A typical test route covers around 35-40 miles and incorporates all kinds of road conditions, including congested urban areas, home roads, narrow country lanes and residential streets. 

You are not expected to give a display of fancy driving. On the contrary, you should handle your car in the steady every day driving. The examiners do not, for example, expect exaggeratedly slow speeds or excessive signaling. They do want to see candidates drive with due regard for road, traffic and weather conditions, and all speed limits must be observed. They will want to see you driving briskly and to ensure that you are not afraid to cruise at the legal limit when circumstances permit progress with safety. 

You will be asked to carry out certain manoeuvres. You will need to reverse round a corner, reverse and park, turn in the road using forward and reverse gears, and make a hill start. There will be one or two spot checks on your powers of observation. There are no trick questions in the test and no attempts to catch you out. You are no longer required to give a running commentary at any time, although you are free to do so if you wish to make extra clear your ability to 'read the road'.

Anyone with a full British or EC driving license, provided that they have not been convicted of a serious traffic offence in the last three years.

You can take the test in almost any car which you provide yourself.  Your car must be insured, taxed and a valid MOT, this information may be asked for at the start of your test.

Disabled drivers are always welcome as candidates provided their own adapted car.