{"id":36347,"date":"2026-03-15T06:38:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=36347"},"modified":"2026-03-15T06:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:38:44","slug":"cost-of-all-driving-tests-to-go-up-from-march-13-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=36347","title":{"rendered":"Cost of all driving tests to go up from March 13, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Planning to get your driver&#8217;s licence?<\/p>\n<p>Take note that the traffic police has increased fees for all driving tests beginning Friday (March 13).<\/p>\n<p>In a media release on Friday, the police said driving test fees will be progressively raised over the next few years due to rising operating costs.<\/p>\n<p>The Basic Driving Theory Test, Final Driving Theory Test and Motorcycle Riding Theory Test will now cost $7.20, up from $6.50.<\/p>\n<p>And from March 13, 2027, the fee for these theory tests will be raised to $8.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the cost of the Practical Riding Test, Practical Driving Test and Proficiency Driving Test has increased to $40 from $33.<\/p>\n<p>It will further increase to $45 from March 13, 2027, and subsequently to $50 from March 13, 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants who have booked their tests before the respective effective dates will not be affected by the new fees.<\/p>\n<h2>Road assessment for Class 3C \/ 3CA licence holders<\/h2>\n<p>The police will soon begin road assessments for motorists with Class 3C \/ 3CA driving licence, who wish to enroll in Class 4 \/ 4P driving lessons.<\/p>\n<p>The measure was introduced in September 2025 amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/traffic-police-prioritise-full-time-drivers-class-4-driving-lessons-amid-high-demand-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high demand and lower passing rates for Class 4 lessons<\/a>, after an occupational requirement that allowed only Singaporeans, PRs and work pass holders employed to drive heavy vehicles to enroll for Class 4 was removed in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>All Class 3C \/ 3CA driving licence holders whose employers have submitted declarations of support will be contacted by the traffic police to register for their road assessment from Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The road assessment will be conducted at Woodlands Test Centre, with the same fee amount as that of the practical test fee.<\/p>\n<p>Additional fees will apply, including vehicle rental and administrative charges imposed and determined by the driving school.<\/p>\n<p>The police said that Class 3C \/ 3CA licence holders who fail the road assessment will not be allowed to enroll for Class 4 lessons, and their Class 3C \/ 3CA licences will also be revoked.<\/p>\n<p>They will not be allowed to obtain a driving licence of any class within one year of the licence revocation date.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:727654]]<\/p>\n<p>lim.kewei@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/driving-tests-fee-increased-march-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planning to get your driver&#8217;s licence? Take note that the traffic police has increased fees for all driving tests beginning Friday (March 13). In a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}