Ready for your final test? We have the answers to some of the top questions we get about the full test.
Take a look at our guide to What happens during the full test for information on how the Testing Officer decides whether you’ve passed or failed.
What happens during the full test
The assessable tasks in the full test are similar to those in the restricted test, but the full test is shorter and there’s no reverse parallel park. You’ll also need to do tasks that include hazard detection and response.
You can find out more about what to expect in our guide to What happens during the full test.
What happens during the full test
You should identify any hazards that are moving or potentially moving that you could realistically have a collision with. This could be a car coming towards you, or a person stepping out between parked cars.
Things that don’t have the potential to move, like road cones or street lamps, aren’t considered hazards. Neither are things that you wouldn’t realistically have a collision with, like an empty parked car.
On the other hand, a parked car with a driver behind the wheel has the potential to pull into your lane, so would be considered a hazard.
You’ll be required to name the hazard and identify the correct response to that hazard. Basically, you should say what the hazard is, and then say what you are doing to reduce your risk of a crash.
The Testing Officer is just looking for a few words. For example: “Car on the right. I’m giving way”.
You can see more examples of this in the full licence test video.
You can do the full licence test in a manual even if you did your restricted in an automatic. Once you’ve passed your full licence test, you’ll be allowed to drive an automatic or a manual, regardless of which type of car you sat your test in.
No. The reverse parallel park is only required in the restricted test.
A rolling stop is an incomplete stop at a stop sign. It’s where you slow down and pause, but don’t come to a complete stop (with the wheels motionless).
You should always come to a complete stop at stop signs, so that you have time to do a thorough check for traffic before you pull out.
In the full licence a rolling stop is an Immediate Fail Error.
Immediate Fail Error explained
For more information on the full licence test you can download the Full licence test guide.
After you pass the full licence test