Kansas Road Test Checklist 2026 (Free Printable)

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Study sheet for before your test. Notes aren’t allowed in the DMV test room.
Source: Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles and Kansas law, sources numbered below · Checked October 4, 2026 · Printed Oct 12, 2026 · drivingtestpal.com/kansas/study-sheets/road-test-checklist/

Kansas · Road test

Kansas road-test checklist

Driver's License Test (Pre-Trip Vehicle Safety Inspection, Basic Vehicle Control Skills Test and Road 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: On the skills exercises, each reversal of direction, each encroachment on a line or cone, each missing or wrong turn signal, each missed head or traffic check, and a wrong final position counts as an error or adds points. On the road test the examiner scores specific maneuvers and your general driving behavior. Any automatic-failure item ends in a fail. Kansas does not publish the point limit for passing. [1]

Bring to the test [1]

Valid instruction permit
Proof of Kansas residence
If under 18: a parent or legal guardian to sign for 50 hours of supervised driving (and, if under 17, to sign permission to issue a license)
A vehicle that passes the examiner's checks (valid tag)

Vehicle check before you go [1]

All signals working
Tires in safe condition
Brake lights working
Windshield and mirrors intact
Horn working
Valid tag
Safe inside temperature: over 85°F the air conditioner must work; 75-85°F the air conditioner must work or the passenger window must roll down; under 45°F the heater must work

Maneuvers the examiner scores [1]

Pre-trip vehicle safety inspection
Parallel parking (left side or right side) (may be tested)
Three-point turnabout (may be tested)
Forward two-point turnabout (may be tested)
Reverse two-point turnabout (may be tested)
Turns
Intersections
Lane changes
Entering and exiting an expressway (may be tested)
Curves (may be tested)

Skills checked throughout [1]

Identifying traffic signs
Urban and rural driving
Braking
Steering
Traffic and head checks
Lane use
Turn signals
Stopping position

Automatic failures: never do these [1]

Not using your safety belt
Not checking your blind spots
A moving violation: disobeying signs or signals, speeding, rolling through stops or ignoring traffic laws
Not yielding to pedestrians or other road users
An avoidable crash or any contact with vehicles, objects or pedestrians
Any unsafe act, or forcing another driver to take evasive action
Driving over sidewalks or curbs unnecessarily
The examiner having to take control of the vehicle

Sources

ksrevenue.gov: dlhb (PDF)
ksrevenue.gov: dovgdl
ksrevenue.gov: dovdlfaq