 or older with a valid license (hard copy or electronic)
Current proof of insurance (paper or electronic)
Valid vehicle registration
Glasses or contacts if you wear them
All immigration documents, if you have them

Vehicle check before you go [1, 2]

Clean and in good mechanical condition, with no warning lights displayed
All lights work, including brake lights and front and rear turn signals
Horn and speedometer work
Windshield clean, with no crack that blocks the view and no tint
Window tint no darker than 25% in front and 10% in back; no windshield brow more than 5 inches
Muffler and exhaust work properly
Tires not unsafely worn (no exposed wires, tread present); no donut spares
No serious mechanical defects such as defective brakes
Properly licensed, with the license plate properly displayed
No cameras or recording devices

Maneuvers the examiner scores [1, 4]

Vehicle controls
Backing
Entering the roadway
Stop signs, traffic lights and other signs
Left turns
Right turns
Lane usage and lane changes

Skills checked throughout [4]

Full stops
Speed control and school zones
Following distance
Attention
General control and direction of travel

Automatic failures: never do these [4]

Passing a stopped school bus with lights flashing
Failing to yield to an emergency vehicle using its flashing lights
Improperly passing a stopped law enforcement vehicle with lights flashing
Improper parking in a handicapped parking space
Driving to the test site without a licensed driver
Violating the Arkansas cell phone law
At-fault accident

Sources

media.ark.org: Arkansas DL Manual English 1 (PDF)
dps.arkansas.gov: Arkansas State Police Skills 1 2 3 Skills Checklist REVISED 092424 … (PDF)
dps.arkansas.gov: driver examination
webftp.blr.arkansas.gov: FTPDocument