Maidstone  – Document Checks

The driving test at Maidstone practical driving test centre will start off with the driving examiner requested to see your provisional photocard driving licence. You will and the asked to sign a declaration confirming that you have lived in the UK for the past six months and that you have bought a car that is insured for you to drive. The driving examiner will then ask you to read the number it at a distance of 20 m. Having passed the eyesight test, you will be asked and tell me question with regard to vehicle safety before the actual drive.

Maidstone – Reverse Exercise

The driving test from Maidstone will involve one or reverse manoeuvers. As the test centre has a car park with marked bay, there is a good possibility of being asked to carry out the bay park exercise right at the beginning of the test. If the bay park exercises not requested, the driving examiner may ask you to carry out the parallel Park or the stop on the right manoeuvre on a public road. Whichever manoeuver you are requested, it is most important remember the observations, before during the manoeuvre is vital. More learner drivers fail on the observations rather than the manoeuvre itself.

Maidstone – Busy Roads

Many busy urban roads surround Maidstone driving test centre which will form part of the driving test route. The driving examiner will it have excellent knowledge and skills dealing with various road systems. This will include the roundabout as well as large multilane roundabouts. Also, you should expect to deal with marked and unmarked crossroads along with junctions of all sorts.

Maidstone – Independent Drive

A large part of the driving test will involve independent driving. During this section of the test, 80% of all candidates required to be directions given by a satnav. The remaining 20% will be asked to follow road signs to a set location such as East Farleigh, Loose, Langley or Bearsted. You are highly likely to find yourself on busy “A” roads such as the A249.

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Address of Maidstone Practical Driving Test Centre 

Maidstone DTC,
Unit 1 North Court
South Park Business Village
Armstrong Road
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 6JZ.

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Please note there is a low brick wall close to the front entrance front. Both male and female toilets are available. Candidate parking facilities are available, though spaces are limited. Therefore, please do not arrive more than 5 minutes before your driving test appointment. This Test Centre Provides Tests For Car, ADI and Taxi.

Driving Test Centres closest to Maidstone DTC:

Gillingham Practical Test Centre – Distance: 7.4 miles
Tunbridge Wells Practical Test Centre – Distance: 14.26 miles
Sevenoaks Practical Test Centre – Distance: 14.65 miles
Tilbury Practical Test Centre – Distance: 15.96 miles
Ashford Kent Practical Test Centre – Distance: 17.22 miles

Pass Rate at Maidstone Driving Test Centre

Maidstone Driving Test Centre has an average pass rate of 46.1%. This figure has been achieved from the number of attempted driving test booked over the last year, by the number of candidates who passed their practical driving test.

Last year, 2749 people attempted their driving test, with 1268 people passing, giving Maidstone test centre a pass rate of 46.1%.

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 alone, 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.