Rhode Island road test: how the RI DMV scores it

Rhode Island has run closed course road testing since June 2020: an examiner proctors four prescribed segments from outside the vehicle instead of riding along, and the DMV publishes a Modified Skills Test Guide describing the exact format.

A failed road test carries a scaling wait: 30 days after the first failure, 90 days after the second, and 180 days after a third or later failure. That 180 day wait repeats on every failure after that until the permit's two allowed one year extensions run out, at which point the knowledge test has to be passed again.

Applicants 18 or older only need to hold a learner's permit for 30 days before their first road test, far short of the six month hold required of Limited Instruction Permit holders under 18.