Requirement
- Examination authorisation (examination order) issued by the driving licence authority.
- Advance payment (Kostenvorschuss) by TÜV Süd for your examination fee has been paid.
- Information about your examination order and advance payment TÜV Süd (Kostenvorschuss) in the Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD
- Theoretical exam (if necessary) passed with success. The theoretical examination must not be older than one year on the day of the practical examination.
- You can take your practical exam at least 1 months before reaching the minimum age.
- You are fully trained according to the training plan.
- You have completed a exam simulation with your driving instructor and passed it successfully -> you are ready for the exam.
Booking
- We must request your exam from the TÜV Süd test centre. This enquiry will be confirmed by the TÜV Süd test centre depending on availability.
- Your exam is only booked after this confirmation.
- The TÜV Süd test centre sometimes confirms a practical exam at very short notice.
- Therefore, even if we have not yet made an enquiry with the TÜV Süd test centre for your practical exam, you should fulfil the following requirements:
- Fully trained
- A successful exam simulation with your driving instructor -> exam readiness achieved - As soon as we receive confirmation of your practical exam from the TÜV Süd test centre at short notice, we can book 1-3 driving lesson dates for you shortly before your exam as a refresher.
- For organisational reasons, however, it is not possible for us to book more than 3 driving lessons shortly before an exam.
- Your practical exam must be booked at the earliest 2 weeks after your theory exam.
- Your exam can only be booked bindingly if you have paid for all services before the exam.
Terms of payment
- As soon as your test permit (test order) has been issued by the district administration department / district office, you will receive an invitation from the testing organisation TÜV Süd to register for the Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD
- In the Drivers Club | TÜV SÜD you will receive an "Kostenvorschuss" on the costs of the exam fees to be paid to TÜV Süd. You must pay this "Kostenvorschuss" immediately.
- Your exam can only be booked if you have paid the "Kostenvorschuss" from TÜV Süd.
- In order for your exam to take place, the amount of your last overview of services must be paid.
- If not all services have been paid on the day of the exam, the exam cannot take place. All costs of the exam are still due.
- After passing the exam, the examiner will give you a bill of costs (invoice) for all of your paid examination fees.
- Any existing credit on your driving school account will of course be transferred back to you immediately after a successful test.
Date, time and place of departure
- You will receive a confirmation by email from our customer service with the date of your exam.
- You can see the date, the estimated time and the departure point of the exam 7 days before the exam in your appointment planner in the FAHREN LERNEN app or you will receive the information from your driving instructor.
- Please be at the meeting point approx. 15 minutes before the estimated start time.
- If your exam starts at 7.20 am, please be at the meeting point at 6.50 am.
Language
The practical exam is held exclusively in German.
The German - English translation contains the words used by the examiner.
Audit process
- 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 test 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.
- The test result will be communicated to you.
- There will be a final review..
- You will receive a examination protocol from the examiner with your performance.
Content
Departure control / vehicle check
At the beginning of your practical test, you have to check 3 safety-related things on your vehicle. The examiner will select these.
Departure control / vehicle check
Departure control operating elements pictures VW Polo
Departure control operating elements pictures BMW 116
Class A / A2 / A1 - 6 basic driving tasks
The examiner selects 6 basic driving tasks from the following basic driving tasks:
- Driving a slalom at walking speed
- Braking with the greatest possible deceleration
- Swerve without braking
- Swerve after braking
- Slalom
- Long slalom
- Stop and go
- Circle driving
Class A / A2 ascent - 4 basic driving tasks
- Driving a slalom at walking speed
- Braking with the greatest possible deceleration
- Swerve without braking
- Swerve after braking
Class B / B78 / B197 - 3 basic driving tasks
The examiner selects 3 basic driving tasks from the following basic driving tasks:
- Drive right backwards using a junction, intersection or driveway
- Reversing into a parking space (longitudinal installation)
- Driving into a parking space (transverse or inclined installation)
- Turning back
- Braking with the greatest possible deceleration
Class BE - 1 basic driving task
- Backing around a corner to the left
Driving inside and outside built-up areas
The examiner decides whether you also have to drive outside of a built-up area.
Examination result
Assessment exam
- The examiner will inform you immediately after the examination about the result.
- A feedback discussion takes place with the examiner.
- Evaluation of your exam directly on your smartphone.
Examination with success
- Normally, you receive your driving licence directly from the examiner or he hands you a confirmation of your successful examination.
- At conversion a foreign driving licence, you will only receive a confirmation of your successful examination.
- This confirmation is not a driving licence and you are not allowed to drive with it.
- With this confirmation, you can pick up your driving licence at the KVR after about 2 days. To pick up your driving licence, you have to book an appointment online at the KVR.
Examination without success
- Based on the examination protocol, your driving instructor will recommend which traffic situations / topics should be re-trained.
- You are allowed to retake earliest the examination after 14 days. The legislator stipulates this period. Available driving lessons and examination required.
