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minimum peripheral reading is at least 55 degrees in each eye or 85 degrees
in one eye. If you are unable to meet the vision standards as required, you
may be denied a license, or restrictions may be placed on your license.
If you fail the standard vision test, the examiner will give you a vision
exam form that your eye specialist or physician must fill out. If the
physician prescribes glasses or contact lenses to correct your vision, you
may have to wait for the glasses (or contact lenses) before the written and/
or driving tests may be given. If both your natural and corrected acuity
vision are worse than 20/160, or your peripheral combined is worse than 70
degrees, you cannot take the driving test and cannot have a driver license.
Road Sign Test
The road sign test will check your ability to recognize and understand traffic
signs.
Driving Test
After you pass the written, vision, and road sign tests, you may then take
the driving test. You will take the driving test with a driver license examiner
of the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The examiner will check your vehicle for the required equipment. The
examiner will also check your vehicle for its safe operating condition. You
cannot take the test if the vehicle is not properly equipped, or the examiner
believes that giving the test will be dangerous.
You should take the test in a vehicle that is familiar to you. The vehicle
must have:
• Current license plate(s) and a valid inspection sticker.
• Seat belts in proper working order.
• Doors in proper working order for the driver and examiner.
• A clean, safe seat for the examiner.
• Two sets of brakes (parking and a foot brake) in good working order.
• A horn in good working order.
You will drive, and the examiner will sit beside you. No one else may ride
in the vehicle during the test. Avoid unnecessary conversation with the
examiner, and focus on your driving. Remember the examiner’s job is to
test, not to teach. You must obey all Missouri traffic laws at all times.
THE EXAMINER WILL ASK YOU TO FIND AND USE THE VEHICLE’S
CONTROLS, such as the accelerator, brakes, turn signals, windshield
wipers, etc. You will be tested for:
• Finding the control without searching.
• Using the control correctly.
THE EXAMINER WILL ASK YOU TO START DRIVING. You will be
tested for:
• Starting the vehicle.
• Releasing the parking brake.
• Looking to see if the way is clear.
• Giving the proper signal.
• Driving smoothly and at the correct speed.