Category B practical driving test in Wallonia

Key facts

Age: 18 years old.Source: wallonie.be
Before the test: The theory test, passed in Wallonia less than 3 years ago. And the risk perception test, also passed in Wallonia.Source: wallonie.be
Price: €42 for the test. The risk perception test is paid separately: €17.Sources: Walloon fees 2026 · Autosécurité (fees and booking)
Language of the test: The examiner speaks to you in French, or in German at the Eupen centre. If you understand neither, you can take the test in Dutch or English: a sworn interpreter, chosen by the centre and paid by you, comes with you and translates.Source: wallonie.be
After two failures: 6 hours of lessons at a driving school before you retake it.Source: monpermisdeconduire.be

Three ways to get there

After the theory test, you choose your track.

Direct access: at least 30 hours at a driving school, with no training period. You take the test in the school's car.Source: monpermisdeconduire.be
Driving school track: at least 20 hours of lessons, then the technical skills test (“test de capacités techniques”). It gives you the 18-month provisional licence, with which you can drive alone. Then at least 3 months of training and 1,500 km.Source: monpermisdeconduire.be
Learning with a guide: the 36-month provisional licence, with a guide. At least 3 months of training and 1,500 km. The 3 months and the kilometres count from the “rendez-vous pédagogique” (teaching appointment), which you and your guides must attend.Sources: monpermisdeconduire.be · Autosécurité

The risk perception test

It's a separate test, on a computer. You must pass it before the road test.

When: before you book the road test. On the driving school track, you even have to pass it before the technical skills test.Sources: monpermisdeconduire.be (risk perception) · Autosécurité
Where: at one of the 14 Walloon test centres, by appointment.Source: monpermisdeconduire.be (risk perception)
Price: €17 each time.Source: monpermisdeconduire.be (risk perception)
How: you watch 5 films, imagining you are at the wheel, and you click on each risk when it appears. You need at least 6 out of 10. It's the same test at Autosécurité and at AIBV. Autosécurité explains: a risk is something outside the car that forces you to change your speed, change direction or use the horn. There are 10 to find, 0 to 3 per film, and you have 10 clicks.Sources: Autosécurité · AIBV (types of test)
Validity: until the same date as your theory test.Source: monpermisdeconduire.be (risk perception)
If you fail twice in a row: 3 hours of lessons at a driving school before you retake it.Source: monpermisdeconduire.be (risk perception)

On the road

The manoeuvres: you do two, in the street. The first is always the same: parking or stopping in reverse between two vehicles, on the left or right of the road. The second is drawn at random by the computer: turning round in a narrow street, reversing in a straight line, or parking at a right angle to the road, forwards or in reverse.Sources: Autosécurité · AIBV brochure
The checks beforehand: the AIBV brochure includes them too: the precautions, the adjustments (seat, mirrors, seat belt) and a few controls to use.Source: AIBV brochure
Independent driving: for at least 10 minutes, the examiner gives you a direction that is easy to follow and stops telling you where to turn. You follow the road signs. They tell you when it starts and when it ends, and they help you if a sign is missing.Sources: Autosécurité · AIBV brochure
The result: at the end, they explain their decision and what they saw. If you pass, they give you the form “Demande d'un permis de conduire” (driving licence application), which you take to your commune.Source: monpermisdeconduire.be

Booking, centre by centre

The test is by appointment, at the centre of your choice. Two companies run the Walloon centres: Autosécurité and AIBV.

Who runs each centre and how to book
	Centres	Booking the road test	Risk perception test
Autosécurité	Arlon, Bastogne, Cuesmes (Mons), Eupen, Liège (Wandre), Lobbes, Marche-en-Famenne, Namur (Suarlée), Ottignies / Louvain-la-Neuve, Tihange, TournaiEupen: the test can be taken in German there.Liège (Wandre): tests in Dutch or English are possible, exceptionally and by appointment.	Online, on the Autosécurité booking portal. Book at least 6 weeks ahead. Book	By appointment: online on the same portal, or by phone on 087 57 20 30.Source: Autosécurité (fees and booking)
AIBV	Braine-le-Comte, Couillet (Charleroi), MariembourgCouillet (Charleroi): tests in Dutch or English are possible, exceptionally and by appointment.	Online, with an account on the AIBV app. One appointment at a time. Book	By appointment, in the same app.Source: AIBV (booking)

The centres prefer payment by card. At Autosécurité, there is also a waiting list for learners with a guide: if a slot opens up earlier, you get a text message.

Sources: wallonie.be · Autosécurité (waiting list)

The circuits published by the centres

The Walloon centres publish the waypoints of their test circuits. Each circuit has three compulsory waypoints.

