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: Each error on form HSMV 71110 is marked FAIR or BAD with a set number of penalty points (for example straight-in parking 5 or 10, backing 4 or 8, turnabout 4 or 8, posture 2 or 4). An applicant who scores 31 or more penalty points fails. Items marked DISQUALIFIED, and any crash, dangerous action, traffic law violation, or lack of cooperation or refusal, end the test. [5, 6, 7] Bring to the test [3, 4]- A vehicle with a valid license plate, valid registration and proof of insurance (Personal Injury Protection and Property Damage Liability)
- Your learner's license (surrendering it means no fee for the Class E license if no name or address change is needed)
- Under 18: the signed or notarized Certification of Driving Experience of a Minor
- Identification documents, if not already provided
Vehicle check before you go [1, 3]- Valid license plate (tag not expired), registration and proof of insurance
- Passes the examiner's basic safety inspection
- Working horn, rear-view mirror, turn signals, steering, brakes, tires, brake lights and taillights
- Windshield wiper on the driver's side and operable headlights
- No cracked or broken glass that hinders visibility
- Doors, with front doors that open from inside and outside; stationary seats
- Must let the driver give hand signals when required
- Jeep-type vehicles need framed canvas or metal doors held by hinges and a latch
- Must meet bumper height requirements
- Not a low-speed vehicle (top speed 20 to 25 mph)
- Operable seatbelts (except cars made before 1968 and trucks made before 1972)
- No other passengers during the test
Maneuvers the examiner scores [1, 3, 6]- Straight-in parking
- Three-point turn (turnabout)
- Backing
- Parking on a grade
- Quick stop
- Signal and turn (left and right turns)
- Right turn
- Approach of crossing (intersections)
- Keeping in lane and changing lanes
- Vehicle inspection
Skills checked throughout [1, 3, 6]- Stop signs
- Traffic signals
- Right-of-way
- Following distance
- Passing and being passed
- Posture
- Motor operation and starting
- Attention
- Speed and traffic laws
Automatic failures: never do these [6, 7]- A crash
- A dangerous driving action
- A traffic law violation
- Lack of cooperation or refusing to follow directions
- Not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign, or blocking the crosswalk or cross traffic when others are affected
- Entering an intersection on red, or not stopping before a right turn on red
- Failing to yield so others must stop or slow
- Driving on the wrong side of the road, or changing lanes without a signal when traffic is affected
- Turning without a signal when traffic or pedestrians are affected
- Losing control of the car during the quick stop
- Forcing a car off the road, overtaking in an intersection, or pulling out to pass without a signal when traffic is affected
- Maneuver disqualifiers: climbing the curb or damaging the car in parking, jumping the curb or never looking back while backing, cutting corners on turns
Sources- flhsmv.gov: class e knowledge exam driving skills test
- flhsmv.gov: licensing requirements teens graduated driver license laws driving …
- sarasotataxcollector.gov: Driving Test HSMV71201 (PDF)
- flhsmv.gov: frequently asked questions
- flrules.org: readFile
- flrules.org: readRefFile
- flrules.org: View notice
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