Taking the traffic police exam on your own after driving school
How to retake the exam in the traffic police (traffic police)?
Anyone who is seriously thinking about obtaining a driving license should know that most of the applicants do not pass the exam the first time. And it’s not always the person testing the license who is to blame for this. After all, there are many traffic participants on the road, and thanks to their actions, a situation may arise that will cause an error in the actions of even an experienced driver. And the new test subject will certainly be thrown into a stupor. So unfavorable circumstances may well be the reason for receiving penalty points and subsequent retaking the driving test.
We often receive pressing questions about retaking the traffic police exam. We have identified the most popular and significant of them and will answer in the material below.
How much does it cost to retake the traffic police exam?
Previously, state fees were charged for retaking both the theoretical and practical parts of the exam, but since January 2010 they have lost their legal force. You will have to pay 2 thousand rubles just to produce a driver’s license for you.
You pay this state duty (for production) only at a time, after which no payments are required to the traffic police.
We can also mention this situation, which is actually quite rare. This is if the candidate began his attempts to pass before January 2010. At the same time, I paid for the upcoming theoretical and practical (i.e. at the racetrack and in the city) components of the exam, as well as for the production of a driver’s license (previous prices: for the plastic version - 200 rubles, for the paper version - 100 rubles). Then it was not possible to pass, and the retake was postponed due to life circumstances for a long time. That is, if such a person is sent to the traffic police now, then he will need to pay the difference between the duty that was valid before January 2010 and the one that is currently in effect (i.e., he will need to pay 2000-200 = 1800 rubles) . In this case, you must present the receipt that was issued when paying last time. If it is not saved, you will have to pay the entire amount in full.
In addition, rumors often arise and circulate that it is planned to return state fees for retaking exams in the traffic police. So far, according to available information, no official confirmation of this has been received.
So, at the beginning of 2010, state fees for re-testing were abolished, but for renting a car, as before, you will need to pay a certain amount. So, each retake involves a payment to the driving school, which temporarily provides you with a vehicle.
How to pass the traffic police exam on your own after driving school?
This question also worries many: is it possible to take the traffic police exam on your own after driving school?
See if you have an official certificate that you graduated from a driving school. If you have it, then feel free to submit them to the traffic police, or contact another driving school.
If the document stating that you graduated from a driving school is lost, then contact the driving school where the classes were held, or the traffic police department that handled the registration and where your exams took place. And try to restore your documents there.
If you do not have a document confirming your completion of a driving school, the traffic police will refuse to allow you to take the exam.
How many days later can you retake the traffic police exam in 2019?
After an unsuccessful attempt, you will need to wait at least 7 days; only after this period will it be possible to retake the exam at the traffic police. Another important addition: if the examinee fails to pass any of the stages (theory, circuit, practice) three times, then he will be allowed to take the next attempt only after 30 days.
But in fact, it happens that the next retake is assigned to him at a later date. For example, in 2 or even 3 months (if not in six months). What actions to take in this case:
Another retake at the driving school
If the driving school where you studied is responsible for the timing of the retake, then you can pick up your documents and retake the test at an institution that is more suitable for your conditions.
It is not recommended to wait for the significant period that they have assigned to you, because... During this time, the details of the rules may be forgotten, and normal vehicle ownership skills require practice, which will not be available at this time. In addition, there is hardly a desire to take all the exams again, but according to the rules, the results obtained at the race track and during theoretical testing are stored only for six months.
Another retake at the traffic police department
The traffic police department can also set dates for retakes. But, as often happens, in their establishment there are eternal queues and there is never a shortage of those wishing to obtain rights. And in some cases, they accept first of all those who have already paid for everything to be successful. If you are not ready to fight the system, then it is better to contact another traffic police department.
Is it possible to take the traffic police exam in another city?
Those who apply for a driver's license rarely look for the most optimal place where they can take the exam at the traffic police. All their searches end with the selection of a driving school that is closer to their place of residence, and the exams are taken at the department in the place where they are registered. However, there is a right, supported by law, to choose other localities or even regions to take the exam.
