Equipment check: Minnesota Rules 7410.4820, item A 11
Defroster and fanThe rule lists the windshield defroster and its fan as one item. Type 1 if the learner could not turn them on.
Emergency brakeType 1 if the learner could not find it, or could not set it and let it off.
Hazard warning lightsType 1 if the learner could not find the switch for the flashers.
HeadlightsType 1 if the learner could not switch them on.
HornType 1 if the learner could not sound it.
Items missedThe ten rows added for each check. A real test is discontinued at once when three or more are missed: Minnesota Rules 7410.5320, item A.
MirrorsType 1 if the learner could not point out each mirror or adjust it.
Seat beltFirst on the rule's list. Type 1 if the learner could not show it and fasten it.
Where proof of insurance isThe rule asks for its location. Type 1 if the learner did not know where it is kept in this car.
Window glassThe rule names it and says no more. Type 1 if the learner passed over it.
Windshield wipersType 1 if the learner could not run them.
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The drive: Minnesota Rules 7410.4820, items B to I 9
Back upItem E. Count each reverse that went wrong.
Errors seen on the driveThe eight rows above added for each drive, one mark an error. It is a count of errors, not the state's points: the rules score by point values for maneuvers and print none.
Moving between lanesItem H: moving between lanes and using marked and unmarked lanes correctly. Count each error.
Parallel parkItem C, a row of its own in this state's rule. Count each try that went wrong.
Park and start on a hillItem D. Count each hill park or hill start that went wrong. Leave the row empty on a route with no hill.
Signals and lanes for turnsItem G: signaling and using lanes correctly for right and left turns. Count each turn with no signal or the wrong lane.
Start, control and stopItem B: starting, controlling and stopping the car, with the transmission used correctly. Count each error.
Traffic, signs and signalsItem F: observing and responding to traffic and road conditions, traffic signs and signals. Count each one missed or answered late.
Yielding the right-of-wayItem I: yielding to other drivers and to pedestrians when required. Count each time the learner did not.
Events that fail a test: Minnesota Rules 7410.5320, items H to K 11
Could not control the carItem J(3): an inability to control the vehicle.
Drove in the wrong marked laneItem J(5): driving in the wrong lane when lanes are clearly marked.
Failing eventsThe ten event rows added. Any one of these events fails a real test under Minnesota Rules 7410.5320, so the number stays out of the error count.
Made someone else reactItem J(2): forcing another driver or a pedestrian to react defensively to avoid an accident.
Over a curb or onto a sidewalkItem J(1), the first dangerous action the rule lists.
Preventable crash or contactItem H of the failure rule: a crash the applicant could have prevented, whoever was responsible. Contact with another vehicle, a pedestrian, a fixed object or a parking flag counts.
Stopped on a railroad trackItem J(4).
Ticketable traffic violationItem I: breaking a traffic law for which a driver might normally be ticketed or arrested.
Turned from the wrong laneItem J(6): turning from the wrong lane when lanes are clearly marked.
Would not do a maneuverItem K: not cooperating with the examiner, or refusing to perform a maneuver.
You had to step inItem J(8): an error that made the examiner control the vehicle or help the driver to avoid an accident. On a practice drive, that is you.
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Any failing eventOne is a failed test by itself: 7410.5320, items H to K. Kept out of the error count.
No value for one errorThe rules score by point values for maneuvers (7410.5300) and print none, so this sheet counts errors and draws no pass line.
Perceived risk errorsMore than three fails the test: 7410.5320, item E.
Points deductedA class D road test is failed on a deduction of more than 20 points: 7410.5320, item D.
Three or more missedA real test is discontinued at once and counts as failed: Minnesota Rules 7410.5320, item A.
Unofficial practice sheetNot the state's form. Rows are what its rules name; what counts as an error is our reading.
How this list was compiled: From three parts of Minnesota Rules chapter 7410, read on the Office of the Revisor of Statutes' site on 2026-09-30: part 7410.4820, Class D Motor Vehicle Road Test (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/7410.4820/); part 7410.5300, Road Test Scoring Considerations Generally (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/7410.5300/); and part 7410.5320, Events Resulting in Test Failure (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/7410.5320/). Each part shows the history 27 SR 465, and each part's version list shows one version, published electronically on October 11, 2007. The rules say the commissioner for the person who gives the test; these lines say the examiner. Taken from the rules, each in our own words: the ten items of the equipment check (7410.4820, item A); the eight abilities of items B to I; the end of a test at three or more equipment items missed (7410.5320, item A); failure over 20 points deducted and over three perceived risk errors (items D and E); the preventable crash, the ticketable violation, the dangerous actions that apply to a car and the refusal to cooperate (items H to K); and the test that cannot be completed (item L). Dangerous action 7, backing a commercial motor vehicle, is left out, as are the school bus, air brake, motorcycle and motorized bicycle items (B, C, F and G). Nothing comes from the state's driver's manual, from an examiner's form or from any agency web page. Our own work: the wording of every line, and what to count as an error in each row, which the rules do not define. These are unofficial practice sheets and not the state's form. They print no value for a single error and no pass line for the count of errors, because the rules say tests are scored by point values for maneuvers and print none. Licence: own work
How it works
These unofficial sheets follow Minnesota Rules 7410.4820 and 7410.5320, not the state's form. The first is the rule's equipment check for a class D road test; the second is the drive and what fails it. Rules read September 30, 2026.
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Run a practice road test
1. Press Print blank sheet on each sheet.
2. Equipment check, with the car parked: ask the learner to show each of the ten items, and type 1 beside any they miss.
3. The drive: ride along as the supervising driver your permit requires and mark errors on paper at stops. Speak up or take over the moment you need to.
4. Once parked, type the counts. Each sheet adds itself up.
5. Practice the row with the most marks first.
Proof of insurance is on the rule's list, so the learner should know where it is kept in the car they will test in.
Parallel parking is a row of its own here. Give it a few tries on every practice drive.
Questions and answers
How many points can you miss on the Minnesota road test?
A class D test is failed when more than 20 points are deducted, or on more than three perceived risk errors, under Minnesota Rules 7410.5320. The rules print no value for one maneuver, so these sheets count errors and draw no pass line.
What is an automatic fail on the Minnesota road test?
Under the rule: a crash the applicant could have prevented, a traffic violation a driver might be ticketed for, a dangerous action such as driving over a curb, and not cooperating or refusing a maneuver. Missing three equipment items ends the test too.
What is on the equipment checklist?
Ten things in the rule: seat belt, emergency brake, headlights, hazard warning lights, horn, windshield wipers, windshield defroster and fan, mirrors, window glass, and where the proof of insurance is.
What if the test cannot be finished?
The rule counts it as failed when vehicle failure, the applicant's illness or the weather stops the test, or when the vehicle is disabled in a crash that could not have been prevented.
Are these Minnesota's own score sheets?
No. They are our own unofficial sheets. Every row is something the state's rules name, in our words, and what counts as an error in a row is our reading. The examiner's form and its point values are not printed here.