Wyoming WYDOT road test: what to expect

What the examiner checks

• Intersections
• Stop lights
• Normal traffic situations
• Safe driving maneuvers

Mistakes that end the test

• Failure to obey state law

Your car

• Licensed, registered and insured
• Driver and front passenger seat belts
• Working brakes, brake lights, head/tail lights, turn signals, horn, mirrors
• Doors open inside and out
• No vision-obstructing windshield cracks
• Wipers and tires not frayed or bulging

After you pass

Drivers under 17, or 16½ with an approved driver education course and an intermediate license held 6 months get a provisional or junior license first. Its restrictions:

• No more than one passenger under 18 who is not immediate family (intermediate motorcycle permit: no passengers)
• Driver and all passengers must wear seat belts
• Driving only between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. unless an exception form (medical necessity, work, school/school activity/organized youth sports/religious activity) is signed by the right person and carried; no form is needed for a true medical emergency. Exception forms cover specific events and are not blanket permissions
• These restrictions do not apply when the front-seat passenger is 18 or older and holds a valid license with full privileges
• Must be held at least six months or until age 17; full privileges at 16½ need six months on the intermediate permit plus an approved driver education course
• Any violation: 30-day suspension. The intermediate license expires 30 days after the 17th birthday

How to prepare

• Practise in the car you'll take the test in, including parking and backing up.
• Drive the kinds of roads near the test site with your supervising driver: intersections, lane changes, school zones.
• Check the car the day before: lights, signals, horn, brakes, mirrors, tires, seat belts, and current registration and insurance documents.
• On the day, signal every turn and lane change, check mirrors and blind spots visibly, and come to full stops behind the line.