Practical examination

Because your success truly matters to us, our instructors receive a bonus when you pass your exam.

• The driving licence authority has fully processed and approved your driving licence application – your exam authorisation was granted at the latest 6 weeks before a practical exam.
• Check in your TÜV SÜD Drivers Club whether your exam authorisation for your desired licence class has been granted:
  Drivers Club → Menu → My Profile → My Licence Classes
• Check in your Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD whether the need for vision aids has been correctly entered:
  Drivers Club → My Exams → Conditions.
• If something in your TÜV SÜD Drivers Club is incorrect, contact the Fahrerlaubnisbehörde München or your local district office (Landratsamt) directly – via contact form, by phone, or in person. The testing centre TÜV Süd is not responsible for this.
• Pay any outstanding advance payments (invoices) from TÜV Süd for your exam fees. These are available for download in your Drivers Club. For a repeat exam, the advance payment is due again.
• You can take the practical exam no earlier than 1 month before reaching the minimum age requirement.
• The theory exam (if required) must be passed no later than 2 weeks before the practical exam – and must not be older than one year on the day of the practical exam.
• The number of driving lessons listed in your Start Info is a recommendation. Depending on your individual learning progress, your instructor may decide that fewer lessons are enough – or recommend additional driving appointments. What ultimately counts is the number of driving appointments your instructor considers necessary for your personal progress.
• After completing your basic training within the city area, you must successfully pass a progress check. Only then will your driving instructor confirm that you're ready for the exam and schedule it.
• If your progress check was more than six weeks ago, your driving instructor must reassess whether you're ready for the exam – with an additional progress check if needed.
• About 3 weeks before your exam date, your driving instructor checks again whether you're still exam-ready – with an additional progress check if needed.
• Under §6 of the → Fahrschüler-Ausbildungsordnung (Driving School Training Regulation), your driving instructor may only complete your training and put you forward for the exam once you have reached the training goals set out in §1 FahrschAusbO – in other words, exam readiness.
  
  This care serves one purpose only: your success. Taking the exam unprepared risks not just unnecessary disappointment, but also extra costs for a retake. We'd rather take the time you need – so you can convince the examiner on your first attempt.

1. Once your driving instructor has confirmed that you're ready for your exam, we'll schedule your exam date together with you.
2. The examination center TÜV SÜD has a booking lead time of approximately 2 to 8 weeks, depending on the season.
3. Depending on the availability of the testing center TÜV Süd, we will offer you an exam appointment and provisionally register you for the exam.
4. Once you meet all the requirements and confirm the appointment, we'll officially book the exam for you.
5. We will send you the booking confirmation approx. 2 weeks before your exam.
6. The testing center TÜV Süd occasionally offers driving schools practical exam appointments at very short notice. We would be happy to book such an appointment for you at short notice.

• You can cancel the booked exam free of charge up to 2 weeks before the exam date.
• If this deadline is not met, the ‘Presentation for practical examination’ fee is due in accordance with the training contract.
• If you do not wish to cancel an exam by the deadline, you must inform the TÜV Süd testing centre immediately. All information about this FAQ TÜV Süd

Your exam involves two separate payments:

1. Exam Registration Fee

   This is the driving school's fee for organising your exam.

2. Cost Advance (invoice from TÜV SÜD)

   This is the exam fee for conducting the exam by the testing authority TÜV SÜD. Once your exam authorisation (Prüfauftrag) has been issued by the Kreisverwaltungsreferat or Landratsamt, you will receive an invitation from TÜV SÜD to register in the Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD, where you can pay the cost advance directly.

Please ensure that all outstanding amounts have been settled by the day of your exam – otherwise participation will unfortunately not be possible. The exam fees remain due in this case regardless.

Any remaining balance on your driving school account will be refunded to you promptly once you have passed your exam.

• Passport or German identity card or residence permit
• Previous German driving licence, if available
• If necessary, glasses or contact lenses according to eye test

Where do we meet – and when do we start?
 

• Your exam meeting point and start time will be displayed in the FAHREN LERNEN app no earlier than 10 days before the appointment: FAHREN LERNEN app → To-do → Practical → Practical Exam → tap on the appointment
• The start time is an approximate time window – the examiner may be a few minutes late as another practical exam may be taking place beforehand.

Please arrive on time
 

Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the stated start time.

• The practical exam is held exclusively in German.
• The German - English translation contains the words used by the examiner.

• The duration of the practical examination:
  
  Class B197 / B78 / B / BE: 55 minutes
  
  Class A / A2 / A1: 70 minutes
  
  Class A ascent / A2 ascent: 60 minutes
• Of the total duration stated, at least 30 minutes are dedicated to actual driving time. The remaining time is divided between:
  • Identity check
  • Explanation of the exam procedure
  • Departure check
  • Basic driving tasks
  • Announcement of the exam result and detailed debrief by the examiner

• Your driving instructor will accompany you during the exam.
• You must sign your training certificate.
• The examiner checks your ID.
• Before the exam drive, the examiner asks you 3 questions about departure control.
• The examiner may not ask you any questions during the exam drive. He only tells you the directions. If the examiner asks your driving instructor to tell you the directions, it does not mean that you failed.
• In addition to driving inside and outside the city, you have to show the basic driving tasks. The basic driving tasks are carried out on roads or squares with little traffic.
• Directly after the exam drive, the examiner informs you of your result and takes time for a detailed debrief of your performance.
• With the Optimised Practical Driving Licence Examination (OPFEP), the examiner from the TÜV SÜD testing centre evaluates digitally and transparently – you receive your examination report with detailed feedback right in the examination vehicle via QR code on your smartphone → Optimierte praktische Fahrerlaubnisprüfung ab 1.1.21

Your performance during the exam drive is assessed on the basis of the following driving task catalogues and application guidelines:
 

• Fahraufgabenkatalog Grundfahraufgaben
• Fahraufgabenkatalog Klasse B
• Fahraufgabenkatalog Klasse BE
• Fahraufgabenkatalog Klasse A
• Fahraufgabenkatalog Klasse A2
• Fahraufgabenkatalog Klasse A1
• Prüfungsrichtlinie praktische Prüfung
• Anwenderhinweise zur Bewertung der Nutzung von Fahrerassistenzsystemen

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