NYS Road Test Score Sheet: Practice Error Tally

Unofficial NY road test score sheet: tally each practice drive against the errors New York lists for its road test.

New York Road Test Practice Sheet (unofficial)

Curb, turns, parking

Curb, turns, parking: a column for each drive. Totals fill in as scores are typed.
	Drive 1	Drive 2	Drive 3	Drive 4	Drive 5	Drive 6
Curb: fails to observe
Curb: fails to signal
Curb: mirror only
Poor judgment at intersections
Left turn wait, off center
Turning right, wide or short
Turning left, wide or short
Inattentive to traffic
Maneuver: fails to signal
Maneuver: fails to observe
Unable to park properly
Unable to make 3-point turn
Too far from curb
Excessive maneuvers
Errors: curb, turns, parking

Type a score and the totals fill in.

Scoring key

Unofficial practice sheet: Made from New York's public list of road test errors. Not the sheet a license examiner marks, and no office accepts it.
No points on the state's page none printed: The Road Test Results page names each error and prints no point value, no passing total and no list of automatic failures. So this is a plain tally.
Permit after a failed test still valid: The page says a learner permit remains valid until its expiration date after a failed road test. If it expires before the next test, a new one is needed.

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Leaving the curb 3

Curb: fails to observe Count each start from the curb made with no check of traffic, the blind spot included. Driver's Manual chapters 6 and 7.
Curb: fails to signal Count each time the car pulled away from the curb with no signal showing. Driver's Manual chapters 6 and 7.
Curb: mirror only Count each start where the driver looked in a mirror and never turned the head toward the blind spot. Driver's Manual chapters 6 and 7.

Turning and intersections 5

Inattentive to traffic Count each sign, signal, lane marking or other vehicle that went unnoticed. Driver's Manual chapter 5.
Left turn wait, off center Count each left turn where the car did not wait near the center of the intersection before turning. Driver's Manual chapter 5.
Poor judgment at intersections Count each approach or crossing where speed, the stop, the signal, the turn or the look around did not fit what was happening. Driver's Manual chapters 4 and 5.
Turning left, wide or short The same error on the other hand: a left turn finished wide of the lanes being entered, or short of them. Also chapter 5.
Turning right, wide or short Count each right turn that swung too wide or cut too short for the size of the road and its lanes. Driver's Manual chapter 5.

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Parking, backing and U-turns 7

Errors: curb, turns, parking Sum of this sheet's fourteen tallies, column by column. New York prints no points, so it is only a count.
Excessive maneuvers Count each park or three-point turn that took more moves back and forth than it should. Driver's Manual chapters 5 and 7.
Maneuver: fails to observe Count each time the driver did not watch for traffic or people on foot and adjust to them. Driver's Manual chapters 8 and 11.
Maneuver: fails to signal Count each signal that was missing, wrong or late. Driver's Manual chapter 5.
Too far from curb Count each park that ended too far out from the curb, or took up excessive space. Driver's Manual chapter 7.
Unable to make 3-point turn Count each three-point turn that was not completed correctly. Driver's Manual chapter 5.
Unable to park properly Count each parking try that did not end with the car properly placed. Driver's Manual chapter 7.

Driving in traffic 10

Fails to anticipate hazards Count each obstruction or stretch of road damage the driver was not ready for. Driver's Manual chapter 8.
Fails to anticipate others Count each time the driver did not foresee what a pedestrian or other traffic was about to do. Driver's Manual chapter 11.
Fails to keep right Count each stretch where the car did not hold its place toward the right. Driver's Manual chapter 4.
Fails to yield right-of-way Count each time someone with the right of way, on foot or in a vehicle, was not given it. Driver's Manual chapter 4.
Follows too closely Count each time the gap behind another vehicle was not a proper one. Driver's Manual chapter 8.
Improper lane of traffic Count each time the car traveled in a lane other than the correct one. Driver's Manual chapter 4.
Lane change: observe, signal Count each lane change made without a look, without caution or without a signal. Driver's Manual chapter 6.
Poor judgment in traffic Count each decision in traffic that was not safe or prudent. Driver's Manual chapter 4.
Speed excessive for conditions Count each time speed was too high for the traffic, the weather or the state of the road. Driver's Manual chapter 10.
Too slow, impeded traffic Count each time a speed under the proper one held up the flow behind. Driver's Manual chapter 4.

