Vehicle Handling Theory Test Practice Questions
One of the fourteen DVSA theory test topics · 40 practice questions with answers
50 questions from all fourteen topics in 57 minutes, with a score for vehicle handling so you know where you stand.
Free vehicle handling drillYou're approaching a right-hand bend on a country road. Where does The Highway Code advise you to position your car?
Vehicle Handling on the theory test
Vehicle handling questions are about controlling the car in different conditions: how you brake, steer and use the gears on hills, bends and slippery roads, and how traffic calming measures and road surfaces affect you.
- On the real test
- Part of the 50 multiple-choice questions; DVSA does not publish a count per topic
- On our mock
- 3 of 50 questions, with your score for this topic in the result
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 40 vehicle handling questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What vehicle handling questions test
- Braking in good and poor conditions, and how ABS behaves
- Engine braking and choosing a lower gear on long downhill slopes
- Coasting and why it reduces control
- Cornering: slowing down before a bend, not on it
- Fog, rain, ice and snow: gentle steering and acceleration, and lights
- Traffic calming: speed humps, chicanes and narrowings
Take all 50 questions under the real clock
50 questions from all fourteen topics in 57 minutes, with a score for vehicle handling so you know where you stand.
Free vehicle handling drillHow to revise it
- Learn the Highway Code rules on driving in adverse weather (rules 226–237).
- Picture what the tyres are doing: grip is lost by harsh braking, steering or accelerating.
- Practise the drill and reread each explanation that mentions a rule number.
Common questions
What is coasting and why is it wrong?
Coasting is travelling with the clutch pressed down or in neutral. It reduces your control of the car, because you lose engine braking and can find it harder to select the right gear.
How should I drive downhill?
Select a lower gear so the engine helps to control your speed, and use the brakes smoothly. This avoids overheating and fading brakes on long descents.
50 questions from all fourteen topics in 57 minutes, with a score for vehicle handling so you know where you stand.
Free vehicle handling drillThe other theory test topics
Sources
- GOV.UK: Theory test: cars (multiple-choice questions, 50 in 57 minutes, video questions)
- GOV.UK: Theory test: hazard perception test (14 clips, up to 5 points per hazard)
- GOV.UK: Theory test pass mark and result (43/50, 44/75, certificate valid 2 years)
- GOV.UK: Theory test revision and practice (the three DVSA books)
- GOV.UK: Book your theory test (£23)
- GOV.UK: Support for a reading difficulty, disability or health condition
- GOV.UK: The Highway Code
- GOV.UK: Driving test and theory test data: cars (DRT111A pass rates)
Original practice questions written to The Highway Code, Know Your Traffic Signs and DVSA’s published theory test topics. They are not the official DVSA revision questions and not questions from the real test. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).