At AIBV, the computer draws the circuit at random. The examiner can depart from it, for example if there are roadworks or too much traffic.

On our centre pages, you'll find the link to these circuits, and examples of places our routes also go through.

Sources: AIBV (test circuits) · Autosécurité (test circuits)

The technical skills test

It's used for one thing only: getting the 18-month provisional licence, so you can drive alone during your training period. In French it's called the “test de capacités techniques”.

When: after 20 hours at a driving school, or after 3 months of training with a guide. Either way, you must first have passed the risk perception test.Source: monpermisdeconduire.be
How: the examiner does a simplified technical inspection of the car. Then you drive for 30 minutes and do a manoeuvre drawn at random.Source: monpermisdeconduire.be
Price: €71.Source: Walloon fees 2026
If you fail twice in a row: 6 hours of lessons at a driving school before you retake it.Source: monpermisdeconduire.be

The documents to bring

If you come in your own car:

your identity document, still valid;
proof that you passed the theory test in Wallonia (less than 3 years ago) and the risk perception test in Wallonia;
your provisional licence, still valid and issued more than 3 months ago. Or the training period certificate from your commune;
with an 18-month provisional licence: proof that you passed the technical skills test in Wallonia;
after two failures in a row: proof of the 6 hours of lessons;
for the car: proof of insurance (green card), the registration certificate, and the green technical inspection certificate if the car needs one;
the Belgian or European licence of your guide or of the person with you, and their identity document issued in Belgium;
your completed roadbook (logbook), with at least 1,500 km;
if you learn with a guide: the certificate of the “rendez-vous pédagogique”, yours and your guides';
proof of payment, if you paid in advance.

With a driving school, you bring your identity document, your proof that you passed, your practical training certificate, and your provisional licence or your training period certificate.

Autosécurité wants originals. If a document is missing, the test doesn't go ahead and you pay an administration fee.

Sources: monpermisdeconduire.be · Autosécurité

The car

4 wheels, at least 3 seats, seat belts and head restraints in the front;
able to reach 100 km/h;
an “L” sign on the back, clearly visible, unless it's a driving school car;
with a 36-month provisional licence: a second interior mirror for your guide. The vanity mirror in the sun visor doesn't count;
parking sensors and cameras are allowed if they were fitted by the manufacturer;
an electric car is accepted under the same conditions.

Not accepted: studded tyres, trade plates, test-drive plates or short-term transit plates, and cars registered as oldtimers.

Source: monpermisdeconduire.be

After a failure

After one failure: you can't retake it on the same day.Source: monpermisdeconduire.be
After two failures in a row: you must take at least 6 hours of practical lessons at a driving school before you retake it.Source: monpermisdeconduire.be
If you disagree: tell the head of the centre straight away. After a second failure, you can also appeal. You have 15 days, by registered letter to the chair of the SPW appeals board (“Commission de recours”). It costs €14.Sources: monpermisdeconduire.be · wallonie.be (appeals)

The Walloon centres in PermisRoute

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Frequently asked questions

I passed my theory test in Brussels or Flanders. Can I take the practical test in Wallonia?

No, not since 1 January 2026. You must have passed the theory test and the risk perception test in Wallonia.

Source: wallonie.be

When do I take the risk perception test?

Before the road test, and separately. You can take it as long as your theory test is valid. Once passed, it stays valid until the same date as your theory test. On the driving school track, you must pass it before the technical skills test.

Sources: monpermisdeconduire.be (risk perception) · Autosécurité

How much does the practical test cost in Wallonia?

€42 since 1 January 2026. That's the price in the Walloon fee table, on the monpermisdeconduire.be portal and at Autosécurité. On 10 November 2026, the procedure text on wallonie.be still said €41.

Risk perception test: €17.
Technical skills test: €71.

Sources: Walloon fees 2026 · monpermisdeconduire.be · Autosécurité (fees and booking)

Do I know the test route in advance?

Not really. The Walloon centres publish the waypoints of their circuits, three per circuit. But you don't know which circuit you'll get: at AIBV, the computer draws it at random. The most useful thing is still to have driven the streets around the centre before.

Sources: AIBV (test circuits) · Autosécurité (test circuits)

Can I take the test in English?

Yes, or in Dutch, if you understand neither French nor German. A sworn interpreter, chosen by the centre and paid by you, comes with you and translates. According to monpermisdeconduire.be, this is done exceptionally and by appointment, in Couillet and in Wandre.

Sources: wallonie.be · monpermisdeconduire.be

The other regions

The three regions side by side · The practical test in Brussels · The practical test in Flanders

Sources

We checked every fact on these websites on 10 and 11 November 2026. The rules change often: if in doubt, your region's official website is right.

The practical test in Wallonia