what do you need to know to get your permit

To obtain a full commuter's licence you lot must progress through the stages of the Graduated Licensing Scheme. Y'all start the procedure by obtaining a learner's allow. Yous must be sixteen years or older before you can apply for a learner'south let.

The Theory Test

To obtain a learner'southward permit, y'all must pass a Theory Test. This can exist accomplished by either:

• Completing the 'myLs' grade; or
• Passing a paper or reckoner based theory test (in-part at Service SA).

The 'myLs' course is an online interactive learning and assessment course designed to set up new drivers earlier getting behind the wheel. myLs notwithstanding includes a theory test which must exist passed, however in that location'due south a number of benefits myLs has over the in-office theory test, such as:

• You can start myLs from the age of 15 years and 9 months
• You can progress at your own stride with 24/7 availability online
• You pay a once just fee for a 12 calendar month subscription which allows you to take the test equally many times equally needed
• All the learning content needed to pass the test is included in myLs.

To enrol for myLs you must provide full prove of identity at a Service SA Heart, have your photograph taken and a mySA GOV account created.

For farther information regarding myLs visit mylicence.sa.gov.au/myLs.

Despite the ease and convenience of myLs, the option to sit the theory test at a Service SA Eye is still bachelor. You must make a booking and pay for your theory test although, unlike myLs, you'll need to pay for each try you brand.

Once you have your learner's permit if you lot allow it to elapse for more than 12 months you will exist required to sit myLs or the theory test once again.  Proof of historic period, accost and identification documents must be presented at the time of sitting the theory test.

Consider the benefits of the myLs course.  Learn more at myLs

Learner's permit

Upon completing the myLs form or passing a theory test you lot can pay the learner's let fee and obtain a learner'due south let that will let you to drive for ii years nether 'learner's permit atmospheric condition'.

If yous complete the myLs course, you can pay and obtain your permit online through your mySA GOV account.

Learner's let holders can learn to drive in a High-powered Vehicle because they are required to be supervised by a Qualified Supervising Commuter at all times.

Learner'southward permit conditions

Learner'south permits are issued discipline to conditions.  If you alienation a condition you volition lose your learner's let and be disqualified from driving.  This is in addition to any other penalty.

The conditions are:

• you must not bulldoze a motor vehicle when there is any concentration of alcohol in your blood or the presence of THC (the active component in cannabis), Methylamphetamine (also known as speed, ice or crystal meth) or MDMA (Ecstasy) in your blood or oral saliva
• if yous commit a speeding offence, yous will besides commit a breach of your learner's allow atmospheric condition if y'all exceed the speed limit past 10 km/h or more
• must drive with a qualified supervising driver in the seat next to the driver
• You must not accrue iv or more demerit points during the learner's permit catamenia.

The following laws also apply to the holder of a learner'southward permit.  If you breach whatsoever of these laws yous may incur penalties such every bit fines, demerit points or loss of licence.

• you lot must only drive the class of motor vehicle stated on your licence
• y'all must display the correct size 'L' plates so that they are conspicuously visible from the front and rear of the vehicle (rear only for motorcycles)
• you lot must carry your learner'southward permit at all times whilst driving
• you must not bulldoze over 100 km/h even if the local speed limit exceeds 100 km/h
• you lot must not utilise any mobile phone office while driving including easily complimentary mode, Bluetooth applied science and loud speaker operation
• holders of a motorcycle learner'due south let who are under 25 years of age must not ride betwixt midnight and 5am regardless of whether you hold a licence for another form unless you meet the exemption criteria
• holders of a motorcycle learner's permit must not conduct a passenger either as a pillion or in a side machine. This includes a person acting every bit a Qualified Supervising Driver
• holders of a motorcycle learner's permit cannot tow a trailer
• holders of a motorcycle learner'south let must non lane filter.

'L' plates

The minimum size for the 'L' plate sign is divers in this diagram. The sign must be displayed and clearly visible from the forepart and rear of the vehicle (rear only for motorcycles). 'Fifty' plate signs must not be displayed when the driver of the vehicle is not a learner driver (except a licensed Driving Instructor driving to or from a lesson). '50' plates must have the letter of the alphabet 'Fifty' painted in black on a yellowish background.

Examples of in-office theory test questions

The in-office theory test consists of road safety and road rule questions with multiple-choice answers. This is a pick of the types of questions you will be asked. You will need to read these sections of the handbook advisedly to help you laissez passer the theory test. Do the learner's theory test.

QUESTION
Which of the following vehicles are immune to overtake across the lines on the centre of the route?

