The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999

Regulations 3 and 40C(7)

[F1 SCHEDULE 8A E+W+S SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS FOR MANOEUVRES TEST

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 8A inserted (30.3.2009) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/788), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 (with reg. 33)

(1) The person conducting the test must be satisfied as to the ability of the candidate to—

(a) carry out properly the activities, and

(b) perform competently, without danger to and with due consideration for other road users, the manoeuvres

specified in paragraph 2 in all respects in accordance with that paragraph.

(2) The activities and manoeuvres referred to in paragraph 1 as being specified in this paragraph are to—

(a) park the vehicle on its stand;

(b) remove the vehicle from its stand and move it, without the aid of the engine, by walking alongside it;

(c) cause the vehicle to face in the opposite direction by driving it forward (a “U-turn”);

(d) execute a slalom manoeuvre at slow speed;

(e) execute a figure of eight manoeuvre at slow speed;

(f) drive the vehicle at a steady walking pace, as if in slow moving traffic, making correct use of the vehicle to maintain a good level of balance;

(g) execute a manoeuvre avoiding an obstacle whilst driving the vehicle at a speed of no less than—

(i) 31.25 miles per hour, in the case of a vehicle in category A; or

(ii) 18.75 miles per hour, in the case of a vehicle in category [F2 AM];

(h) execute a further manoeuvre whilst driving the vehicle in second or third gear at a speed of no less than 18.75 miles per hour;

(i) execute two braking exercises, one of which must be an emergency stop, whilst driving the vehicle at a speed of no less than—

(i) 31.25 miles per hour, in the case of a vehicle in category A; or

(ii) 18.75 miles per hour, in the case of a vehicle in category [F3 AM].]

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in Sch. 8A para. 2(g)(ii) substituted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 52

F3 Word in Sch. 8A para. 2(i)(ii) substituted (19.1.2013) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/977), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 52