34
DATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
®
A Public Service Agency
DRIVING PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SCORE SHEET
To pass, you must have no more than 3 errors marked for Items 9-14 under PRE-DRIVE CHECKLIST,
no marks in the CRITICAL DRIVING ERROR section, and no more than 15 errors marked for the Scoring Maneuvers.
EVALUATION RESULT
DL NUMBER
Number of errors:
Passing
Unsatisfactory
ROUTE
1 2 Alt.
OFFICE I.D. NUMBER
EXAMINER’S SIGNATURE/I.D. NUMBER
X
APPLICANT’S SIGNATURE: X
PRE-DRIVE CHECKLIST
PARKING LOT
DRIVING
INTERSECTIONS
TURNS
DRIVING IMPROVEMENT CHECKLIST
LEFT RIGHT
STOPS
1. Driver window
1 2 Through 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Approach 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Make full stops behind limit lines
Do not make unnecessary stops
Make smooth safe stops
Stop with adequate space for vehicles in front of
you
LANE USE
Begin and end turns in correct lane
Do not cut turns too short
Do not make turns too wide
Keep in center of lane
Enter bicycle lane before right turn
Use two-way left turn lane appropriately
Do not drive too far to the right
For right turns, use right most part of lane
LANE CHANGE
Use proper turn signal prior to lane changes
Cancel turn signal after lane change
Look over appropriate shoulder prior to lane
changes
Make lane changes at appropriate speed
Create space cushion after completion of lane
change
SPEED
Drive at posted speed limit
Do not drive too slow for situations
Do not drive too fast for situations
TRAFFIC CHECK
Look both ways and ahead when approaching
intersections
VEHICLE CONTROL
Steer smoothly
Use turn signals when pulling from curb or merging
Keep an adequate space cushion between vehicles
Apply brakes smoothly
Do not under-steer
Do not over-steer
YIELDING
Accept right-of-way without causing confusion
Yield to oncoming trafc when appropriate
2. Windshield
Trafc check 0 0 Trafc check 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trafc check 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3. Rear view mirrors
Speed 0 0 Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Signal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4. Turn signals F/B
Yield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Deceleration/Braking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FWY OR HWY
5. Brake lights
Unnecessary stop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6. Tires
Entering 1 Lane use 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Foot Brake
Trafc check 0 Stop 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unnecessary stop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8. Horn
Signal 0
Trafc check
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9. Emergency/parking brake
Speed 0
Deceleration/Braking
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stop 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
10. Arm signals
Spacing 0
Full Stop
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trafc check 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11. Windshield wipers
Lane position 0
Gap or Limit line
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Full stop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12. Defroster
Gap or Limit line 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13. Emergency Flasher
Merge Start 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Wheels straight 0 0 0 0
14. Headlights
Trafc check 0
Trafc check
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15. Passenger door
Signal 0
Yield
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Turn/Complete 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
16. Glove box
Speed 0
Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trafc check 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17. Seat belts
Spacing 0 Yield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUSINESS/URBAN AND
RESIDENTIAL/RURAL
BACKING
Lane position 0 Steering Control 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steering control 0 Too wide/short 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CRITICAL DRIVING ERROR
B R E B X Correct lane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Intervention by examiner 0 Lane Use Trafc check 0 0
Trafc check
0 0 0 Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trafc check 0 Speed 0 0
Signal
0 0 Signal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Strikes object/curb 0 Speed 0 Spacing 0 0
Speed
0 0 0
COMMENTS
Spacing 0 Lane position 0 0
Parallel
0
Disobeys traf c sign or signal 0 Lane Position 0
Control
0
LANE CHANGE
Disobeys safety personnel or
safety vehicles
0
Exiting L R
Trafc check 0
Trafc check 0 0
Signal 0
Signal 0 0
Dangerous maneuver 0 Speed 0
Speed 0 0
Spacing 0
Spacing 0 0
Speed 0 Lane position 0
Steering Control
0 0
Steering control 0
Auxiliary equipment use 0
Lane violation 0
*DL32*
DL 32 (REV. 5/2016)
Driving Performance Evaluation Score Sheet
Sample