1. a yard test, where you will be asked to carry out examination tasks number 1, 2 and 7, that is:
a. task number 1 – preparing for the driving, checking the technical condition of basic elements of the vehicle directly responsible for the safety of driving,
b. task number 2 – moving off, driving forward and reversing within a traffic lane,
c. task number 7 – a hill-start.
Item no.
Task no.
Criteria
1
1
1) checking the technical condition of basic elements of a vehicle that ensure safety in road traffic – a candidate must show that they can check:
a) the level of engine oil,
b) the level of coolant,
c) the level of brake fluid,
d) the level of washer fluid,
e) the functioning of a sound signal,
f) the functioning of position/parking lights,
g) the functioning of law beam lights,
h) the functioning of high beam lights,
i) the functioning of “STOP” lights,
j) the functioning of reversing lights,
k) the functioning of direction indicators’ lights,
l) the functioning of hazard lights,
m) the functioning of rear fog lights.
How you should do the part of the task described in item 1 above:
– you have a maximum of 5 minutes for doing those tasks,
– at the least you should point to the place where a proper level of certain fluids is to be checked in a vehicle, and specify what tools or markings should be used to do that,
– if you are checking the lights listed in subitems (i) or (j), you may ask the examiner to confirm that the external light is working,
– the tasks will be randomly selected for each candidate by a computer in the examination centre. The computer will select one element from among the elements listed in subitems (a) to (e), and one element from among the elements listed in subitems (f) to (m).
2) properly adjusting the chair, mirrors, and headrests and fastening the seatbelts (if the car is fitted with such), making sure that the doors of the car are closed, switching on the lights appropriate for driving in road traffic;
How you should do the part of the task
described in item 2 above:
– in your left mirror you as the driver should see the left side of the car and the left area behind the car,
– in your right mirror you should see the right side of the car and the right area
behind the car,
– in the internal mirror you should see the area behind the car using the rear window,
– the headrests should be placed closely behind and at the level of your head;
Item no.
Task no.
Criteria
2
2
1) making sure that you may proceed with driving, that is:
a) ruling out any possibility of you causing a hazard to road traffic,
b) assessing the situation around the vehicle;
2) moving off smoothly:
a) releasing the hand brake if it is engaged,
b) gently letting go of the clutch, increasing engine revolutions;
3) driving forwards and backwards smoothly and continuously (when reversing observe your route by applying driving techniques – do the observations through the rear window and using the mirrors);
4) not driving with any wheel on the lines that mark the outer edges of the stalls (this does not apply to the inner lines that mark and enclose the stopping bays);
5) not driving on the cones or poles and not hitting them;
6) stopping the car in the bays designated for stopping – one bay before the end of the lane when going forwards and the other bay – before the beginning of the lane when reversing,
Item no.
Task no.
Criteria
3
7
When moving off, the car should not roll back more than 20 centimetres and the engine should not stall. When performing this manoeuvre, after stopping the car on a hill, the candidate should pull up the hand brake and move off while having previously released the hand brake.
2. the road test involves:
Examination task
Entering the road from a roadside area
Driving on two-way single-carriageways with differentnumbers of marked and unmarked lanes, with straight sections and bends, hills and slopes, increased and
decreased speed limits
Driving on two-way dual carriageways with different numbers of marked and unmarked lanes with straight sections and bends, hills and slopes, increased and decreased speed limits
Driving on one-way roads with different numbers of marked and unmarked lanes
Crossing non-priority junctions (three and four- way junctions)
Crossing junctions controlled by signs defining priority (A-7, B-20, D- 1 signs and combined with T-6a i T-6c plates) defined in regulations on signs and traffic signals
Crossing junctions with traffic lights
Crossing junctions with traffic moving around an island
Crossing two-level junctions (entering and exiting)*
Crossing zebra crossings for pedestrian
Completing one of the following parking manoeuvres (this applies only to the state examination for categories B and B1):
– perpendicular parking – the nose of the car goes first then reversing out of the bay (you are allowed to correct the route once), it is the examiner who chooses the spot and tells the candidate to park in that specific spot; after you have parked, you and the passenger should be able to leave the car from either side, the car should be parked according to the road traffic regulations (you should check whether you can get out of the car); while carrying out the parking manoeuvre you should obey road traffic rules,
– angle parking – the nose of the car goes first then reversing out of the spot (one correction of the route is allowed), it is the examiner who chooses the spot and tells the candidate to park in that specific spot; after you have parked the car you and the passenger should be able to leave the car from either side, the car should be parked according to the road traffic regulations (you should check whether you can get out of the car); while executing the parking manoeuvre you should comply with road traffic rules,
– parallel parking between two vehicles (this manoeuvre will be performed provided that there is a free spot – one correction of the route is allowed) – the nose of the car goes first then reversing out of the spot, it is the examiner who chooses the spot and tells the candidate to park in that specific spot; the length of the parking space between the cars should be around double the length of the examination car; when performing this manoeuvre you may correct the route one time; after you have parked the car must not pose danger to safety
in road traffic; if you are parking the car parallel to the curb, the wheels must not mount the curb. If you park the car incorrectly, you are allowed to do this manoeuvre in a different spot indicated by the examiner, and if no spot is available to do this manoeuvre, it is possible to replace this manoeuvre with a different parking manoeuvre
Carrying out a three-point turn manoeuvre on a two- way single carriageway (this applies only to the state examination for a driving licence category B1 and B):
– you may use road infrastructure when performing this manoeuvre (gate, driveways, access roads, bays etc.)
