Rhode Island 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: Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles and Rhode Island law, sources numbered below · Checked October 4, 2026 · Printed Oct 12, 2026 · drivingtestpal.com/rhode-island/study-sheets/road-test-checklist/

Rhode Island · Road test

Rhode Island road-test checklist

Driver skills test (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: Each error counts as a point. More than 15 points fails. Errors include each controls request you can't follow, each encroachment (touching or crossing a boundary line or cone with anything but a mirror), each missing or wrong turn signal, missing traffic checks, each reversal beyond the first two, not finishing an exercise in the final position, and parallel parking more than 12 inches from the curb. [2]

Bring to the test [1, 2]

Original permit (photocopies not accepted)
Signed and notarized affidavit of 50 hours of driving experience (under 18)
License of the supervising driver (out-of-state is acceptable)
Notarized letter from the owner if the registered owner isn't present (or from a corporate officer for a corporate vehicle)
Vehicle registration certificate and insurance identification card
For first license issuance after passing: completed LI-1 form, identity and Social Security documents, two proofs of address, and payment

Vehicle check before you go [1, 2]

Rhode Island registration (exceptions: military families stationed in RI; driving schools with form GU-1338b on file)
Two plates on the vehicle
Valid Rhode Island insurance; the vehicle owner must be listed on the card
Valid inspection sticker (not needed if the vehicle is under 2 years old and under 24,000 miles)
Working directional lights, headlights, brake lights, hazard lights and tires; windows that roll down; legal tint only
No rental vehicles, antique vehicles, pets, cameras or recording devices

Maneuvers the examiner scores [2]

Pre-test vehicle inspection and controls check
Maneuverability test (9 x 20 foot box)
Parallel parking test
Three-point turnabout
Backing maneuver (about 50 feet)

Skills checked throughout [1, 2]

Traffic checks
Turn signals
Familiarity with vehicle controls

Automatic failures: never do these [1, 2]

Seat belt violation (driver or passenger)
Stop sign violation
Running over a curb or cone with one or more wheels
Verbal or physical intervention by your passenger (supervising driver coaching)
Collision with a barrier
Any dangerous action
Any motor vehicle violation, leaving the designated roadway, lack of cooperation with the examiner, equipment failure or erratic operation (grounds to end the test)

Sources

dmv.ri.gov: Rhode Island Driver's Manual (English) (PDF)
dmv.ri.gov: Modified Skills Test Guide 7.01.20 (PDF)