Get ready for
road test day.
About 20 minutes of driving
8 things examiners score
Our car for the test $95
Mock road test $149
What to bring,
what to check.
Plenty of tests end in the parking lot because of a missing document or a dead brake light. Requirements change, so confirm the current list with the state before your appointment.
Documents
Learner license or current photo ID
Proof of insurance for the test car
Current vehicle registration
Driver education certificate of completion
Impact Texas Drivers certificate, if required
Glasses or contacts, if your license needs them
Car check
Both turn signals, front and back
Brake lights and headlights
Horn and every seat belt
No warning lights on the dashboard
Current registration sticker
Clean windshield and adjusted mirrors
What examiners
score.
Practice every one of them in a scored mock road test before the real one.
Wheels stop completely behind the line or crosswalk, every time.
A visible head turn before every lane change, merge and pull-out.
Signal before you brake or move over, not while you’re doing it.
At or under the limit, and slower in school and work zones.
Centered in the lane, with smooth, well-planned turns.
Yielding to pedestrians and the right car at every intersection.
Into the space without touching the cones, in a few smooth moves.
Slow, controlled reversing while looking where you’re going.
How test day
runs.
With the Road Test Day package, your instructor is with you from pickup to the moment you get your result.
90 min before
Pickup
Your instructor picks you up at home or school in the car you’ll test in.
60 min before
Warm-up drive
Thirty minutes on quiet streets: stops, parking and a couple of lane changes to settle nerves.
30 min before
Arrive and check in
Park, check documents together and use the restroom. Phones on silent.
Test start
Vehicle check
The examiner asks you to show signals, lights, horn and defroster before you drive.
About 20 minutes
The drive
Intersections, lane changes, a school or residential zone, parking and backing.
After
Your result
Results on the spot. If it does not go your way, we book one focused lesson and a retest.
Use our car
for the test.
Our dual-brake car is insured, registered and already familiar from your lessons. Your instructor picks you up, runs a 30-minute warm-up and waits at the testing office.
$95
Included in the Complete and Road Test Day packages
Where people
lose points.
And the fix our instructors teach for each one.
Count “one, two” with the car fully stopped before you go.
Turn your head before every lane change so the examiner can see it.
Watch for flashing lights and signs, and slow down early.
Go slower than feels necessary; you can straighten out and try again.
Start in the correct lane and finish the turn in the nearest lane.
Keep at least three seconds behind the car ahead, more in rain.
Rehearse
it first.
A 90-minute mock test on real routes, scored the way an examiner scores it, then time to fix what cost points.