Virginia road-test checklist
Tick boxes for the Virginia driving test: what to bring, the vehicle check, what the examiner scores and what fails you on the spot. Free to print. The full guide with every quote is on the road-test page.
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.
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Virginia · Road test Virginia road-test checklistRoad 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: DMV test: in two parts, a pre-road vehicle safety check and then the drive on a set route. The examiner scores your performance on a DMV form, but DMV does not publish its point values or pass mark. Driver education test: on the state evaluation form incorporated in the Board of Education's driver education rules, you pass with no marks in the automatic-failure section and no more than 5 deficiency marks in the general skills section. The evaluation should last at least 20 minutes. [6, 7] Bring to the test [2, 4, 5]- Your learner's permit
- Completed CSMA 140 form (Road Skills Testing - Vehicle Owner and Applicant Acknowledgement), signed by you and the vehicle owner
- Proof of a state-approved driver education class, or a completed In-Car Maneuvers Observation Record (CSMA 19) signed by a licensed driver who watched you practice
- A vehicle with license plates and its registration card
- If you passed the knowledge exam but were not issued a permit: the documents needed for an original Virginia driver's license
- Optional: a translator or interpreter aged 18 or older with an unexpired U.S. driver's license (DMV does not provide one)
Vehicle check before you go [2, 3, 6]- You provide the vehicle; an autocycle cannot be used
- Valid safety inspection sticker, license plates, registration card and decals
- Working brakes, safety belts, horn, lights, turn signals, mirrors and speedometer
- Rental cars or Zipcars only if you are listed on the rental agreement as an authorized driver
- If you bring a translator, the back seat must also have safety belts
- The examiner checks the vehicle before the drive and can end the test if it is not in safe working condition
Maneuvers the examiner scores [5, 6, 8]- Vehicle safety check and posture
- Left turns
- Right turns
- Turnabout or U-turn
- Lane use and lane changes
- Overtaking and passing
- Controlled and uncontrolled intersections
- Backing in a straight line
- Parking in a lot
Skills checked throughout [5]- Starting and gear use
- Attention and awareness
- Following distance
- Right of way
- Stop signs and signals
- Traffic lights
Automatic failures: never do these [2, 7]- Not wearing a seat belt (driver education evaluation)
- Speed (driver education evaluation)
- Striking an object (driver education evaluation)
- Driving in the oncoming lane (driver education evaluation)
- Disobeying a regulatory sign or signal (driver education evaluation)
- A dangerous maneuver (driver education evaluation)
- Failing to yield to a school bus or emergency vehicle (driver education evaluation)
- Turning from the wrong lane (driver education evaluation)
- The instructor has to step in (driver education evaluation)
- Any other violation of the law (driver education evaluation)
- DMV test: a second instance of prohibited conversation between you and your translator or interpreter (the first gets a warning)
Sources- dmv.virginia.gov: applying
- dmv.virginia.gov: road skills test
- dmv.virginia.gov: dmv39 (PDF)
- dmv.virginia.gov: csma140 (PDF)
- dmv.virginia.gov: csma19 (PDF)
- rga.lis.virginia.gov: PDF
- ris.dls.virginia.gov: 40fd3002644~15 (PDF)
- law.lis.virginia.gov: section46.2 325
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