Singapore practical test · circuit stations

Fail the circuit
on your laptop instead.

Seven circuit stations, measured off the real thing rather than eyeballed. Drive them as many times as you like before you spend another dollar on lesson time.

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The driver's view in Drive Lab: through the windscreen of a learner car on the approach to the crank course, kerbs either side, mirror and steering wheel in frame.
The crank course free, no time limit

Why this exists

Lesson time is the expensive way to learn where the kerb is.

Every attempt at the crank that ends on a kerb costs you the same as one that does not. The circuit is a memory test as much as a driving test, and memory is cheap to build somewhere else.

$70–90

What a lesson runs in Singapore, before you have turned a wheel on the circuit. Spend two of them relearning the layout and you are into real money.

Weeks

What a failed practical costs you in waiting, on top of the retest fee and the extra lessons to fill the gap.

Unlimited

Attempts at every station here, for less than half a lesson. Reverse into the same lot forty times if that is what it takes.

What you get to practise

All seven, at their real size.

Not an approximation of a driving centre. Each station was measured, solved against the car's own turning circle, and rebuilt until the manoeuvre works with the margin it works with in real life.

ST/01

S-course

Two arcs through a corridor barely wider than the car. Rewards the inside line and punishes the centreline.

testsholding the inside line
ST/02

Crank course

Two right-angle bends. Swing wide, then full lock. There is a hand's width in it when you get it right.

testsswing wide, then full lock
ST/03

Slope

Stop on the crest, hold the car, move off without rolling back. The one that fails people on nerves.

testsclutch, handbrake, nerve
ST/04

Vertical parking

Reverse square between two kerbs off a narrow road. It will not go in one swing, so you learn to shunt.

testsknowing when to shunt
ST/05

Parallel parking

Reverse in and finish parallel without touching. Kerbs define the box, the way Singapore has done it since 2010.

testsreading the left mirror
ST/06

Directional change

Up the dead end, stop at the cone, reverse into the pocket, drive back out facing the way you came.

testsone clean full-lock swing
ST/07

Reaction response

The same slot with ramps at both heads. Climb, hold short of the pole, reverse off, swing in, back up the second ramp. Geometrically it is the directional change, and it is far less forgiving, because the ramp decides where you are allowed to stop and leaves almost no slack on where the reverse can begin. This is the one people fail twice.

teststhrottle control under pressure

The part that matters

Practising the wrong dimensions is worse than not practising.

Every station here is built to the real circuit's dimensions. Each one was measured off the real thing, cross-checked a second independent way, reconciled against Singapore's published parking standards, and then driven: the car's actual footprint is swept through every manoeuvre to confirm it fits with the margin it has in real life. Anything that did not work was wrong, and got rebuilt until it did.

How each station was pinned down

Measured
Off the real circuit, not sketched from memory or copied from a diagram.
Cross-checked
A second, independent measurement of the same element. The two agree to within one percent, which is how we know both are real.
Standards
Reconciled against the LTA Code of Practice on Vehicle Parking Provision for lot and aisle sizes.
Driven
Every manoeuvre swept with the car's real footprint, to confirm it fits with the margin it has in real life.
Rebuilt
Where a station could not be driven cleanly, the geometry was wrong, not the driver. Those were done again.

The car you drive

Class
A saloon sized to the cars Singapore schools actually put learners in, so what you learn transfers.
Footprint
Length, width and wheelbase matched to that class, because every clearance on the circuit falls out of them.
Turning
A real kerb-to-kerb turning circle, not a game one. This is the single number that decides whether a manoeuvre is possible.
Seat
Right-hand drive, eye point where a driver's eye actually is.
Mirrors
Live, adjustable, and the left one is the one you will work off.
Faults
Kerb strike, mounting a kerb, hitting a marker. Called the moment they happen.

How people use it

Twenty minutes the night before beats an hour the week before.

01 / LEARN THE SHAPE

Walk the station slowly

Top-down view, no clock. Find where the car has to be before the turn, not during it. That reference point is the whole exercise.

02 / BUILD THE REFERENCE

Drive it from the seat

Cockpit view and mirrors only. Learn what the kerb looks like in the left mirror at the moment you should turn. That picture transfers.

03 / REPEAT UNTIL BORING

Run it until it stops being interesting

Faults are called instantly, so you get a hundred corrections in the time one lesson gives you six. Then go and spend your lesson hour on the road, not the circuit.

Pricing

Cheaper than the lesson you are trying not to waste.

One payment, no card kept on file, no renewal, no expiry. Buy it once and it is yours, including every station added after you bought it.

Free
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  • The crank course, unlimited, no timer
  • Cockpit, chase and top-down views
  • Live mirrors and fault calling
  • No account, no card, nothing to install
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Full circuit
$29once · yours for good
  • All seven stations, unlimited attempts
  • Test mode with the real fault list
  • Mirror adjustment saved between sessions
  • Every station added later, included free
  • Works on any laptop with a browser
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Less than half a lesson, once, forever. Sign in with your email, no password to lose. One account covers two of your own devices.

Straight answers

Before you ask.

Will this actually help me pass?

It helps with the half of the test that is memory: where the car has to be, what the kerb looks like in the mirror at the moment you turn, which reference point comes next. It does not teach you clutch feel, road sense or how to handle a tester in the passenger seat. Use it to stop wasting circuit lesson time on things you can rehearse for free.

Is this the actual circuit?

It is the seven circuit stations at their real dimensions, not a copy of one specific centre's site plan. Each one was measured off the real thing, cross-checked a second way, and then driven with the car's actual footprint to confirm it works with the margin it has in life. The free crank course is the whole thing, not a demo, so drive it and judge the fit yourself. That is the only test that counts.

What do I need to run it?

A laptop or desktop with a keyboard and a reasonably current browser. Nothing to install, nothing to download. It is not built for phones, because you need a wheel and pedals under your hands to learn anything from it.

Do I ever pay again?

No. One payment, no subscription, no card kept on file, no expiry. If you fail and need it for another three months, it is still there. If we add stations next year, you get those too. A subscription for something you use for six weeks would just mean a cancellation email from you and an awkward conversation with me.

Can I share my account with a friend?

Your account is yours for good and it covers two of your own devices, so handing it to someone else means giving up a slot you still own. Send them to the free station instead. If they get on with it, gift them a seat for less than the price of a coffee run, or let them buy their own for less than half a lesson.

I already have lessons booked. Is this still worth it?

That is exactly who it is for. Turn up to the circuit already knowing the shape of every station, and the hour goes on correcting your driving rather than explaining the layout.