The main factors for choosing a different place to rent in another place may be the most mundane, but no less significant. For example, the employees of the traffic police department closest to your home do not inspire confidence, but it seems that more honest representatives of this profession work in another city. Then the question arises about the chance to pass your license in another city.
A similar opportunity has been presented to all sufferers since November 2014, and now citizens can take exams at the traffic police not at their place of registration:
That is, if you have a desire to take exams at any traffic police department at the place of application, and not where they are currently registered, then you can apply to any regional department in Russia.
Perhaps in the traffic police department that is closest to your place of residence, you are having difficulties with the transfer. They told you that the next possible deadline is in six months or more. Then you can retake it in another locality, about the traffic police department in which you have good information.
Transfer of results to another traffic police department
The following situation often occurs: the examinee failed to pass any part of the test. For example, on a race track or in the city. Then he wants to carry out the transfer at another traffic police department.
In order for the information to be preserved, you will be required to take a sheet with the exam results in the first traffic police department and bring it to the new place. Providing such a document will help you get rid of retaking that part of the test that was already successfully passed at the “old” place.
Do I need to return to driving school after failing the first test?
The beginning of passing exams at the traffic police means that your connection with the driving school is severed. Therefore, in more cases, the contract with the driving school becomes invalid at this time. It follows from this that returning to driving school is not mandatory.
When state fees for passing theoretical and practical tests were canceled at the beginning of 2010, the queues at the traffic police grew significantly. Often, driving schools make a decision about who to send for the next retake, and the traffic police sends back to the driving schools the documents of those who want to become a driver. It follows from this that you will still have to visit the driving school to pick up the documents.
However, you are not required to undergo repeated training at a driving school. They may tell you that you will definitely need hours of additional study, but it is up to you to decide whether they are actually required.
How many times can you retake the traffic police exam in 2019?
Another exciting question: if you fail to pass the traffic police exam 3 times in a row, can you completely refuse further attempts? In fact, there are no such restrictions. And permission to retake will also be provided in the future.
But there is still a restriction for those who failed to pass one of the required stages 3 times - according to the law, they will be allowed to take the next attempt only after 30 days.
I studied 4 years ago, do I need to study at a driving school again?
If you have already attempted to pass the examination tests at the traffic police, but then you were not able to pass them completely, then you can try again. Learn all the traffic rules (check yourself), order 2 - 3 hours of driving and submit documents to the traffic police.
By the way, a medical certificate is issued for 1 year, so if 4 years have passed, you will need to renew it.
If all the documents from the driving school are lost, how to retake it?
Without a certificate that you have completed driving school, passing the exam is impossible. If you lose it, call the driving school - there is a chance that they will be able to restore it there. If this is not possible, then you will have to undergo training again.
If you restore the necessary documents, you cannot be denied the exam, and the time factor does not matter here. The only requirement is that you must demonstrate that you know how to drive a car and know the traffic rules.
Surely, over the past time, something has been forgotten, but it can be restored - repeat the exam papers and use the services of a private instructor to spend several hours behind the wheel. And if you do not plan to retake the exams, then read our article “How to pass the traffic police exam the first time.”
Also keep in mind that starting from September 1, 2016, you will need to take exams at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate according to the new rules:
This material provided comprehensive answers to the most frequently asked questions related to retaking the traffic police exam. But, quite likely, you have some other, special situation. Describe it in the comment and we will try to answer how to resolve the problem.
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Retaking the exam at the traffic police. Answers to frequently asked questions.
Good afternoon, dear reader.
This article will talk about retaking the exam at the traffic police . Previously, an article “Retaking the traffic police exam” was published on pddmaster.ru, which over time became very popular. At the same time, readers constantly ask questions related to qualifying exams, which are largely similar to each other.
