How the Driving Examiner marks faults on your test

 

- The DL25 - The Driving Test Report.

 

 

When you take your Practical driving test, any driving faults that you may do will be recorded on a DL 25a form by your Driving Examiner. Once your test is finished, they will then send the form to the DSA head office for processing.

 

Any faults that you make, are classified into 3 types of error. They are:

 

• Minor driving fault
• Serious driving fault
• Dangerous driving fault

 

A minor driving fault is where the action you have done, was not perfect, but there was no danger involved; you may commit no more than 15 minor driving faults during your test, in order to pass. However, if you continue to make the same mistake, the examiner will see that you have a problem with your skills in that area and will mark that fault as a serious error, and you will fail the test. A minor driving fault will be marked ( / ) in the long box -see the diagram below.

 

Section of a Driving Test Report

A serious driving fault is where you're actions may have caused a crash to happen another time;: The fault will be recorded as a fail. Only one serious fault will cause you to fail. A serious driving fault will be marked ( / ) in the 'S' column.

 

A dangerous fault is recorded if either you or another road user had to take some kind of avoiding action to prevent an actual crash from happening. The fault will be recorded as a fail. A dangerous driving fault will be marked ( / ) in the 'D' column.