Tools
Four tools that answer a question
Each one takes what you know, applies a rule we read on an agency page, and gives you a number. Where we could not read the rule, the tool says so and hands you the agency link instead of a guess.
- Will I have the hours in time?Work out whether your target test date is reachable, the hours a week it needs, and how many night hours you still owe.7 of 8 jurisdictions have a supervised hours figure read off an agency page. The Northern Territory publishes no mandatory hours figure we could verify, so the planner will not invent one.
- What am I actually going to pay?An itemised bill for each jurisdiction, with the source and date on every line and nothing filled in where the fee is not published.6 of 8 jurisdictions have at least one fee read off an agency page. Fees exist that we have not read on an agency page. Those lines say so instead of carrying a guess.
- How long have I got, and do I have to sit the tests?Pick your country and your state to see the conversion deadline and which tests apply, with the countries we cannot confirm marked as unconfirmed.7 of 8 jurisdictions have a conversion deadline read off an agency page. We have verified the recognised country list for New South Wales and Queensland only. Everywhere else, the deadline is verified and the country list is not.
- How many can I get wrong?How many questions you can get wrong in each jurisdiction, and whether a practice score would have passed the real thing.6 of 8 jurisdictions have a verified pass mark. Tasmania and the Northern Territory have no pass mark we have verified, so the tool refuses to calculate one for them.
What each tool can and cannot answer
The coverage figures below are counted from the same tables the tools read, so they cannot be more generous than the tools are.
| Tool | The question it answers | Jurisdictions covered | What it refuses to do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Log book hours planner | Will I have the hours in time? | 7 of 8, which have a supervised hours figure read off an agency page | The Northern Territory publishes no mandatory hours figure we could verify, so the planner will not invent one. |
| Cost of getting your licence | What am I actually going to pay? | 6 of 8, which have at least one fee read off an agency page | Fees exist that we have not read on an agency page. Those lines say so instead of carrying a guess. |
| Overseas licence conversion checker | How long have I got, and do I have to sit the tests? | 7 of 8, which have a conversion deadline read off an agency page | We have verified the recognised country list for New South Wales and Queensland only. Everywhere else, the deadline is verified and the country list is not. |
| Pass mark and margin checker | How many can I get wrong? | 6 of 8, which have a verified pass mark | Tasmania and the Northern Territory have no pass mark we have verified, so the tool refuses to calculate one for them. |
How these are built
The same rule that governs the rest of the site, applied to arithmetic instead of questions.
A figure appears in a tool only when we have read it on the responsible agency's own page and can name the page and the day we read it. Fees, hours, deadlines and pass marks all carry that line. Anything we could not read stays blank and says so.
That means these tools are less complete than the ones you will find elsewhere. A competitor's fee table covers all eight jurisdictions. Ours covers the lines we could source. A wrong fee or a wrong conversion deadline is worse than a blank one, because a blank one sends you to the agency and a wrong one sends you to the wrong counter with the wrong money on the wrong day.
Everything you type stays in your browser and in the address bar. Nothing is sent anywhere, and every result carries a control that copies the link to it, so a plan or a bill can be sent to whoever is teaching you to drive without either of you making an account.
What is not here yet, and why
A P plate restrictions checker is the most searched thing on this list and it is not built. Peer passenger limits, high powered vehicle rules, alcohol limits, phone rules and towing conditions differ in all eight jurisdictions, and we hold no verified figure for any of them. A checker whose every answer read "confirm this with the agency" would be a page pretending to be a tool. It goes in when the rules are sourced, and not before.
A test centre pass rate explorer is the same story from the other direction. New South Wales publishes centre outcomes and we hold freedom of information releases for Victoria and Western Australia, but nothing comparable exists for the other five, and a national tool built on three jurisdictions would mislead by omission.
If you want the tests themselves rather than the arithmetic around them, start at a state or territory page.