South Carolina 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: South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles and South Carolina law, sources numbered below · Checked October 4, 2026 · Printed Oct 12, 2026 · drivingtestpal.com/south-carolina/study-sheets/road-test-checklist/

South Carolina · Road test

South Carolina road-test checklist

Road test (skills test) for a regular Class D license

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: SCDMV does not publish how the road test is scored, a point scale or an error limit. The only published automatic failure is not using your seat belt. The examiner is there to make sure you can control the vehicle and obey the rules of the road. [2]

Bring to the test [1]

Old license or beginner's permit (if you have one)
A licensed driver
Vehicle liability insurance information from a company licensed in SC (for a rental car, your name must be on the contract as insured)
Glasses or contacts, if you wear them, for the vision test

Vehicle check before you go [1, 2]

Valid license plate, registration card and insurance card
Working headlights, brakes, windshield wipers, safety belts, turn signals, mirrors, speedometer, defroster and horn
Parking assist and cruise control may not be used during the test
In rain, you can test if you can see with intermittent or low wiper speed
Only you and the examiner in or around the vehicle

Maneuvers the examiner scores [1, 2]

Vehicle controls (headlights, wipers, signals, flashers, brake lights)
Parallel parking
100-foot straight-line backing
Park on a hill
Three-point turnabout
Reverse and forward two-point turnabouts (driveway turnarounds) (may be tested)
Lane changes
Right and left turns
Interstate driving (may be tested)

Skills checked throughout [1, 2]

Identifying road signs
Vehicle control and obeying the rules of the road
Seat belt use

Automatic failures: never do these [2]

Not using your seat belt

Sources

dmv.sc.gov: regular license road test
dmv.sc.gov: Driver's Manual (PDF)