Restricted licence test guide

This section provides detailed information about the restricted licence test (RLT). It will help professional driving instructors and coaches work with learner drivers as they prepare for the RLT, but it should not take the place of well-structured and comprehensive lesson plans, together with high levels of supervised driving experience in a broad range of driving situations.

The test takes a total of one hour to administer. This time allows for: meeting the applicant, conducting the pre-drive vehicle safety check, conducting a 45 minute practical drive,adding up the test score sheet at the end of each stage and providing feedback to the applicant on their performance at the end of the test.

Before beginning the RLT, the testing officer will: check the candidate’s identity, conduct a pre-drive safety check and conduct an in-vehicle safety check.

Some tasks may be assessed more than once and may be assessed at intersection types that differ from those shown in this section.

Each task assessment item assesses one aspect of driving performance during the execution of an assessable task at a specific location on the test route.

A critical error is a serious driving error that does not meet the threshold for an immediate failure error.

Immediate failure errors are recorded at any time they occur during either stage of the test regardless of whether or not the applicant was undertaking an assessable task at the time of the error.