Driving licence in Romania

Cover, first, and last pages of the Romanian driver's licence between the 1970s and the 1990s

In Romania the driving licence (Romanian: Permis de conducere) is a governmental right given to those who request a licence for any of the categories they desire. It is required for every type of motorized vehicle. The minimum age to obtain a driving licence is 18 years. Regardless of age, in the first year after obtaining the licence the driver is called a beginner (Romanian: începător) and has to display on the windscreen and the back window of the car the distinctive sign (a black exclamation mark (!) on a yellow disk).

Beginning with 1999, the driving licence format was changed from that of a pink booklet to a credit-card sized card.

Obtaining a drivers licence

The driving licence can be obtained after finishing a driving school and passing a two-stage test, a theory test and a road test.

The theory test

The theory test consists of 26 computerized questions, with successful candidates needing to score a minimum of 22 correct answers. The candidate is automatically eliminated if 5 wrong answers are given. For authenticity, during the computerized examination, the candidate is photographed three times and these pictures are later used as evidence that the person present at the road test is the same person as the one who was present at the theory test.

The road test

The road test is a practical hands on test that lasts 25 minutes, during which time the candidate must prove that he/she is able to handle the vehicle properly and safely, that he/she can do all kind of manoeuvres including turns, parking, while respecting the law. The driving test ends when the test period finishes and the candidate is then informed of the result. If the candidate obtained no more than 20 penalty points, he is given the result passed, if the candidate made mistakes that sum at least 21 points, he is given the result failed and can reschedule another examination after a 15-day period has lapsed.

Categories

Age requirement

Every category has a minimum age required for obtaining it:

Gallery

Beginning with 2009, the driving licence respects the EU format without any English translations anymore which may confuse lots of non-Romanian language speakers or non-EU residents.

NOTE:- IN ROMANIA DRIVING LICENCE DOCUMENT NUMBER FIRST AND LAST ALPHA MATCH TO PLACE OF ISSUE(ABR) OF DOCUMENT.
e.g.: place of ISSUE- TIMISOARA,TM doc no.-T00406400M

See also

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