Washington 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: Washington State Department of Licensing and Washington law, sources numbered below · Checked October 4, 2026 · Printed Oct 12, 2026 · drivingtestpal.com/washington/study-sheets/road-test-checklist/

Washington · Road test

Washington road-test checklist

Driving Skills Exam (behind-the-wheel drive 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: Scored out of 100; you must score at least 80 to pass. The examiner discusses your results with you afterward. A passing score is good for one year, and a school sends it to DOL for you. DOL does not publish point values for individual errors. [2, 3]

Bring to the test [3, 4]

Your Washington instruction permit (or a temporary authorization to drive, or a valid foreign driver's license)
Proof of current auto liability insurance for the test vehicle, showing the policy holder's name, the vehicle description, and the policy start and end dates
A vehicle in good working condition with valid registration, tabs and plates (a rental car is allowed)
The testing location's fee (it varies by location)

Vehicle check before you go [1, 4]

Legally licensed and registered, with valid license plate and tabs, and current liability insurance
Brake lights work, including the center brake light
Turn signals work (hand signals may be used before sunset)
Seat belts lock and unlock properly
Parking brake works
Windshield free of items or cracks that block safe vision
Passenger door opens and closes from inside and outside
Driver's window rolls down far enough for hand signals
Mirrors: outside left plus inside rearview, or outside left plus outside right
Windshield wipers, headlights and defrosters work if the weather calls for them
If any equipment is not working, the examiner will not give the test
Only you, the examiner, a service animal and a deaf or hard-of-hearing interpreter in the car (a DOL observer may ride along); no weapons
Parking-assist features may not be used for parallel parking

Maneuvers the examiner scores [1, 4]

Vehicle safety check
Arm signals
Brake reaction test / emergency stop
Parking on a hill
Parallel parking
Backing around a corner (simulated driveway or alley exit)
Leaving the curb
Lane changes
Turns and blind or crowded intersections

Skills checked throughout [4]

Starting your vehicle
Controlling the vehicle and speed
Following distance and space
Stopping
Respectful driving
Safe, legal driving

Sources

dol.wa.gov: washington state driver guide text only
app.leg.wa.gov: default
dol.wa.gov: do i need take test
dol.wa.gov: what expect your drive test
app.leg.wa.gov: default
app.leg.wa.gov: default