Therefore, this article will discuss popular questions related to retaking the exam, which have not previously been given due attention:
So, I have highlighted the most common questions about retaking the traffic police exam and today I will answer each of them in detail.
How much does it cost to retake the traffic police exam?
From January 29, 2010, state fees for retaking the theoretical and practical exams were abolished . In 2020, only the state duty applies for the production of a driver’s license - 2,000 rubles (3,000 for the production of a new generation license from August 3, 2018).
Note. If you sign up to take the exam through the government services portal, you can get a 30 percent discount on the fee. The discount applies from January 1, 2017 to January 1, 2021.
The state fee for issuing rights is paid only once. No other payments to the traffic police are required.
It is quite rare to encounter a situation where a driver candidate started passing before January 1, 2015, i.e. He paid the state fee at the old prices (800 rubles). After this, the retake was abandoned, and again the person goes to the traffic police only now.
In such a situation, the driver must pay the difference between the state fee that exists now and the fee that was charged before January 1, 2015. Those. For a plastic license, the driver will have to pay an additional 1,200 rubles. If you do not have a payment receipt from 2014, then the state fee will have to be paid in full.
Note. From time to time, rumors appear that state fees for retaking exams in the traffic police will be re-introduced, i.e. retakes will be paid. If this happens, this article will be updated.
Although state fees for retaking exams were abolished in 2010, the cost of renting a car for the exam has not yet been abolished. Therefore, for each retake you need to pay a certain amount to the organization (driving school) that provides you with the car.
How to pass the traffic police exam on your own after driving school?
Another quite popular question: is it possible to take the traffic police exam on your own after driving school ? There is nothing complicated here.
If you have documents on completion of a driving school in your hands, then you can submit the documents to the traffic police yourself or use the services of another driving school.
If you do not have a document confirming your graduation from a driving school, you need to find it. It can be either in a driving school or in the registration department of the traffic police, where you have already passed the exams.
Without a certificate of completion of a driving school, it is impossible to pass exams at the traffic police.
How many days later can I retake the traffic police exam in 2019 and 2020?
Retaking the exam at the State Traffic Inspectorate is scheduled no earlier than 7 days from the date of the previous attempt. However, if a driver candidate fails to pass one of the stages of the exam (theory, circuit or city) three times, then all subsequent passes of this stage will be possible no earlier than 30 days .
However, in practice a different situation is possible. You may be given a retake in 3 months or later. What to do in this case?
1. If your driving school manages the retake dates, then you can pick up your documents (as described above) and take them with another driving school or on your own.
I don’t recommend waiting 3 months or more, because... During this time, you can forget the rules and lose your driving skills. In addition, the results of the theoretical exam and the racing test are stored only for 6 months. You don't want to take these exams again, do you?
2. The dates of retakes can be managed by the traffic police itself. At the same time, the queue at the department lasted for several months and it was impossible to sign up for a convenient date even through the Public Services portal. And in this situation there is a way out. You need to take it to another traffic police department. You can read about this below.
Is it possible to retake the exam earlier than after 30 days?
Many driver candidates try to get to the retake ahead of schedule, i.e. without waiting until 30 days have passed. Those who are especially stubborn sometimes manage to do this. For example, if the traffic police officer did not check the date of the previous delivery.
However, I do not recommend trying to pass the exam ahead of schedule. The fact is that even if you pass the exam successfully, you will not be able to get a driver's license. When submitting documents for issuing rights, employees will once again check that all deadlines are met. When it is determined that the deadlines have been violated, the exam results will be canceled . There have already been such cases in Russia.
Is it possible to take the traffic police exam in another city?
In most cases, driver candidates do not wonder where they can take the traffic police exam; they choose a driving school near their home, study there, and then take the exam at the registration office at their place of registration. Keep in mind that this is not the only place you can take the exam.
There can be many reasons for renting elsewhere:
- You do not live at your place of registration,
- You don’t like the traffic police officers of a particular department,
- Your traffic police department has a waiting list for a year in advance.
It is in such cases that the question arises, is it possible to pass the license in another city?
