Hinkley driving test centre is situated on busy town roads but nevertheless close to rural roads. Both of these road types are highly likely to feature in the driving test. The driving examiner will expect you to have good understanding and skills and dealing with various road systems such as roundabouts of all shapes and sizes. The driving test from Hinkley will include one reverse manoeuvre and possibly the emergency stop exercise. 20 minutes will be set aside for the independent driving section of the test.

Hinckley- Rush Hour Traffic

During the rush-hour Hinkley can get extremely busy. When booking your driving test, you may wish to think this consideration. If you do not like dealing with start-stop traffic or trying to pull out of a junction when it is extremely busy, it can your driving test between 10 AM and 2 PM.

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Address of Hinckley Practical Driving Test Centre 

Hinckley DTC,
33 Brookside
Hinckley
Leicestershire
LE10 2TG

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There are 14 steep steps to access Hinckley Driving Test Centre which is located on the first floor. However, if you have walking difficulties, special arrangements can be made to the candidate downstairs. Furthermore, there is no car parking available at the centre. Please park legally in the service area or in the lay-bys. Both male and female toilets are available. Hinckley Driving Test Centre conducts testing for both cars and Taxi.

Driving Test Centres Closest to Hinckley DTC:

Nuneaton Practical Test Centre – Distance: 5.02 miles
Coventry Practical Test Centre – Distance: 6.59 miles
Leicester, Wigston Practical Test Centre – Distance: 10.26 miles
Rugby Practical Test Centre – Distance: 11.75 miles
Leicester, Cannock Street Practical Test Centre – Distance: 15.14 miles

Hinckley – Pass Rate

Hinckley driving test centre has a pass rate which is below most test centers, it’s pass rate is calculated to be at 45%. This is generated from 6 months’ worth of data, showing that from April to September 2016, 1841, driving tests were attempted by pupils, from which examiners passed 831 people.

Even though the pass rate is lower than average, if you can impress the examiner with a high standard of driving and make less than 15 minor mistakes, the examiner will have no choice but to pass you. However, you cannot make serious mistakes throughout the duration of the entire driving test.

When you book your last-minute intensive driving lessons, you will have the choice of learning in an automatic or a manual car. Last year there were over 1.7 million driving tests conducted. Out of these, only about 30% were taken in an automatic car.

Manual or Automatic Intensive Driving Lessons

It’s easier to pass your driving test in a week by taking an automatic car compared to a manual. This is because you don’t have the extra task of changing gears, especially on approach to junctions such as roundabouts. This, in turn, means that you will have more time to focus on the speed and observations on the approach to such junctions. Once you’ve passed your driving test in an automatic, you will be restricted to driving only automatics. However, you are most welcome to upgrade to a manual license by retaking and passing another test.

If you have no problem with the changing of gears, then it would be wise to take your last-minute intensive driving lesson and the official driving test in a manual car. Once you’ve passed in a manual car, you will in effect have 2 licenses. An automatic as well as a manual license.