NJ Road Test Score Sheet: New Jersey Practice Sheets

Unofficial practice sheets: count the lapses on each drive beside the thirteen items New Jersey's manual lists.

New Jersey Road Test Practice Sheet (unofficial)

The drive

The drive: a column for each drive. Totals fill in as scores are typed.
	Drive 1	Drive 2	Drive 3	Drive 4	Drive 5	Drive 6
Driving in reverse
Following other vehicles
Nearing corners, intersections
Parking (parallel)
Sitting properly, seat belt
Starting a vehicle
Steering properly
Stopping at signs
Stopping smoothly
Turning
Turning around
Using the horn
Yielding right-of-way
Shifting gears (manual only)
Lapses on the drive

Type a score and the totals fill in.

Scoring key

Unofficial practice sheet: The Motor Vehicle Commission did not make this. Its Driver Manual supplies the row names; deciding what one lapse is fell to us.
No point values printed: Neither the Driver Manual nor the Commission's road test page prints a point value, a list of failing errors or a pass number. This sheet counts lapses and draws no pass line.
Retest after failing 14 days: The Commission's road test page: wait at least fourteen days before taking the test again.
Length of the road test 10 to 15 min: Approximately 10 to 15 minutes, the same page says, on an off-road testing area or a public road course.
Backup camera and sensors allowed: Permitted on the road test as of August 31, 2016 (page 55), though the manual adds that driving in reverse principles apply first and foremost.

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Items the examiner tests: New Jersey Driver Manual, page 36 15

Driving in reverse Manual pages 54 and 55: head and body turned to look out the rear window, about 100 feet in a straight line, slowly and smoothly. Count each time the car left its line or the eyes came forward.
Following other vehicles Pages 94 to 96, where the manual sets out its three-seconds-plus rule for the gap behind the vehicle ahead. Count each stretch driven closer than that.
Lapses on the drive Total of this sheet's fourteen tallies. New Jersey's manual prints no point values, so the figure is ours alone.
Nearing corners, intersections Pages 65 to 68, the manual's pages on controlled and uncontrolled intersections. Count each corner the car came up to without slowing or without a look for cross traffic.
Parking (parallel) Pages 57 to 59. A motorist must be able to parallel park a vehicle to pass, the manual says. Count each try that hit the curb with the right back wheel or ended out of the space.

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Items the examiner tests: New Jersey Driver Manual, page 36, continued

Shifting gears (manual only) Not in the chart: page 35 says that with a standard transmission the examiner asks the applicant to demonstrate correct shifting of gears. Count each stall or missed gear; leave it empty in an automatic.
Sitting properly, seat belt Pages 40 and 41, the seat belt pages. Count each time the car moved before the driver was sitting up to the controls with the belt fastened.
Starting a vehicle Pages 48 to 50: seat and mirrors adjusted, belts fastened, the car in park or neutral with the parking brake set before it is started. Count each start that skipped one.
Steering properly Pages 51 and 52, which describe both hands on the wheel and hand-over-hand steering. Count each turn steered with one hand, and each palmed wheel.
Stopping at signs Pages 74 to 79: a motorist must stop at an intersection with a stop sign. Page 67 adds a complete stop within five feet of the nearest crosswalk or stop line. Count each rolling stop and each stop made beyond the line.
Stopping smoothly Pages 52 and 53: steady, gentle pressure on the brake pedal; slamming it is the mistake the manual names. Count each stop that threw the riders forward.
Turning Pages 55, 56 and 72 to 74: proper lane and signal at least 100 feet ahead, slower before the intersection, the same lane until the turn is finished, signal off after. Count each turn that missed one.
Turning around Pages 55 to 57, the 3-point or K turn, which the manual says a new motorist will be required to make during the road test. Count each extra movement and each touch of a curb.
Using the horn Page 46 says a horn should not be overused. Count each time it sounded for nothing, and each time it stayed silent when someone needed the warning.
Yielding right-of-way Pages 65 and 66: to pedestrians in a crosswalk and to vehicles already in the intersection. Page 67 adds, at a multi-way stop, a vehicle already stopped and the motorist on the right when two arrive together. Count each one not given.

Road Test Checklist: Driver Manual, page 34 8

6 points of ID, originals First on the manual's Road Test Checklist, which accepts only original documents. Type 1 when the six points are in hand.
Inspection sticker or card A valid inspection sticker on the vehicle, or the official No Inspection Sticker Required card. An improper, expired or missing sticker also heads the reasons for rejection.
Insurance ID card The valid insurance identification card for the vehicle; the checklist allows an electronic version. Type 1 when it can be shown.
Licensed driver comes along The applicant must be accompanied by a driver licensed for that type of vehicle. One licensed outside New Jersey, or with less than three years of driving, drives the car to the test area.
Rental only if named No rental cars unless the applicant's name is listed as a driver on the rental agreement. Type 1 if the car is not rented or the agreement names the applicant.
Two red GDL decals Properly mounted, where the Graduated Driver License requirements apply. Type 1 when both are on, or when the requirements do not apply to this driver.
Valid registration card The registration of the car brought along, in date on test day. Type 1 once it sits with the other papers.
Validated permit The permit must be legible and cannot be laminated, the checklist says. Type 1 when it is with the ID.

