{"id":46171,"date":"2020-05-19T08:59:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T15:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/?post_type=dmv_handbook&#038;p=46171"},"modified":"2020-05-20T16:33:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T23:33:16","slug":"driving-test-criteria","status":"publish","type":"dmv_handbook","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/handbook\/driving-test-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Test Criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-columns content-columns colums-1-3-1-3-1-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-column col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-dmv-illustration alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/wp-content\/themes\/dmv\/dist\/images\/illustrations\/isolated_shapes_red_arrow_flipped.svg\" class=\"dmv-illustration\" width=\"75\" height=\"77\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\" \"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-column col\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-spacer-block spacer-box\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Move through the handbook using the Table of Contents or the Next\/Previous buttons<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-column col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-dmv-illustration alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/wp-content\/themes\/dmv\/dist\/images\/illustrations\/isolated_shapes_red_arrow.svg\" class=\"dmv-illustration\" width=\"75\" height=\"77\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\" \"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-spacer-block spacer-box\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This handbook is designed to give you detailed descriptions of the driving test criteria that Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) examiners utilize when giving a driving test. The driving test is not designed to trick you and the examiner will not ask you to do anything illegal or unsafe. The examiner only gives you directions on what to do. It is your responsibility to complete the requested action when safe to do so. This driving test criteria is the uniform standard by which the driving skills of all driver license (DL) applicants are evaluated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/handbook\/driving-test-criteria\/driving-performance-evaluation-score-sheet-sample\/\">Driving Performance Evaluation Score Sheet<\/a> sample and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/handbook\/driving-test-criteria\/supplemental-area-driving-performance-evaluation-score-sheet-sample\/\">Supplemental\/ Area Driving Performance Score Sheet<\/a> sample to follow along with this handbook.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","dmv_task":[11],"dmv_functional_page_type":[64],"dmv_handbook_category":[592],"class_list":["post-46171","dmv_handbook","type-dmv_handbook","status-publish","hentry","dmv_task-educational","dmv_functional_page_type-informational","dmv_handbook_category-driving-test-criteria-handbook"],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Driving Test Criteria - California DMV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/handbook\/driving-test-criteria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Driving Test Criteria - California DMV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This handbook is designed to give you detailed descriptions of the driving test criteria that Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) examiners utilize when giving a driving test. 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