Washington Driving Test Score Sheet: Drive Test Practice Sheets

Unofficial practice sheets: count each drive's lapses beside what Washington says its drive test covers.

Washington Drive 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
Starting your vehicle
Leaving the curb
Controls used correctly
Speed changed to fit
Proper lane in traffic
Lane changes
Safe following distance
Signal before turning
Turn into the proper lane
Scan, yield, right-of-way
Blind, crowded intersections
Stops: smooth, at the spot
Backing up straight
Judging distance
Respectful driving
Arm signals
Emergency stop
Hill parking
Parallel park, no assist
Backing around a corner
Drive test lapses

Type a score and the totals fill in.

Scoring key

Unofficial practice sheet
This site's own sheet, not the Department of Licensing's. The page it follows says what is tested and nothing about how a lapse is tallied.
No points on the state page
The page lists what is tested and prints no point value, deduction or pass score. A search of the Washington Driver Guide the same day found none. This sheet draws no pass line.
Arm signals in the test allowed
The page says arm signals are allowed on the test.
Parking assist features not used
Parallel parking is done without them, the page says.

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What the test includes: items 1 to 10 on the Department of Licensing's page 15

  • Backing up straight Item 8: look over the right shoulder, back in a straight line, keep complete control of the car. Count each wander and each look forward.
  • Blind, crowded intersections Item 6 asks for the same scanning and yielding at intersections that are blind or crowded. Count each one entered before the driver had looked.
  • Controls used correctly Item 3 names the gas pedal, the brake, the steering wheel and other controls. Count each fumble: a wrong pedal, a control not found, a jerk at the wheel.
  • Judging distance Item 9: a safe distance from other cars when following or passing, and from people walking or riding on the roadway. Count each pass that came close.
  • Lane changes Item 4 asks for a signal, a turn of the head to look back, and care in moving over. Count each change missing any of them.
  • Leaving the curb Item 2: signal and wait until it is safe to re-enter traffic. Count each pull-out made with no signal, or into a gap that was not there.
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What the test includes: items 1 to 10 on the Department of Licensing's page, continued

  • Proper lane in traffic Item 4, driving in traffic, begins with using the proper lane. Count each block driven in a lane that did not suit where the car was going.
  • Respectful driving Item 10: courteous to other drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists, with full attention on the driving task. Count each lapse of either.
  • Safe following distance Item 4 asks the driver to follow other vehicles at a safe distance and gives no figure. Count each time the supervising driver felt too close.
  • Scan, yield, right-of-way Item 5: watch for signs and signals, for pedestrians and for other vehicles; give way when required; and go when the right-of-way is yours. Count each thing not seen in time and each right-of-way not given or not taken.
  • Signal before turning Item 4: signal far enough ahead of the turn. The page does not print the distance. Count each turn signaled late or not at all.
  • Speed changed to fit Also item 3: speed adjusted to how many other vehicles and pedestrians there are and how fast they move, to road and weather, construction, the amount of light and the distance the driver can see ahead. Count each stretch where it was not.
  • Starting your vehicle Item 1 on the Department of Licensing's list, which gives it no detail. Count each start that needed a second try.
  • Stops: smooth, at the spot Item 7: come to a smooth stop in the right place. Count each hard stop, and each stop made short of the place for it or beyond it.
  • Turn into the proper lane Item 5, obeying traffic signals and signs: end the turn in the proper lane, neither cutting the corner nor swinging wide into the wrong lane. Count each turn that did either.

Item 11: specific maneuvers 6

  • Arm signals Right turn, left turn, and slowing or stopping. Count each one given wrong or not known.
  • Backing around a corner Stands in for backing from a driveway or alley into traffic: round the corner to the right, keeping as near to the street as the driver can, then straight back until told to stop. Count each wide swing.
  • Drive test lapses All twenty tallies summed per column. The Department's page gives no points, so nothing here is a score.
  • Emergency stop The page calls it a brake reaction test: foot on the gas pedal, then onto the brake as quickly as the driver can when told to stop. Count each slow reaction.
  • Hill parking Parked as if the car were going to be left there unattended. Count each try that left a step out.
  • Parallel park, no assist One of the five maneuvers the page names. Count each attempt that went wrong.

