{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cars-driving-instruction-regulations-1989/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cars-driving-instruction-regulations-1989/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2057",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-cars-driving-instruction-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Driving ability and fitness test",
  "text": "(1) The driving ability and fitness test shall consist of tests of eyesight and driving technique and the candidate shall be required to reach the qualifying standard in both tests on the same occasion.\n(2) The test of eyesight shall be a test of the candidate’s ability to read in good daylight, a motor vehicle registration mark containing letters and figures 79.4 millimetres in height at a distance of 27.5 metres (with the aid of glasses or conact lenses if worn).\n(3) The test of driving technique shall be a test in which the candidate is required to satisfy the examiner that he has an adequate knowledge of the principles of good driving and road safety and that he can apply them in practice.\n(4) A candidate taking the test of driving technique shall in particular be required to satisfy the examiner on–\n(a) his expert handling of controls;\n(b) his use of correct road procedure;\n(c) his anticipation of the actions of other road users and taking of appropriate action;\n(d) his sound judgment of distance, speed and timing; and\n(e) his consideration for the convenience and safety of other road users.\n(5) The candidate taking the test of driving technique shall be required to demonstrate his ability to perform all or any of the following manoeuvres–\n(a) moving away straight ahead or at an angle;\n(b) overtaking, meeting or crossing the path of other vehicles and taking an appropriate course;\n(c) turning right hand and left hand corners;\n(d) stopping the vehicle as in an emergency;\n(e) driving the vehicle backwards and whilst so doing entering limited openings to the right and to the left; and\n(f) turning the vehicle around in the road to face in the opposite direction by the use of forward and reverse gears.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1805",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/3027",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/1129",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) (Amendment) Regulations 1991"
    },
    {
      "type": "subst",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2640",
      "affecting_title": "The Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) (Amendment) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2057/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:35:11.937728+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}