– you must use a reverse gear while doing a three-point turn
– the examiner will specify the place for a three-point turn
Crossing a tram track** and rail track*
Crossing a tunnel
Passing by a tram stop** and bus stop
Carrying out an overtaking manoeuvre
Carrying out a manoeuvre of avoiding an obstacle
Carrying out a manoeuvre of passing an oncoming
vehicle (for A1, A2, and A categories at the speed of at
least 50 km/h)
Carrying out a lane change manoeuvre
Carrying out a left turn and right turn manoeuvres
Braking from the speed of at least 50 km/h until a complete stop at a specific place specified by the examiner (this manoeuvre may be performed in the manoeuvring yard of the examination centre) – this manoeuvre does not apply to a driving licence category AM and T
Emergency braking – it is a non-obligatory exercise
Evaluation criteria:
The examined person will get:
1. a positive result – if they correctly perform the tasks described in the above tables.
2. a negative result – in the following cases:
A. if the examined person has incorrectly performed a given task twice,
B. if the examination was terminated by the examiner when the conduct of the examined person caused an immediate danger to the life and health of other road users. At the manoeuvring yard, the conduct that causes an immediate danger to life and health is:
1. crossing with a wheel of a car the lines that mark the outer verges of a stall,
2. driving on or hitting a cone or pole,
3. doing a hill-start incorrectly twice, The cases qualified as causing an immediate danger to the life and health of road users;
Causing a traffic collision
Passing a vehicle that was going in the same direction
but stopped to give way to pedestrians
Overtaking on a zebra crossing and immediately before such a crossing
Failing to give way to a pedestrian walking on a marke crossing
Failing to give way to a driver of a vehicle who turns into a transverse road and who yields to a pedestrian that crosses the roadway on a junction on a roadway that the vehicle drives into
Failing to stop and give way to a disabled person who crosses the street using special marks, or a person with a visible physical impairment to allow them to complete the crossing
Failing to give way to a pedestrian when reversing
8.1 the light signals,
8.2 the signals and instructions given by persons authorised to direct the traffic,
8.3 the signals and instructions given by persons authorised to control the road traffic
Failing to comply with the following signs:
9.1 “stop”,
9.2 “no entry”
9.3 “no turning left”,
9.4 “no turning right”,
9.5 “direction …. to be followed”,
9.6 indicating the permitted directions from a given lane
9.7 “double solid line”
Failing to give way:
10.1 at a junction,
10.2 to railway vehicles,
10.3 to cyclists,
10.4 when changing lanes,
10.5 when routes or tracks of vehicles moving on the
same road cross in a place other than a junction,
10.6 when merging into traffic,
10.7 when reversing
Failing to comply with a “no U-turn” sign:
Exceeding the allowed speed limit by more than
20 km/h
Failing to make sure that you can overtake
Not complying with a “no overtaking” sign:
14.1 at bicycle crossings and immediately before
them,
14.2 on approaching a top of a hill,
14.3 on bends marked with warning signs,
14.4 at junctions,
14.5 at railway crossings and immediately before them,
14.6 at tram crossings and immediately before them,
Failing to comply with a “no overtaking” sign
Overtaking from the wrong side