1. Vehicles 2 and three only.
2. Vehicles ane and 2 only.
3. Vehicle 3 just.
4. Vehicle 1 only.

QUESTION
You are a commuter who is nearly to move off from the kerb into a period of traffic. What must you do?

1. You must betoken for a reasonable time and requite style to all traffic.
2. You must indicate for at to the lowest degree five seconds and give way to all traffic.
3. Yous must signal for at to the lowest degree 2 seconds and give fashion merely to traffic travelling in the direction yous wish to go.
4. You merely take to signal for 2 seconds if in that location are other vehicles travelling on the road which may exist affected past your manoeuvre.

QUESTION
You are a driver waiting in the right lane at an intersection at the stop line where there are traffic lights. You are faced with a light-green circle and a reddish pointer. The red pointer goes out. What should you do?

1. You should remain behind the end line and wait until the green pointer appears again before y'all complete the right turn.
2. You should wait behind the line until the green circle changes to yellowish and and so move into the intersection and complete the correct turn, if information technology is safe.
3. You lot should enter the intersection and look until it is prophylactic to complete your right plough.

QUESTION
What is the closest distance you may park on the approach side of a children's crossing?

1. 25 metres.
2. xx metres.
3. 10 metres.
4. 9 metres.

QUESTION
Which of the following statements is right?
Bicycle riders:

1. Must obey the road rules
2. May not travel on heavy traffic roads.
3. Must ride confronting the flow of traffic so they tin can be seen.

QUESTION
If the vehicle you lot are driving is involved in a crash and a person is killed or injured, you:-

1. do not need to report the crash to the Police
2. just need to written report the crash to the Police if someone is injured
3. must nowadays yourself to a Police Officer of Constabulary Station within ninety minutes after the crash and as soon as practicable provide discover to the Compulsory Third Political party Insurance Claims Manager.

The qualified supervising driver

The holder of a learner'south permit must not bulldoze a motor vehicle (unless the motor vehicle is a motorbike) on a road unless accompanied by a qualified supervising driver who supervises and instructs the learner in the safety and efficient driving of the motor vehicle (including during parking exercise). If you hold a learner's allow for a motorcycle and are under the age of 25 years, yous must not ride between midnight and 5AM regardless of whether you hold a commuter'due south licence for another form unless yous meet the exemption criteria.

If y'all hold a P1 licence and y'all are nether the age of 25, you must non drive

• between midnight and 5AM, or
• with more than than ane passenger anile 16 to 20 years (excluding firsthand family unit members)

unless a qualified supervising driver is seated side by side to you lot in the forepart seat or you meet the exemption criteria.

A qualified supervising driver must:

• be seated immediately next to the learner driver
• if the vehicle is a motorcycle, be a passenger on the bike or in a sidecar attached to the bike
• have held an unconditional licence for the preceding two years (not a learner'south let, provisional or probationary licence) applicable to the course of vehicle beingness driven and not have been butterfingers in the previous two years.

The licence held by the qualified supervising driver must non exist subject to good behaviour conditions.

If a passenger is carried on a motorcycle or in a sidecar by the holder of a learner'south permit, the passenger must be a qualified supervising driver.

An overseas licence holder may act every bit a Qualified Supervising Commuter provided they agree a licence from a recognised country and meet the criteria detailed above. For farther information on the recognised countries contact 13 ten 84 or visit www.sa.gov.au/motoring

It is an offence for a qualified supervising driver to have a concentration of alcohol of 0.05 grams or more in their blood, or a prescribed drug in their blood or oral fluid (saliva). The qualified supervising driver accompanying a learner driver in certain heavy vehicles must comply with the fatigue laws equally if he or she was driving. Farther information on the heavy vehicle fatigue laws can be obtained at world wide web.sa.gov.au/heavyvehicles

The Driving Companion

The Driving Companion is provided free to a person enrolling in the myLs course or upon the issue of a learner's let through Service SA.At that place is a fee charged for further copies .

This booklet contains information including:

• before you drive
• graduated licensing scheme
• driving
• log book
• Vehicle On Road Test (VORT)
• Competency Based Training & Cess (CBT&A) class
• what's next - P1 & P2.

Learner driver log book

Road safety inquiry shows that learner drivers need to become as much supervised practice as possible on their learner's permit under a diverseness of road conditions to develop the skills and feel needed for prophylactic driving. The Learner Driver Log Book will assist you rails your progress during this important learning time. It is too designed to record driving practice nether a variety of conditions. This includes exposure to more hard driving atmospheric condition such as driving at dark or in moisture conditions.

How long do I take to keep the log book?

