Learner Driver Logbook NSW – Practical Driving Experience
Your learner driver logbook NSW allows you and your supervising driver(s) to record your driving experience. Please take care of your log book because if you need a replacement log book, you will need to attend a registry or service centre and pay a replacement fee.
Research indicates that learner drivers who increase their supervised on-road experience can reduce their crash risk by 30 per cent, in the first two years of solo driving. Learner drivers under supervision have a very low involvement in crashes. It is only when they begin to drive solo that their involvement in crashes increases.
You must log at least 120 hours of supervised driving, including a minimum of 20 hours of night driving, before you can attempt the driving test. Night driving hours are between sunset and sunrise.
Driving lessons with an instructor – 3 for 1
For every one hour structured driving lesson you complete with a licensed Driving Instructor, you can record three hours driving experience in your Log Book. A maximum of 10 hours of lessons will be accepted and recorded as 30 hours driving experience.
This doesn’t mean that driving lessons with an instructor are compulsory, or that you should stop having lessons once you reach the 10 hour limit, if you feel you’d benefit from more lessons.
Driving lessons at night (between sunset and sunrise) count for only one hour of night driving. The other two hours are added to your day driving hours.
- Log it – Be sure to record these sessions in your Structured Lesson Record Keeper (PDF, 728Kb) log book insert.
Learner Driver Logbook NSW Exemptions
You do not have to complete a Learner Driver Log Book if you:
- Are over 25 years old
- Previously held a NSW or interstate driver licence, other than a learner licence
- Previously held an overseas licence, other than a learner licence
- Hold an overseas licence, other than a learner licence, and are issued with a learner licence after failing one driving test
- Are specifically exempted by Roads and Maritime Services.
Recognition of log book hours recorded in another state or territory
If you’ve held a learner licence in another Australian state or territory, Roads and Maritime will recognise hours recorded in an interstate learner driver log book, as long as you provide appropriate documentation.