It became possible to take exams in the traffic police not at the place of registration from November 5, 2014. Let's consider paragraph 3 of the rules for conducting examinations for the right to drive vehicles and issuing driver's licenses:
3. Conducting examinations for persons permanently residing in the Russian Federation, issuing Russian national and international driver’s licenses and exchanging foreign driver’s licenses are carried out in the departments of the State Traffic Inspectorate at the place of application of these persons .
Thus, you can take exams at any traffic police department at the place of application , i.e. at any registration office in the country.
For example, if you are registered in St. Petersburg, but live in Moscow, then you can take the exams in any department in Moscow. This will not cause any difficulties.
So if you have problems with retaking the test at the traffic police department closest to your home, for example, the queue for retaking reaches six months, then you can think about taking the test in some neighboring city (not necessarily a large one). The situation there may be completely different.
Transfer of results to another traffic police department
In practice, the following situation occurs quite often. The candidate driver did not pass the test to the traffic police at the race track or the city. After that, he wants to retake the exams in another traffic police department.
take the exam sheet from the “old” traffic police department and transfer it to the “new” one. In this case, successful results will be taken into account when retaking the test, i.e. You won’t have to retake the same thing.
Do I need to return to driving school after the first failure?
Once you start taking exams at the traffic police, nothing connects you with the driving school. Usually, the contract with the driving school ceases to be valid at this stage. do not need to return to the driving school .
After January 29, 2010, when fees for passing the theoretical and practical exams were abolished, the queues at the traffic police increased greatly. And quite often, the driving schools themselves choose who to send for the next retake, and the traffic police returns to them (the driving schools) the documents of the driver candidates. Therefore, in practice, a situation may arise that you still have to visit the driving school one more time to pick up the documents .
However, this does not mean that you have to undergo repeated training at a driving school. If some additional hours are imposed on you, and you do not need them, then you can refuse. Moreover, some driving schools intimidate you with the fact that if you are sent back to a driving school from the traffic police, you will have to go through all the training again, pay for it again, and only after that you will be able to retake the exam. Nothing like this is provided for by law. So if you do not want to undergo additional training, you can safely refuse it.
How many times can you retake the traffic police exam in 2019 and 2020?
Sometimes driver candidates have the following question: “What happens if you don’t pass the traffic police exam 3 times in a row?” In fact, nothing particularly terrible will happen; you will continue to be allowed to take exams.
However, some inconveniences will still occur. If you fail to pass one of the stages of the qualification exam (theory, circuit or city) three times, you will be scheduled to retake it only after 30 days. So I recommend doing it 3 times.
I studied 5 years ago, do I need to study at a driving school again?
If you have already tried to take the exam at the traffic police, but for some reason you were unable to obtain a license, then you can resume the procedure at any time. To do this, you need to repeat all traffic tickets and take several hours of driving. After this, you can safely take all your documents to the traffic police.
Please note that in 2019 a medical certificate is issued for 1 year, and if 5 years have actually passed, then this document will have to be replaced.
All documents from the driving school are lost, how to retake them?
A mandatory document for passing the exam is a certificate of completion of a driving school . If it is lost, try to restore it at the driving school. If this fails, the training will have to be completed again.
If the documents can be restored, then you will be allowed to take the exam, no matter how much time has passed, and you will not have to re-study. The main thing is that you have knowledge of the rules of the road and driving skills. If you have forgotten any of this, then go through your exam papers, take a few hours of driving at a driving school or from a private instructor, and then go to the traffic police.
How to sign up for the traffic police exam
You have completed training at a driving school, passed the internal exam, now it’s time to show your skills in front of the traffic police. Typically, a driving school sends a cadet to testing at the traffic police and informs the cadet of the date and time of the exam. If for some reason the driving school did not send you to the traffic police or you missed taking the exam by appointment from the institution, then you will have to sign up for the exam yourself. We will tell you how to do this in this material.