The log book is a record of your learner driving experience and provides documented prove that you have completed the minimum of 75 hours driving practice and supervised experience.

The log book must be submitted at a Client Service Centre when applying for your conditional driver's licence. Keep it in a safe place.

Your log book is your 'ticket' to your commuter'southward licence

Who is required to fill information technology out?

Your qualified supervising driver is required to sign-off the driving sessions as you complete them. You are required to record your driving practice sessions at the back of the log book.

Your qualified supervising driver must sign off each practice session for information technology to be valid.

Should the qualified supervising driver enter their licence details in the log book?

Yep, the log book has sections for recording the time and date that the practice took place, the location, the route, weather and traffic conditions and the name, licence number and the signature of the qualified supervising driver.

If I take a previous interstate learner'due south allow experience, tin I record this driving experience into my log volume?

If you lot can produce evidence that y'all previously held an interstate learner licence/permit, the relevant qualified supervising driver may record previous driving experience in the log book.

What happens if I lose my log book?

The best way to avoid this state of affairs is to take intendance of the log book to ensure that yous don't lose it. Don't leave it lying effectually; get yourself a system to manage the things you need to exercise when you are learning to bulldoze. There are lots of things that you volition have to call back about and programme for, simple things, like finding the ignition keys, putting on the 'L' plates, carrying your learner'south let while driving and looking later your log book.

If you lose your log book, a fee volition be charged for its replacement. If you lot wish to have your previous experience recognised you lot will need to have your qualified supervising driver(s) re-enter and sign any previous completed tasks and practice in the new log book. Otherwise you volition have to start all over once more!

Who can teach me?

Anyone, including parents, friends or a Motor Driving Instructor who has held a total licence for two years or longer and has non been disqualified from driving in the concluding two years can teach you to drive.

Does the qualified supervising commuter get their own log book?

No, the qualified supervising driver will tape details in the log book issued to the learner driver.

Can my parents still teach me to bulldoze?

Yes, whatever person who has held an unconditional licence for the preceding 2 years (non a learner's permit, provisional or probationary licence) applicable to the form of vehicle being driven may teach you to drive. Remember to make sure you get that person to record the time spent driving in the Log book section of the Driving Companion afterwards every practice.

Is in that location a manner I can exercise the log book electronically?

You may cull to apply an electronic learner log book app to tape your logged driving hours instead of manually recording these in your Driving Companion. To ensure that electronically logged hours are accustomed you should bank check that the app you are using offers a print out which includes the same information recorded in the newspaper version.

More information on electronic log books is available here.

There are two methods of obtaining your licence - the data below will aid you make up one's mind which method is all-time for you.

VORT method Vehicle On Route Test(applied driving examination)	CBT&A method Competency Based Grooming & Assessment (CBT&A)
You may choose to have lessons with a Motor Driving Teacher	Receive training from an Accredited Teacher
Keep a tape of 75 hours of supervised driving with a qualified supervising driver and	Satisfactorily consummate all the CBT&A tasks listed in the Driving Companion and
Undertake a practical driving exam	Go on a record of 75 hours' driving in the log book with a qualified supervising commuter

Motor Driving Instructors

A person who charges a fee for teaching another person to drive MUST hold a driving teacher's licence issued by the Department of Infrastructure and Ship. A driving instructor'due south licence, which must exist displayed by the teacher at all times when instructing, is only issued after the instructor has undergone extensive training.

Motor Driving Instructors are re-assessed at regular intervals. A Motor Driving Instructor is able to teach you the knowledge and road arts and crafts skills necessary to obtain your licence. Some Motor Driving Instructors are authorised to conduct the practical driving test, or to aid you lot obtain your licence through the 'CBT&A' system. A list of Motor Driving Instructors is bachelor in the Yellow Pages Telephone Directory under 'Driving Schools'.

Brand sure the instructor holds Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance, and is qualified to deliver the driver training and/or licensing service you are seeking.

Options to qualify for your Provisional (P1) Licence

There are ii ways to authorize for your provisional licence. One selection is to undertake and laissez passer a practical driving test also known as a Vehicle On Route Exam (VORT). The other is chosen Competency Based Preparation & Assessment (CBT&A).

Whether you select the applied exam option or the CBT&A method, the bones knowledge and skills you must achieve will be the same. Obtaining your conditional licence will ultimately be based on your ability to demonstrate competence in a number of selected and defined tasks.

These range from an understanding of the major controls of a motor vehicle, completing certain irksome speed manoeuvres, driving in busy traffic and at higher speeds, ascertainment skills, and dealing with hazards. This organisation of driver assessment has been designed to exist fair and consequent. Although a demonstration of driving skills is essential, the assessment will also examine your attitude to driving and to your fellow road users.

