| (a) The department administers a road test to determine an applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control of a motor vehicle; such applicant must meet a predetermined score. The road test will be given in English or Spanish only and will consist of three separate standalone examinations, designated as the on-street test, the backing test, and parallel parking test, and will include the following maneuvers: (1) start; (2) quick smooth stop; (3) backing; (4) upshifting; (5) downshifting; (6) lane change; (7) merge; (8) use of lanes; (9) right-of-way; (10) posture; (11) approach to corner; (12) traffic signals; (13) traffic signs; (14) left turns; (15) right turns; and (16) parallel parking (if applicable). (b) Rejection standards for road test are: (1) accident. Any contact with another vehicle, object, or pedestrian which applicant could have prevented, regardless of who was responsible, resulting in any damage or injury; (2) dangerous action: (A) accident is prevented only by defensive driving on the part of another or dodging by a pedestrian; (B) any loss of control creating a hazard; (C) driver stalls vehicle in middle of busy intersection so as to obstruct traffic; (D) drives one or more wheels over the curb or onto the sidewalk; (E) accident prevented only by warning given by the examining officer; or (F) runs over parking standards on the parallel parking test. (3) violation of law. Unless otherwise stipulated in scoring standards, a driver is disqualified for: (A) any act for which the driver might be arrested; or (B) any act which might make the driver liable for damages in case of accident. (4) deductions. As soon as any of the following conditions occur, the applicant is disqualified: (A) various or repeated minor mistakes totaling more than 20 points deducted on the off-street road test score for motorcycles or more than 30 points deducted on the on-street test for any vehicle including a motorcycle; (B) various or repeated minor mistakes totaling more than 5 points deducted on the backing test; or (C) various or repeated minor mistakes totaling more than 7 points deducted on the parallel parking test for any vehicle. (5) lack of cooperation or refusal to perform: (A) refusal to try any maneuver in good faith; (B) repeated failure to follow instructions; (C) offer a bribe or gratuity; (D) argument concerning scoring, not just a discussion of scoring; or (E) refusal to wear a seat belt when required and has no physician's statement for waiver or refusal to comply with a continuing, necessary restriction (e.g., "corrective lenses"). |
