Original document : https://www.gov.uk/guidance/guidance-for-driving-examiners-carrying-out-driving-tests-dt1

Change description : 2022-06-21 15:36:00: Annex 7: Test wordings (all categories) – Updated A7.01 Test wordings for cars (all vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes). [Guidance and regulation]

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Carrying out driving tests: examiner guidance

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The guidance driving examiners follow when they carry out driving tests in Great Britain. It's sometimes known as the 'DT1'.

You can read this guidance if you want to understand the processes that driving examiners follow and how they make decisions about faults made in driving tests.

Update history

2024-12-17 10:54
Candidates with a disability, health condition or learning difficulty – Added note to section 8.07 – License restriction codes – 32 – Combined service brake and accelerator systems.

2024-12-05 12:00
Annex 5: Taxi test cabology questions and taxi specifications – This section has been withdrawn because the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) stopped providing taxi driving assessments for local councils on 1 January 2017. Other organisations, such as road safety charities and driving instructor organisations, can carry out taxi assessments.

2022-11-21 08:44
Accident and legal procedures, and other non-operational matters – Updated the contact details for DVSA press office in section 8.27 (publications, statements to the media).

2022-06-21 15:36
Annex 7: Test wordings (all categories) – Updated A7.01 Test wordings for cars (all vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes).

2022-03-02 13:39
Annex 7: Test wordings (all categories) – The changes made to A7.01 (Test wordings for cars (all vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes)) on 1 March 2022 were incorrectly published. The changes have been removed.

2022-03-01 08:42
Annex 7: Test wordings (all categories) – ## A7.01 Test wordings for cars (all vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes) – updated to reflect the recent changes to the test