During your VORT test or CBT&A lesson an Accreditation Accountant may back-trail the instructor. The Accreditation Auditor volition be there every bit an observer and will non participate in the grooming or assessment of your driving skills.

Applied Driving Test (VORT) - with a VORT Motor Driving Instructor

The practical driving test is conducted by a VORT motor driving instructor. The key points of this option are:

• you should book your test with an instructor at least 3 days earlier the date that you lot want to have the test
• yous cannot have the practical test with an instructor with whom you have had lessons
• your regular Motor Driving Instructor tin put you in touch with a VORT motor driving instructor
• the practical driving examination can be conducted between 7am and 7pm or sunset, whichever is earlier, on any mutually convenient day (except Christmas Day, Good Friday or before 10am on whatever Sunday or public vacation)
• before taking your test, you need to pay a exam fee to the instructor
• you must have a current learner'due south allow when yous are receiving teaching or undertaking the exam.

You must carry your learner's permit with you at all times when driving.

• The test will be conducted on an officially approved test route.
• In some cases, an Accreditation Auditor will accompany the teacher during the examination. In society to proceed to exist authorised to carry tests, instructors are themselves subject to regular re-assessment. The Accreditation Accountant will be observing the conduct of the examination and will not participate in the assessment of your driving skills.

At the cease of the examination y'all will receive either a pass or neglect. If yous neglect you have a minimum of thirteen days to practise earlier you lot are eligible to re-sit down the test once more.

Competency Based Training & Cess (CBT&A) - with a CBT&A Motor Driving Instructor

The CBT&A method does not involve a single 'pass/fail' practical driving examination, although the noesis and competence you demand to demonstrate are much the same equally the practical driving examination pick. Competency Based Training & Cess is conducted by a CBT&A motor driving instructor. The key points of this option are:

• you will demand to find an teacher (from a driving schoolhouse)
• the instructor will need to apply your copy of the The Driving Companion, which is available from a Client Service Middle
• the requirements for each CBT&A chore are clearly stated in the The Driving Companion, these tasks are also assessed if the applicant undertakes the applied examination instead
• you volition be assessed by the instructor equally yous acquire, and when you have demonstrated competence in a particular task, information technology will be 'signed off' in The Driving Companion in the CBT&A section by the instructor
• the teacher volition tell yous what to practice for specific tasks. You tin practise the tasks with a friend or family fellow member (qualified supervising driver), who has held an unconditional driver'due south licence for a minimum of two years and must not have been disqualified in the previous two years. Such licences must non exist a provisional (P1 or P2) licence, or a licence subject to probationary weather condition or good behaviour conditions
• at any point during your training, you may choose to take a applied driving test (VORT) with an instructor rather than the Competency Based Training & Cess (CBT&A) method.

The task cess sheets of your Driving Companion, volition need to be removed from the book and handed to Service SA staff along with your log book hours and Certificate of Competency when you apply for your Conditional Licence.

Regardless of which method y'all utilise you must record 75 hours of supervised driving experience, including fifteen hours at night.

Certificate of Competency

Once you have passed the practical driving test (VORT) or successfully completed all the nominated tasks of the Competency Based Grooming & Assessment (CBT&A), you will be issued with a Certificate of Competency by the instructor. When producing your document of competency, y'all may exist required to have a second driving examination with a Regime auditor prior to the issue of your licence. There is no cost for this examination and if you lot are selected for this process full details will be given to you. This will enable y'all to obtain a provisional licence P1 from a Customer Service Eye providing you have also passed the Take a chance Perception Examination. Take intendance of your Certificate of Competency. Should you crave a replacement considering your Certificate has been lost or defaced you must approach the Authorised Examiner who issued the original Certificate.

Useful Publications:

The Driving Companion online and too from Customer Service Centres.

Learning in a Heavy Vehicle

Licence holders wishing to upgrade their licence to a college form may undertake tuition on their current licence merely if they take held the prerequisite licence class for the minimum prescribed menstruation.

A learner's permit is not required, only the licence holder must comply with all learner's permit conditions. e.g. brandish learner plates.

In special circumstances where the Registrar of Motor Vehicles has granted an exemption from the minimum driving experience requirements, such every bit the Training In Lieu of Feel (TILE) Class for class HC, the learner driver is required to obtain a learner's allow on payment of the prescribed fee.

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Source: https://mylicence.sa.gov.au/road-rules/the-drivers-handbook/obtaining-permit

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