Texas 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: Texas Department of Public Safety, Driver License Division and Texas law, sources numbered below · Checked October 4, 2026 · Printed Oct 12, 2026 · drivingtestpal.com/texas/study-sheets/road-test-checklist/

Texas · Road test

Texas road-test checklist

Driving exam (drive test / 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: Points are deducted for errors. You fail if more than 30 points are deducted, or if you break the law, refuse to follow instructions, drive dangerously or have a crash. Everyone is graded on four basic skills: control, observation, positioning and signaling. At the end the examiner explains your errors. [1, 3]

Bring to the test [5]

Texas learner license (or Texas driver license with B restriction); if lost, one approved identity document
The driving test fee or the payment receipt (payment is good for 90 days)
Impact Texas Drivers (ITD) certificate of completion
If under 25: proof of driver education (DE-964/DEE-964, DE-964E, or ADE-1317/ADEE-1317)
Proof of current liability insurance for the test vehicle (you cannot be listed as an excluded driver)
A test vehicle that passes the vehicle inspection

Vehicle check before you go [3, 5, 6]

Current registration sticker and unexpired registration and inspection
Two license plates, front and back (single out-of-state or temporary plates allowed; no dealership plates)
Unexpired liability insurance
Working speedometer and horn
Turn signals on the front and back
Brake lights; windshield wipers, headlights and taillights as weather and time of day require
At least one rearview mirror inside or outside
Driver and front passenger doors that open normally; working seatbelts
No unusual mechanical issues
No pets or extra passengers during the test
Automated parking functions may not be used; a back-up camera may be used

Maneuvers the examiner scores [1, 3]

Parallel parking
Backing in a straight line
Quick stop (may be tested)
Approaching intersections
Turns (left)
Turns (right)
Changing lanes (may be tested)
Vehicle inspection and getting ready

Skills checked throughout [1, 3]

Control
Observation
Positioning
Signaling
Full stops at stop signs and red lights
Following distance
Speed
Right-of-way; following, passing and lane use
Posture
Use of clutch (manual transmission)
Following instructions; no conversation

Automatic failures: never do these [1, 3, 5]

Any dangerous or illegal maneuver (test stops at once)
Violating the law
Refusing to follow instructions
Driving dangerously or having a crash
More than 30 points deducted
Vehicle fails the pre-test inspection (for example, doors that do not open)

Sources

dps.texas.gov: DL 7 (PDF)
dps.texas.gov: texas provisional license teen
dps.texas.gov: dl 60 (PDF)
tcss.legis.texas.gov: TN.521
dps.texas.gov: schedule your driving test appointment
dps.texas.gov: section 2 scheduling road test
dps.texas.gov: third party skills testing program