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Sign up at the traffic police department
You can sign up for the exam at the traffic police by bringing the papers in person to the MREO (Interdistrict Regional Examination Department). Thus, the future car enthusiast gets into a live queue, in which he can stay for an unpredictable amount of time. How and when the examinee’s data will be checked is unknown. An invitation to an exam may arrive quickly, or it may not arrive for a long time.
Documents that will be required:
- application of the established form;
- personal passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation with a registration mark;
- medical certificate and its photocopy;
- certificate of completion of a driving school and its photocopy;
- receipt of payment of state duty (800 rubles).
Those who are sent by a driving school take the test in the school car in which they were trained. Those who came and submitted documents on their own will probably hand over in a car that is at the disposal of the traffic police. It may turn out to be a Zhiguli car that is not in the best condition. For cadets who trained in new foreign cars, this will be a real challenge.
Students who submitted documents on their own also complain about how they are treated. Often such cadets are called to take the exam last. However, here it depends. Sometimes, in the same live queue, you manage to skip through all the procedures quickly if you arrive at the exam site early.
Sign up to pass your license through “State Services”
The fastest and most convenient way to sign up for an exam is through the State Services website. In a few clicks, the resource allows you to avoid long queues and waits that last for months. In order to register, you need to take the following steps:
- log in to the State Services website;
- read the agreement and check the box;
- fill out a form with your passport data and information about the driving school;
- select the desired date and time for the service (some dates may be busy, then you need to select another);
- receive confirmation of registration for the exam.
For clarity, we will go through this path step by step and show how in 2019 you can easily sign up for a traffic police exam on the Internet.
How to sign up to test your license through Gosuslugi
Step one is to find the “Government Services” portal in the search engine.
Step two is to select the “Transport and Driving” category.
Select the “Driver’s license” subsection.
On the right there will be a blue button that says “Get a service.” To the left are detailed conditions and procedure for providing the service. Once you have read it, you can safely click on the button on the right.
Next, the site will ask what category of driver's license you intend to obtain. It all depends on what you studied for. The most common category is for driving passenger vehicles, category B.
Next, you will need to provide information about the driving school where you completed your training.
You also need to enter information about your medical certificate.
The next step is to select the traffic police department where you want to take the exam. Here you need to indicate the most convenient option for you, so that you can arrive on time, or even better, in advance and get in line.
The last step is another “tick”. This time - consent to the processing of personal data. Upon completion of filling out all forms, all that remains is to arrive at the selected traffic police department at the selected time and take the exam. The registration procedure through Gosuslugi is simple and quick, and all that’s left to do is successfully pass the exam and get a driver’s license.
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Exams in the traffic police: Driving school or on your own
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The situation when more than one month passes from the moment of completing a driver’s course and successfully passing internal exams to being invited to take exams at the traffic police is not so fantastic. Such a development of events is possible if you had to deal with an unreliable educational institution.
How to pass the traffic police exams?
In Russia, the option of self-preparation for driving license exams is prohibited, so external studies have become history and are not practiced. Currently, persons who have completed driving courses and received a document of the established form may be allowed to take exams at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate.
The ban on learning to drive a car does not apply to the ability to take the traffic police exams on your own. A driving school in Mytishchi may terminate the contract with a student after he has passed the exams and received a certificate of the established form.
Thus, the current legislation gives the right to a driving school graduate to take the exam independently or through a driving school. There is no clear answer to the question of which option is more preferable. Among various factors and circumstances, the integrity and responsibility of the driving school plays a decisive role.
Passing exams with a driving school
Not all potential driving school students get ahead of themselves and are interested in developments after graduation, in particular about passing exams at the traffic police. They forget about the importance of organizing tests to obtain a license, and often find themselves in a sticky situation.
Future drivers should understand that a driving school is not obliged to deal with the future fate of its graduates. The task of the educational institution is to provide educational services at the level of current standards, and issue the appropriate document subject to successful passing of internal exams.
