Driving Test:
About your vehicle
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DRIVING TEST – ABOUT YOUR VEHICLE (R-01-2022)
Before your drive test can begin, we will need to see proof of current liability insurance.
We’ll check your vehicle to make sure it’s in good working order. Some driving school
testing locations may have vehicles available for your drive test for an extra fee.
Proof of current liability insurance
The proof of current liability insurance needs to state the:
• Name of the policy holder.
• Vehicle description.
• Dates the policy begins and ends.
The examiner conducting your exam cannot verify proof of insurance by phone. Any
delay in providing current liability insurance may result in rescheduling your
appointment.
Vehicle requirements
If any vehicle equipment is not working, the examiner will not conduct your drive test.
The examiner will check your:
• Brake lights (including the center light).
• Turn signals.
• Seat belts (must lock and unlock properly).
• License plate (must be valid).
• Parking brake.
• Windshield (checked for any items or cracks that impair safe vision).
• Passenger door (must open and close from the inside and outside).
• Driver’s door window (must roll down far enough to allow you to use hand
signals).
• Mirrors (the law requires outside left and inside rearview or outside left and
outside right).
• Windshield wipers, headlights, and defrosters (if weather requires use).
Rental vehicles
Only licensed drivers may use rental vehicles.
Only you, an examiner, a service animal, and an interpreter for the deaf or hard of
hearing are allowed in the vehicle during the test. Sometimes one of our supervisors or
a staff-in-training may ride along as an observer. If you have an objection, please tell us
at the start of the test.
No weapons are allowed in the vehicle.
