"driving exam" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the examination one must pass to get a driving license. For example: "I need to take a driving exam before I can get my license."
When at age 87 she failed the driving exam ordered by her doctor (though nonbinding on motor vehicle authorities), talk no longer was an option.
For the aspiring motorists taking the driving exam at a government building not long ago, one true/false question probably seemed a touch unusual: If you come upon an auto accident and find a motorist lying unconscious on the road, should you shake that person violently to wake him up?
That meant I would have to prepare to pass the written portion of the driving exam.
To expect a driving exam to remain accurate for this length of time is absurd.
The San Marcos resident passed her written exam on the first attempt and her driving exam 10 days later.
But then I read that the large majority of UK motorists fail their first driving exam.
Now, imagine that the DMV -- in an effort to adopt a better test -- suspended all driving exams, but still continued to issue new licenses.
For 24 years I wrote not while driving but while waiting in parking lots for hours — basketball and tennis and doctor appointments and hospitals, Girl Scouts and plays, driving exams and prom nights (2 a.m.! A whole chapter!), writing in my notebooks.
Bring your current license to the local office to bypass the written and driving exams.
You'll learn the basic rules of the road, when to pull over for emergency vehicles (always a favorite on driving exams), speed limits in various zones (another favorite), how to handle accidents, and more.
Well, out of our class of nine including five moderately experienced bikers, two of whom were already big-Harley owners we're down to seven students after the first day, and just five of us will pass the final-exam driving test.