Vehicle control 9

Delayed or abrupt braking Count each time the driver waited too long to brake, and each spell of continual braking.
Errors: traffic and control The ten traffic tallies and the eight control tallies together. Still only a count.
Poor clutch control Count each time the clutch was not used to run in the correct gear, and each coast in neutral.
Poor engine control Count each rough burst of acceleration or clumsy use of the accelerator and brake pedals.
Poor reaction to emergencies Count each emergency in traffic the driver did not react to. Driver's Manual chapters 8 and 10.
Poor steering control Count each loss of steering control in a turn, on a straight or during a maneuver.
Poor use of gears Count each poor choice of gear and each failure to engage one, in an automatic or a manual.
Repeated stalling Count the stalls when gear and clutch control kept slipping and the engine died again and again.
Unfamiliar with controls Count each control the driver could not find or work. The state names wipers, defrosters, lights and windows.

Motorcycle 8

Lane position in traffic Count each time the rider's place within the lane was inconsistent or improper.
Maneuvers: no observation Count each maneuver ridden with no look at traffic, no use of mirrors or no blind spot check.
Motorcycle errors Sum of the seven Class M additions for a ride.
Poor balance Count each show of poor balance: poor control of the motorcycle, or a foot placed on the ground.
Poor circle Count each circle that was not one smooth, continuous ride.
Poor figure-8 Count each figure-8 with a break or a rough patch in it.
Unable to complete maneuvers Count each maneuver not finished the way it was instructed.
Weaving in traffic Count each time the rider left the lane or rode between lanes of traffic.

Key 6

Chapters beside the errors The state's table sends each error to a chapter of the New York State Driver's Manual: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 or 11. Six vehicle control errors have none.
Class M scoring summary The state's summary for a motorcycle test repeats the car errors, sending nine of them to the Motorcycle Manual, and adds the seven on this sheet.
Five categories, two sheets The state lists the car errors in five categories. They are split over two sheets here so each prints on one page. The split is ours.
No points on the state's page The Road Test Results page names each error and prints no point value, no passing total and no list of automatic failures. So this is a plain tally.
Permit after a failed test The page says a learner permit remains valid until its expiration date after a failed road test. If it expires before the next test, a new one is needed.
Unofficial practice sheet Made from New York's public list of road test errors. Not the sheet a license examiner marks, and no office accepts it.

How this list was compiled: From one page of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Road Test Results, read 2026-10-05: https://dmv.ny.gov/driver-license/road-test-results. From it, as facts in our own words: the five error categories of the Class D scoring summary (Leaving Curb, Turning and Intersections, Parking, Backing, and U-Turns, Driving in Traffic, Vehicle Control), the 32 errors on the scoring sheet with the state's description of each and the Driver's Manual chapter its table names, the seven errors the Class M summary adds under Motorcycle, and what the page says about a learner permit after a failed test. The page prints no point value for any error, no passing total and no list of automatic failures, so none is printed here. Ours, not the state's: the layout, the short row names, counting one mark for each time an error is seen, splitting the car errors over two sheets, and the totals. This is not the form an examiner marks, it cannot be handed in as one, and nobody at the Department has seen it. Licence: own work

How it works

An unofficial New York State road test score sheet built from the Department of Motor Vehicles page Road Test Results, read October 5, 2026. Not an examiner's form; that page prints no points, so the sheets only count.

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Tally a New York practice drive

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 its rows.

4. Open Traffic and control for the other eighteen errors. Riders use Motorcycle.

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

Questions and answers

Is this the NYS road test scoring sheet examiners use?

No. It is a practice tally made from the scoring summary on the Department of Motor Vehicles page Road Test Results, which names each error on the scoring sheet. The layout and the counting are ours, and no office accepts it.

How many NYS road test points can you lose?

The state's Road Test Results page does not say. It lists the errors on the scoring sheet and prints no point value for any of them and no passing total, so this sheet counts errors and prints no points.

What are the New York State road test automatic fails?

The Road Test Results page lists none. It describes thirty-two errors for a car test without marking any of them as an automatic failure, so this sheet marks none either.

What errors are on the NYS road test?

For a car, thirty-two in five categories: leaving the curb, turning and intersections, parking, backing and U-turns, driving in traffic, and vehicle control. The motorcycle summary adds seven, such as poor balance and a poor figure-8.

What happens to a learner permit after a failed New York road test?

The state's page says the permit remains valid until its expiration date. If it expires before the next road test, a new learner permit is needed.

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