{"id":2752,"date":"2021-05-12T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2023-01-14T23:37:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T23:37:42","slug":"your-driving-test-report-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=2752","title":{"rendered":"Your Driving Test Report Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This was originally published way back when the blog was still new. It has been updated several times since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As of 2019, DVSA no longer uses a paper test report (the DL25 form). It is all done using an iPad, and an email copy of the test result is sent instead. It means that there is no longer a maintained copy of the DL25 on the GOV.UK website, and that further means that there is no longer an explanatory sheet given. This article deals with that explanatory sheet when it still existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, DVSA now provides an online explanation of what is required<\/a>. It is effectively the old test report in a new format, and it is very informative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The benefit of the new format is that it refers to the existing test manoeuvres, whereas the paper DL25 was never fully updated when the new manoeuvres were introduced in 2017, and so didn\u2019t detail possible faults with those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original article follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A lot of people find this site using search terms like \u2018driving test report explained\u2019 or \u2018what are S and D on the test report\u2019. I\u2019ve explained everything below. This is taken from the sheet you get [prior to 2019] whether you pass or fail your test, which is officially known as the DL25. The explanation sheet you receive tells you what the examiner was looking for, and why he or she marked you as they did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I always give out copies to – or at least run through certain sections with – my pupils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1(a). Eyesight Test <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the start of the test the examiner asked you to read a vehicle registration number. If you do not meet the eyesight standard then your test will not go ahead. If you need glasses or contact lenses to make sure you can read the number you must wear them whenever you drive or ride.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If you can’t read the number plate of a car the driving examiner (DE) chooses outside the test centre then you can’t take the test, i.e. you \u2018fail\u2019 immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Controlled Stop <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may have been asked to show you were able to stop your vehicle in good time and under full control, as if in an emergency situation. Remember, when driving in wet or icy weather conditions, it will take you longer to stop safely.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

One in every three tests gets a full-blown emergency stop, and you will need to be able to do it the way your instructor taught you. In addition, the DE will ask you to pull over and move off again several times during your test, and at least one of these may involve stopping behind another parked vehicle or obstruction, and then moving off again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3, 4, 5 and 6 Reversing and turn in road exercises <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on the test you took, you may have been asked to complete one or more slow speed manoeuvring exercises. You needed to show you were able to keep control of your vehicle. This needed to be done whilst taking effective observations and acting correctly on what you saw.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This covers all of the manoeuvres, although you will only be asked to do one<\/strong> of them during a normal test. The manoeuvres are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n