Your Car Safety Check
When you go for your practical driving test, you can either take your car, your parents or a friend’s car or hire a driving school car. QLD transport does not provide you with a car for the test. You also are not able to use a hire car from some hire car agencies!
Regardless of what car you take for the test, there are some test vehicle requirements outlined by the Department of Transport and Main Roads (Queensland) which you need to bear in mind:
- Your car must be currently registered,
- Your car must be roadworthy,
- You should correctly display one L plate at the front and one at the back of your car (If you are an international valid licence holder, you don’t need this),
- You should get the permission of the owner of the car you are using for the test (If the car is not yours). You need to sign a declaration form that you have their permission. The owner of the car does not have to be there with you.
- You should take a car that matches with the type of licence you are getting ( So don’t take a truck if you are applying for a car licence!),
- Your car shouldn’t be a personally imported car with airbags fitted
These requirements are checked when you go to the office for checking in for the test. When you meet the examiner, they also check your car to make sure it’s safe to drive. Any car that you take for the test, make sure they are in good conditions in terms of the followings:
- Your front lights including high beams are working,
- Your brake lights are working,
- Left and right indicators in the front and back of the car are working,
- Your car windows, especially front and back are not broken. Make sure they don't have a crack,
- Your front and rear windscreens are clean,
- Your horn is working Your tyres have the minimum legal tread depth of 1.5 mm across the width of the treads,
- Your seatbelts are in good conditions.
Is it better to take a driving school car for a driving test?
There is not really any difference what car you take for the driving test. The examiners wouldn’t give you any bonus for taking a driving instructor’s car for the test. They also don’t look at you differently if you go to the test with a driving instructor. All they see is how you drive. If you take your own car for the test, just make sure it is clean and in a good condition.
The only thing, maybe, with a driving school car is that it makes the examiners feel safer. And that’s because driving schools cars are dual controlled.
If you like to hire one of our cars for the test and would like us to book your test, simply fill our test booking form. We offer Saturday driving tests in Brisbane as well. If you like to book a Saturday test, please mention that on the form and we will take care of the rest.
If you have already booked your test and would like to hire our car for the test, first contact us to make sure we are free on your test day and then you can buy our test day package.
What Questions Do the Driving Examiners Ask You?
After checking your car safety for the driving test, the driving examiners ask you to sit in your car and turn the lights of the car on.
At this stage, you only need to turn the key two times and leave it at the second stop. So the air conditioner and the lights of the car turn on. Do not ignite the engine yet.
When you sit in the car to do this, wind your window down so you can hear the examiner.
The examiners then will ask you to:
- Put the right indicator on,
- Put the left indicator on'
- Push the brake,
- Push the horn.
After checking these, the examiner sits in the passenger seat of your car.