However, driving schools that respect themselves and their students care about the end result - obtaining a driver's license. They consider it a matter of honor to bring the work they have started to its logical conclusion, and support their students right up to the moment of passing theory and practice to the traffic police.
Such an educational institution organizes registration for passing or retaking exams in the traffic police. Graduates are informed about the date and time of the tests, and a representative of the driving school comes with them. The future driver does not have to worry about submitting documents and does not worry about being “forgotten” - all the hassle is taken care of by the person in charge of the process. Moreover, if a driving school organizes exams, it provides the required number of cars. Thus, it is possible that one of them will be the one you learned to drive.
Organized exams are held on a certain day, which is appointed by the traffic police, so the graduate must adjust his life in accordance with the established schedule. It will be useful for a potential student to inquire about the frequency of organized examinations and the procedure for registering for them.
As a rule, accompanying graduates during exams is a paid service. If the first attempt, most often, costs the subject nothing, then retaking it will cost him a certain amount.
Well-established, serious driving schools have close contact with the traffic police, and exams take place several times a month, or even weekly. Quite often there are educational institutions that organize exams at large time intervals or this process occurs chaotically, so you should be careful when choosing a driving school.
Taking exams on your own
Nothing prevents a driving school graduate, after receiving a certificate of completion of the course, from terminating relations with the educational institution and organizing the exams at the traffic police on his own.
If such a decision is made, then you need to understand that it will take some time from the moment you pass the internal exams until you receive the documents at the driving school. If the graduate changes his mind and wants to join the driving school again, he will have to pay a certain amount to complete this action.
Only a reputable organization is able to quickly “unfasten” and “attach” a cadet, and completely free of charge, since reputation is more valuable than money. On the contrary, scammers will be tempted to increase the length of the delay in order to increase the cost of resolving the issue. After completing the detachment procedure, the graduate must submit documents to the traffic police and sign up for the exam.
Educational institutions that do not organize the process of passing exams in the traffic police tell cadets. that it will be easier for them to do everything on their own. To do this, you need to go to any traffic police department and sign up for a convenient date, although you will have to wait for weekends. After this, all that remains is to use the acquired knowledge and skills and successfully pass the test.
In fact, everything is not so, especially in terms of efficiency. You can wait quite a long time for a convenient date, which depends on the department’s work schedule and the time of year. For a large driving school, resolving such issues is not a problem, and passing exams proceeds like an assembly line.
Ridiculous situations in the traffic police happen quite often, so they may simply forget about the examinee. In this case, the driving school graduate is forced to fight the bureaucratic machine on his own.
However, even such unpleasant situations will be less offensive than the fact that in an unscrupulous driving school you will have to deal with delays and the unknown. In this case, you can exercise your right and use both options for passing exams at the traffic police. If the educational institution fails, you can always rely on your own strength.
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Passing traffic police exams: with a driving school or on your own?
Imagine the situation: you have completed a driving course at a driving school, successfully passed internal tests and have been waiting for 3 months to be called to take exams at the traffic police. They promised to call and inform us about everything, but it seems that no one knows when the saga of obtaining rights will end. Unfortunately, this is a typical situation for some unreliable driving schools. What to do next if you are the main character of this nightmare?
In 2013, a complete ban was introduced on self-preparation for passing the traffic police exam. You cannot, as before, study on your own and pass the driving test as an external student. Now only people who have completed training at a driving school and have the appropriate document are allowed to take both theory and practice.
Meanwhile, despite the ban on external driving lessons, the law has not abolished the possibility of independently passing the exam at the traffic police. So your relationship with a driving school may end immediately after internal exams and receipt of a certificate of completion from this educational institution. Thus, all driving school graduates currently have two fundamentally different ways to pass the exam to obtain a driver’s license - through a driving school or independently. Each of these options has its pros and cons, and largely depend on the integrity and responsibility of the driving school. It is clear that it is better not to mess with scammers and extortionists (we wrote earlier how to distinguish them), on the contrary, if the educational institution successfully organizes the passing of exams in the traffic police, then you will have one less headache.