The vehicle: checklist and Reasons for Rejection, pages 34 to 37 15

Brake pedal holds Poor brakes are on the rejection list: the pedal must not fade or go to the floorboard. Type 1 if it stays firm under a steady foot.
Doors, windows work inside A passenger's or driver's door or window that does not operate from the inside. Type 1 when each has been tried from its seat.
Examiner can reach a brake Unobstructed access to the foot brake, or a parking brake mounted to the right of the driver where the examiner can reach it. Lack of access is a reason for rejection.
Inside and door mirrors Missing rear-view mirrors: the interior one or the one on the driver's door. Type 1 when both are in place.
Interior reasonably clean A vehicle interior that is not in reasonably clean condition is on the list. Type 1 when the seats and floor are clear.
No brake warning light Among the manual's reasons to reject a vehicle: its brake warning lamp showing. Type 1 if the lamp goes dark once the engine runs.
No broken or cracked glass Broken or cracked window glass. Type 1 after a walk around the car.
No fast engine idle On the list because, in the manual's words, the examiner cannot judge speed control. Type 1 if the engine idles at its usual speed.
No tint on front windows Among the manual's reasons to reject a vehicle: tinting on the driver's window or front door windows. Type 1 if neither is tinted.
Not self-parking, no autocycle The checklist says self-parking vehicles and autocycles cannot be used for the test. Type 1 if the car is neither.
Papers and car lines ready How many of the 22 lines are ticked. A column at 22 means everything the manual lists was looked at.
Parking brake, lights, signals Parking brake, brake lights or signal lights not working. Type 1 when a second person has watched each light and the parking brake holds the car.
Seat belts all there Missing seat belts. The manual notes that belts are required on all vehicles manufactured after July 1, 1966. Type 1 when each seat has one that fastens.
Tires not smooth or cut Unsafe tires, which the manual describes as smooth, cut or badly worn. Type 1 when all four have been looked at.
Windshield wipers work The checklist asks for all signals, brake lights and windshield wipers in working order. Type 1 when the wipers sweep.

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Backup camera and sensors Permitted on the road test as of August 31, 2016 (page 55), though the manual adds that driving in reverse principles apply first and foremost.
In the car during the test Only MVC examiners are allowed in the vehicle when the test is administered: page 35.
Length of the road test Approximately 10 to 15 minutes, the same page says, on an off-road testing area or a public road course.
No point values printed Neither the Driver Manual nor the Commission's road test page prints a point value, a list of failing errors or a pass number. This sheet counts lapses and draws no pass line.
On the test course No practice driving is permitted on the test course or in the parallel parking area: page 34.
Retest after failing The Commission's road test page: wait at least fourteen days before taking the test again.
Unofficial practice sheet The Motor Vehicle Commission did not make this. Its Driver Manual supplies the row names; deciding what one lapse is fell to us.
Unsuitable or unsafe vehicle Some applicants do not get to take the test because the examiner considers the vehicle unsuitable or unsafe: page 36.

How this list was compiled: From The New Jersey Driver Manual, the Motor Vehicle Commission's own file, https://www.nj.gov/mvc/pdf/license/drivermanual.pdf, read 2026-10-05: chapter 2, New Jersey Driver Testing (the Road Test Checklist on page 34, accompanying driver requirements and elements of the road test on page 35, the chart of thirteen test items with their page numbers on page 36, and Reasons for Rejection on pages 36 and 37), and the pages of chapters 3, 4 and 5 that the chart points to (40 to 41, 46, 48 to 59, 65 to 68, 72 to 79, 94 to 96). Read the same day: the Commission's road test page, https://www.nj.gov/mvc/license/roadtest.htm, for the length of the test, where it is driven and the wait of at least fourteen days after a failed test. Taken from the manual, each in our own words: the thirteen test items under the chart's own names, one detail for each from the pages the chart cites, the gear shifting line of page 35, the checklist and the common reasons a vehicle is rejected. Ours, not the state's: the layout, counting one lapse at a time, what counts as a lapse in each row, typing 1 for a line that is ready, and the totals. Neither the manual nor the road test page prints a point value, a list of failing errors or a pass number, so the sheets count and print no pass line. The motorcycle and moped lines of the rejection list are left out, and so is the line about a failed inspection report. This is not the form a Motor Vehicle Commission examiner uses and it cannot be handed in as one; nobody at the Commission has seen it. Licence: own work

How it works

An unofficial NJ road test score sheet built from the New Jersey Driver Manual and the Motor Vehicle Commission's road test page, both read October 5, 2026. Not an examiner's form; the state prints no point values.

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New Jersey road test practice, step by step

1. Press Print blank sheet and take the paper along.

2. On the drive, the supervising driver your permit requires marks paper only at stops, and speaks up or takes over the moment it is needed.

3. Parked, type each row's count under that drive. The sheet adds the fourteen rows.

4. Before test day, open Car and papers and type 1 beside each line that is ready.

5. Type the date in place of a drive's name.

Questions and answers

What is on the NJ road test?

The Driver Manual lists thirteen items: driving in reverse, following other vehicles, nearing corners and intersections, parallel parking, sitting properly, starting, steering, stopping at signs, stopping smoothly, turning, turning around, using the horn and yielding the right-of-way.

How is the New Jersey road test scored?

Neither the Driver Manual nor the road test page of the Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC), New Jersey's DMV, prints point values, a list of failing errors or a pass number. This sheet counts lapses under the manual's own item names and draws no pass line.

What gets a car rejected at the NJ road test?

The manual's common reasons include an improper or expired inspection sticker, no examiner access to a brake, poor brakes, a brake warning light, lights or signals not working, unsafe tires, missing seat belts or mirrors, front window tint and cracked glass.

How long do you wait after failing the NJ road test?

The Commission's road test page says at least fourteen days. The same page puts the test at approximately 10 to 15 minutes, on an off-road testing area or a public road course.

Can you use a backup camera on the NJ road test?

Yes. The manual says backup cameras and parking sensors installed on the vehicle have been permitted during the road test since August 31, 2016, and that driving in reverse principles still apply first. Self-parking vehicles cannot be used.

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