Driving Lessons for All Peppers School of Motoring Driving lessons in Newton Abbot, Exeter, Taunton and Torbay

In order to pass the Practical Driving Test you must show your examiner that you can drive safely, complete the nominated set exercises and show through your driving that you have a thorough knowledge of the Highway Code.

Your test will last approximately 40 minutes over a route that will include a range of typical road and traffic conditions. This could include town centres, urban roads, rural roads and dual carriageways.

At the start of your test, you will be asked to sign a declaration that your test vehicle is covered by insurance (If you take your test in a Peppers car this will not present a problem). Your examiner will also conduct an eyesight test, when you must be able to read a car number plate from a distance of 20.5 metres on the old style number plates (eg A123 ABC) or 20 metres on the new style (eg AB55 ABC). If you need to wear glasses or contact lenses to do this, you must wear them whilst driving. If you fail the eyesight test your driving test will not continue.

Once this is complete you will then be ask two 'show me - tell me' questions based on basic safety checks that a driver should carry out to ensure that the vehicle is safe for use. Our Instructors will help you learn these before your test. One or both questions answered incorrectly will result in one minor fault being recorded.

During your test you will be asked to carry out two of the following set exercises: Reverse round a corner, Turn in the road or a Reverse park (this could be a parallel park or a bay park). You may also be asked to carry out an emergency stop exercise.

During your test your examiner will assess and record your driving faults. Committing one fault of a Serious or Dangerous nature will result in you failing your test. Committing driving faults of a less serious nature may not lead to failure, provided you do not commit more than 15 faults. However if a particular fault is habitual this would be considered to be a serious weakness in your driving and would be marked as a serious fault thus leading to failure.

At the end of your test your examiner will go through your driving test report with you and offer some guidance and explanation of your faults.