Pennsylvania 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: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Driver and Vehicle Services and Pennsylvania law, sources numbered below · Checked October 4, 2026 · Printed Oct 12, 2026 · drivingtestpal.com/pennsylvania/study-sheets/road-test-checklist/

Pennsylvania · Road test

Pennsylvania road-test checklist

Non-Commercial Road Test (on-the-road 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: PennDOT does not publish a point scale or error limit. The manual says you fail if you drive dangerously, violate the law, cause a crash, don't follow the examiner's instructions or make too many driving errors. Failing to operate any vehicle control, or failing the parallel parking rules, also fails the test. [1]

Bring to the test [1, 2]

Your valid learner's permit
Parent or guardian certification forms DL-180C (65 hours) and DL-180TD, if under 18
Original valid insurance card for the vehicle
Original valid registration card (or valid temporary pink slip); a bill of sale is not accepted
Valid driver's license of the accompanying driver (21+, or a parent, guardian, person in loco parentis or spouse 18+)
Originals only; photocopies are not accepted

Vehicle check before you go [1, 2]

Valid registration card, current insurance, valid state inspection sticker and, if required, a valid emissions sticker
Lights, horn, brakes, windshield wipers, turn signals, mirrors, doors, seats and tires must work and meet safety standards
Clean seat belts ready for use; you and the examiner must wear them
Self-parking (Advanced Parking Guidance) must be turned off
A rental car only if the rental agreement does not bar use for a skills test or by a permit holder
The examiner is your only passenger

Maneuvers the examiner scores [1]

Vehicle controls check
Parallel parking between uprights
Signs, signals and intersections on the road

Skills checked throughout [1, 2]

Obeying warning signs, stop signs and traffic lights
Vehicle control and turn signals
Following the examiner's directions

Automatic failures: never do these [1]

Inability to operate any vehicle control
Touching an upright, crossing the painted line, going onto or over the curb, or not finishing inside the parallel parking space within three adjustments
Causing a crash
Violating any traffic law, such as failing to obey a stop sign
Failing to follow the examiner's instructions
Not using turn signals
Driving dangerously or recklessly
Making errors in safe driving practices (too many driving errors)

Sources

pa.gov: pub 95 (PDF)
pa.gov: drivers test scheduling faqs