Driving Assessment

If you have a temporary driving license, you must complete a Driving Assessment before you apply for a permanent license.

In a Driving Assessment, the driver's assessment of their own skills, driving behaviour and traffic safety is tested against their actual skills.

The goal of a Driving Assessment is to make sure that the driver understands their own skills and capabilities when driving, in relation to traffic safety.

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To do a Driving Assessment, a driver must:

• Have had no points on their license for the last 12 months.
• Contact a driving instructor (doesn't have to be your old one) and book a time for an assessment.

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How is a Driving Assessment done?

• You fill out a self-assessment about your driving skills.
• You drive a short route, with your normal driving style.

• The driving instructor compares their assessment to yours and gives you feedback.

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Then what?

• You bring the assessment from the driving instructor to Sýslumaður and fill out an application for a driver's license renewal (with extra paperwork if needed).

It's that simple!