Before the test begins: insurance and the vehicle safety check 12

  • Brake lights, center one too The examiner checks the brake lights, the center one included. Type 1 when a second person has seen every one come on.
  • Driver window rolls down Far enough to allow hand signals. Type 1 when an arm fits out.
  • Parking brake Listed with no detail. Type 1 if it holds the car and lets go again.
  • Passenger door, both sides The passenger door has to open and close from inside and from outside. Type 1 when it has been tried both ways.
  • Proof of liability insurance Current, and stating the name of the policy holder, a description of the vehicle and the dates the policy begins and ends. Type 1 when the document shows all three.
  • Seat belts lock and unlock Seat belts have to lock and unlock as they should. Type 1 when each buckle has been tried.
  • Turn signals blink On the examiner's list, with a note that hand signals can be used before sunset. Type 1 when each signal blinks.
  • Two mirrors the law asks for Left outside mirror with the inside rearview mirror, or left and right outside mirrors. Type 1 when one of the two pairs is in place.
  • Valid license plate The license plate must be valid, the page says, and no more. Type 1 once that has been checked.
  • Vehicle lines ready Count of ticks in a column. The top figure is 11.
  • Windshield clear and sound Checked for items or cracks that get in the way of safe vision. Type 1 when nothing sits in the driver's view and the glass has no such crack.
  • Wipers, headlights, defroster Checked if the weather requires their use. Type 1 when all three work.

Scoring key 7

  • Arm signals in the test The page says arm signals are allowed on the test.
  • Equipment not working The examiner will not give the drive test if a piece of the vehicle's equipment does not work.
  • Insurance proof delayed If proof of current liability insurance is slow to appear, the appointment may be rescheduled.
  • No points on the state page The page lists what is tested and prints no point value, deduction or pass score. A search of the Washington Driver Guide the same day found none. This sheet draws no pass line.
  • Parking assist features Parallel parking is done without them, the page says.
  • Unofficial practice sheet This site's own sheet, not the Department of Licensing's. The page it follows says what is tested and nothing about how a lapse is tallied.
  • Who is in the vehicle Only the applicant, the examiner, an interpreter for a deaf or hard-of-hearing applicant and a service animal; a supervisor or a staff member being trained may come along to observe. No weapons.

How this list was compiled: From the Washington State Department of Licensing's page What to expect on your drive test, https://dol.wa.gov/driver-licenses-and-permits/driver-training-and-testing/what-expect-your-drive-test, read 2026-10-05. Taken from that page, each in our own words: the eleven numbered things it says the test covers with the points listed under them, the five specific maneuvers of item 11, the proof of liability insurance, the ten lines of the vehicle safety check, who may be in the vehicle, and the sentence that the examiner will not give the test when a piece of the vehicle's equipment does not work. The Washington Driver Guide (the Department's file linked from its driver guides page) was searched the same day for drive test scoring and gave none. Ours, not the state's: the layout, splitting items 3, 4, 5 and 7 into rows, 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. The page prints no point value, deduction or pass score and no list of failing errors, so the sheets count and print no pass line; the page's own advice to applicants is not repeated. This is not the score sheet an examiner or a driver training school uses and it cannot be handed in as one; nobody at the Department has seen it. Licence: own work

How it works

An unofficial Washington State driving test score sheet built from the Department of Licensing's page on what to expect on the drive test, read October 5, 2026. Not an examiner's form; that page prints no points.

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Mark a Washington 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 the twenty rows.

4. Open Vehicle check before test day and type 1 beside each line that is ready.

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

Questions and answers

Is this the Washington drive test score sheet examiners use?

No. The Department of Licensing page read for this one does not show the sheet its examiners mark. These practice sheets list what that page says is tested, in our own words, and count lapses with no points and no pass line.

What is on the Washington drive test?

The Department lists eleven things: starting, leaving the curb, controlling the vehicle, driving in traffic, obeying traffic signals and signs, blind or crowded intersections, stopping, backing up, judging distance, respectful driving and specific maneuvers.

What maneuvers are on the Washington driving test?

Five are named: arm signals, a brake reaction test or emergency stop, parking on a hill, parallel parking without parking assist features, and backing around a corner to the right, which stands in for backing out of a driveway or alley.

What does the examiner check on the car in Washington?

Brake lights including the center one, turn signals, seat belts, a valid license plate, the parking brake, the windshield, the passenger door, the driver's door window and the mirrors, plus wipers, headlights and defrosters if the weather requires them.

Who can be in the car during a Washington drive test?

Only the applicant, the examiner, an interpreter for a deaf or hard-of-hearing applicant and a service animal. A supervisor or a staff member being trained may come along to observe. The vehicle may hold no weapons.

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