Option one: we take exams at the traffic police with a driving school
Not every future driver, when enrolling in a driving school, is interested in how the traffic police exams will be held. In vain. How important is the organized passing of driving license exams and why is it needed at all? Let’s look at it below.
Does every driving school provide “accompaniment for the traffic police exam”? No. Educational institutions for future drivers may not provide this service. The goal of a driving school is to teach you how to drive a car. And as a result, upon successful training, you will be issued a certificate of completion of an educational institution of the established form (an official document on completion of a driving school). By and large, the driving school is not interested in your future fate, how and where you will take the exams at the traffic police and when you will receive a driver’s license.
It is good form and care for the students of a driving school to be able to bring the student not just to graduation by taking internal exams, issuing a certificate and leaving him alone with a “piece of paper,” but to bring him to the traffic police and to receiving a driver’s license.
If your driving school is engaged in “support”, then registration for passing or retaking the exam at the traffic police occurs through the educational institution. Usually the date and time of the exams are announced, and a representative from the driving school will attend. A driver candidate does not need to worry about where to submit documents, why he is not called, and what to do next - all questions are taken on by a driving school employee who will be in the REO throughout the day during the exam. In addition, for an organized delivery, the driving school must provide a training vehicle (usually two or three). Accordingly, there is a possibility that you will be lucky and come across a car that you learned to drive with an instructor.
The disadvantages of taking an organized exam include the inability to choose a specific date for taking the exam. The traffic police allocates certain days to driving schools, which means that students will have to adapt to this schedule. How often a driving school passes exams at the traffic police and how registration for the exam occurs is one of the parameters for choosing an educational institution. In addition, the escort service is usually paid. As a rule, they don’t take money for the first test, but each repeat test costs driver candidates 1000-1500 rubles.
Students from large, serious driving schools with high-quality “support” take exams at the traffic police several times a month. “Problem” driving schools may provide registration once every few months or generally on a chaotic schedule. Therefore, be careful when choosing.
Option two: we pass the traffic police exams ourselves
If you are not satisfied with the organization of the exam process with a driving school, you can “unlink” from the educational institution (in other words, receive the documents in your hands) and sign up for the exam yourself at the traffic police.
Keep in mind: it will take time to “uncheck” - you will not be given the documents immediately after passing the internal exams. If you change your mind and want to return to take exams at the traffic police with a driving school, it may ask you to pay for re-attachment. In an “ideal” driving school, you can quickly “unlink” and “attach” back. And most often it is completely free. Fraudsters, on the contrary, will extort money from you (for some the asking price reaches 5-6 thousand rubles) and stall for time.
After this, you will need to go to the traffic police department on your own, register with it (give in your documents), and then sign up for the exam.
Driving schools that do not provide the service of organized examinations, as a rule, tell their graduates that it is much easier to go to any traffic police department (this is true), sign up for any date (this is true - you can choose the day of the week, but you can wait for the test on weekends and 1-2 months) and quickly pass exams without any problems. But you need to understand that efficiency is precisely the weak point in passing without the “accompaniment” of a driving school. Often, the nearest dates for taking exams on your own are available only in a month - depending on the specific traffic police department and the time of year. In large driving schools, cooperation with the traffic police is still “on stream” and retakes and retakes occur once every one or two weeks.
Another ridiculous situation that you will have to deal with on your own is when on the day of the exam they simply forgot about you. You will have to look for documents and reasons for not calling without any help, contacting all possible offices.
However, despite all the bureaucratic delays, this option will be less evil than waiting for an unscrupulous driving school to schedule the exam.
By the way, in the process of obtaining a driver’s license, you can use both options: sign up for the exam and start taking it with a driving school, and if any problems arise, then “unsubscribe” and continue to take it yourself at the traffic police.
Choose what is most comfortable for you. And most importantly, pass the exams successfully and get your license. Break a leg!
