The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 1REGULATIONS REVOKED

Regulation 9(1)

SCHEDULE 2

Regulations 20 and 29

SCHEDULE 3GROUPS OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR DRIVING TEST PURPOSES

Regulation 20(1)(c)

SCHEDULE 4ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIVING TESTS

The additional requirements as to certain of which a candidate for a test must satisfy the person conducting the test in accordance with regulation 20 and the preceding Schedule are his ability to do the following:—

1.  Read in good daylight (with the aid of glasses or contact lenses if worn) a registration mark fixed to a motor vehicle and containing letters and figures 79.4 millimetres high at a distance of—

(a)20.5 metres, in any case except that mentioned below; and

(b)12.3 metres, in the case of a driving test carried out on a vehicle of a class included in group K only.

2.  Start the engine of the vehicle;

3.  Move away straight ahead or at an angle;

4.  Overtake, meet or cross the path of other vehicles and take an appropriate course;

5.  Turn right-hand and left-hand corners correctly;

6.  Stop the vehicle in an emergency and normally, and in the latter case bring it to rest at an appropriate part of the road;

7.  Drive the vehicle backwards and whilst so doing enter a limited opening either to the right or to the left;

8.  Cause the vehicle to face in the opposite direction by the use of forward and reverse gears;

9.  Indicate his intended actions at appropriate times by giving appropriate signals in a clear and unmistakeable manner:

Provided that, in the case of a vehicle with a left-hand drive or of a disabled driver for whom it is impracticable or undesirable to give signals by arm, there shall be no requirement to give signals which cannot be given by mechanical means;

10.  Act correctly and promptly on all signals given by traffic signs and traffic controllers and take appropriate action on signs given by other road users;

11.  Drive the vehicle backwards and cause it to face in the opposite direction by means of its tracks.

Regulation 20(1)(d)

SCHEDULE 5MANOEUVRES FOR PART I OF THE TEST FOR MOTOR BICYCLES

1.  Drive the vehicle round a predetermined left-hand circuit bringing it to rest when signalled to do so.

2.  Drive the vehicle round a predetermined right-hand circuit bringing it to rest when signalled to do so.

3.  Drive the vehicle round a predetermined right-hand circuit bringing it to rest at a predetermined point.

4.  Drive the vehicle straight ahead to reach a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour, bringing it to rest at a predetermined point.

5.  Drive the vehicle in and out of a line of markers on a predetermined course, bringing it to rest when signalled to do so.

6.  Drive the vehicle round a figure-of-eight circuit bringing it to rest when signalled to do so.

7.  Drive the vehicle slowly, while keeping alongside the person conducting the test as he walks at a varying pace, until signalled to stop.

Regulation 22(1) and (2)

SCHEDULE 6