FAQ

You can start your studies on your 16th birthday. 

Practice driving can begin after 10 driving lessons with a driving instructor and upon completion of Ökuskóli 1.

The first step is to choose a driving instructor.

The student then applies for a study permit from the district magistrate.

A photo must be submitted along with application for a driver's license.

It is also possible to apply for a study permit using electronic ID at island.is but then you also have to go to the sheriff's office with a photo for your driver's license.

If a student answers questions 1, 2 or 3 in the health declaration with an application with "Yes", then a vision certificate must also be submitted with the application. about driving license.

After this, you can start Ökuskóli 1.

Anyone who has reached the age of 16 can study at the Driving Academy. The program is for those who want to take a driving test called General driving license, category B. This category applies to all regular cars and is as follows:

Category B grants the right to drive a vehicle designed for 8 passengers or fewer in addition to the driver and with a permissible gross vehicle weight of 3,500 kg or less, which can be associated with:

1. A trailer/coupling device with a permissible gross vehicle weight of 750 kg or less, or
2. A trailer/coupling device with a permissible gross vehicle weight exceeding 750 kg, provided that the vehicle combination has a permissible gross vehicle weight of 3,500 kg or less,

3. A motorcycle with four or more wheels

4. Light motorcycle in the AM category,

5. A three-wheeled motorcycle in category A1, A2 or A with the restriction that a person under the age of 21 may not operate such a motorcycle with a power exceeding 15 kW,

6. T-Class Tractor

7. Construction machinery (road driving) and

8. Off-road vehicles, such as snowmobiles.

It depends a lot on what you think you need. Most cars have become automatic transmissions, but many manual transmission cars are still around. You can always upgrade your driver's license to allow you to drive a manual transmission car as well, in a relatively simple way.

It may be better to learn in an automatic car as you can focus better on driving while you are learning, because you don't have to think about changing gears.

First, a new driver's license is applied for at the district magistrate. Next, a driving test is ordered from Frumherji for a manual transmission car, and upon completion of the test, the student is now licensed to drive a manual transmission car.

No, it doesn't matter, you can take a practice drive in either an automatic or a manual transmission car, regardless of which test you are ultimately taking.

All teaching materials are built into the online driving school.

Students have access to the teaching system 24/7.

You can have a speech synthesizer play the learning material or have students read it, depending on what suits you.

There are also instructional films and instructional videos in the driving school.

If students also prefer to have a book to use throughout their studies, they can borrow a textbook from us free of charge.

There is a built-in speech synthesizer in the driving school that reads the course material in good Icelandic.

Background colors can be changed for those who have reading difficulties and often find it difficult to read from a white screen, helping them
often changing the color of the background.

All exams are multiple-choice, so there is no written text, which simplifies learning for many.

Ökuskóli 1 and Ökuskóli 2 take place online.

There are 6 teaching sessions in Ökuskóli 1 and 6 teaching sessions in Ökuskóli 2.

According to the Icelandic Transport Authority's rules, you can complete one session per day in the theoretical study.

This way, it is possible to complete each driving school separately in 6 days, but the maximum study time is 30 days in Ökuskóli 1 and 30 days in Ökuskóli 2. 

A student receives confirmation from Ökuskóli 1 and Ökuskóli 2 when he has passed the school.

The Driving Academy also confirms digitally through island.is when a student has completed Ökuskóli 1 and Ökuskóli 2. The next step is Ökuskóli 3.

After completing Ökuskóli 3, students either go directly to the written driving test or take more driving lessons, either with a driving instructor or a practice driving instructor.

You will receive the practice driving badge from your driving instructor once you have received permission for practice driving.

All driving instructors at the Driving Academy can take students for a driving test.

Driving instructors at the Driving Academy follow students through both practical and theoretical learning.

The driving instructor has an overview of how students are doing in the theoretical study and the goal is to get students through the written exam on the first attempt.

Our driving school has built-in practice tests that students can practice and also see for themselves how they stand before taking the written test.

You will come to the test very well prepared after going through the Driving Academy's driving school.

The program is structured in such a way that you need to complete sessions in order to continue to the next session.

Once you have completed all the study sessions, you will have access to practice exams.

We recommend that students do well on the practice exams and be prepared to pass them.

If a student is confident in passing the practice exams, there is every chance that they will pass the written exam on the first try.

A written exam may be taken no more than two months before the examinee turns 17. Once the examinee has passed the written final exam, a practical final exam may be ordered.

Written exams:
Written final exams are multiple-choice exams consisting of 30 questions, 15 questions are in part A of the exam and 15 questions are in part B of the exam.
You may not make more than 7 errors, however, the number of errors in Part A of the test may not exceed 2.
Interpretation tests are offered if written tests are not available in the test taker's language.
Exams are offered in the following languages ​​for B-licensees: Icelandic, English, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Spanish, Thai and Arabic.
A written exam may be taken no more than two months before the examinee turns 17 years old.

Practical final exams:
Once the examinee has passed the written final exam, a practical final exam may be ordered.
The driving instructor will arrange the test appointment. If the test taker fails the test, a new test appointment can be arranged immediately, but at least a week must elapse between tests.
Here is information about test locations.