What is the passing score for C2 Subject 2?
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The passing score for C2 Subject 2 is 80 points. According to Article 35 of the 'Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses', the passing standards for each subject examination are as follows: the full score for Subject 2 is 100 points. For large buses, trailers, city buses, medium-sized buses, and large trucks, a score of 90 or above is required to pass. For other vehicle types, a score of 80 or above is sufficient. The C2 Subject 2 examination consists of four items: reversing into a garage, parallel parking, curve driving, and right-angle turning. Compared to the C1 manual transmission test, it excludes the hill start item. According to Article 25 of the 'Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses' (Ministry of Public Security Order No. 123), starting from June 1, 2021, the C2 and C5 Subject 2 tests no longer assess hill start and stopping. Reversing into a garage is one of the more challenging items in the Subject 2 test, which is why many test centers place it as the first item. The key points for reversing into a garage are: the steering wheel's full-lock point, the 30 cm correction point, and the stopping point inside the garage. The vehicle must follow the designated route and sequence. The vehicle must enter the garage during reversing and must not cross the lines. Parallel parking focuses on aligning the front line of the garage with the rear wheels, spotting the rear corner in the side mirror, and maintaining the distance between the wheel and the left dashed line. After parking, the wheels do not need to be straightened, and the turn signal must not be forgotten when exiting. The vehicle body must not cross the lines after stopping inside the garage. During driving, the tires must not touch or press the lane boundary lines. Curve driving, commonly known as the S-curve, can often be completed by students with good vehicle control simply by feel, indicating that the S-curve is not particularly difficult. However, some students may misjudge the line positions during the actual test, leading to immediate failure by crossing the lines. The key to the S-curve is observing the position of the hood marker points relative to the boundary lines. The wheels must not press the road edge lines. Right-angle turning is actually less difficult and can be seen as a simplified version of the exiting part of the reversing into a garage item. The method for finding the reference points is the same as for exiting: observing the relationship between the hood's horizontal line and the front line (either aligning or delaying). Care must be taken to ensure the wheels do not press the road edge lines. Generally, the required training hours for C1 Subject 2 are 16 hours, while for C2 Subject 2, they are 14 hours. Completing the required training hours is a basic requirement for taking the Subject 2 test. Training hours can only be increased, not reduced. If additional test items are added, corresponding training hours must also be increased. Each training hour is 60 minutes, with effective teaching time not less than 45 minutes. If you fail the Subject 2 test, you can retake it once. If you fail the retest, the examination process is terminated, and you must reschedule the test after ten days. If you fail five consecutive test attempts (including retests, totaling 10 attempts), all previously passed subject scores will be invalidated, and you must start over from Subject 1.
For the C2 automatic transmission Subject 2 driving test, the full score is 100, and 80 is considered a pass. My instructor kept emphasizing that 80 was a safe threshold during my exam. The point deductions are quite detailed: hitting the line during reverse parking deducts 100 points, which is the harshest, but stalling the engine only deducts 10 points, and sweeping the line with the rear during parallel parking also deducts 10 points. Here’s a little trick I used: during practice tests, I always aimed for 85 points, leaving a 5-point buffer for errors, which really helped keep my nerves steady. Remember, the exam car is more sensitive than the training car—the first time I started on a slope, I lifted the clutch too quickly and lost 10 points, but thankfully, I kept steady during the right-angle turn and didn’t hit the line. I passed with 82 points, and my hands were shaking when I signed.
Passing score for Subject 2 (C2 automatic transmission) is 80! Personal experience tells you not to be scared by the score—there's actually high fault tolerance. The biggest fear in reverse parking is crossing lines, but as long as you don't go through the bay, you're fine; stopping midway during parallel parking deducts 5 points each time—my neighbor aunt passed despite stopping twice at turtle speed. The 30cm error in hill start can deduct 10 points, but last month my sister's car didn't reach the line and only lost 10 points. The biggest surprise was curve driving—thought it was a sure fail, but turns out no points are deducted if you don't touch lines throughout. Recommend reviewing the penalty standards for each test item in the driving test app three times before the exam—knowing the rules keeps you calm.
Just got my license and here's my experience: passed the C2 subject 2 test with 80 points. A crucial reminder is to watch out for hidden point deductions. For example, not using the turn signal when starting deducts 10 points, and pulling the handbrake for more than 3 seconds on a slope also deducts 10 points. There was a tough guy at our driving school who did the reverse parking perfectly but got deducted 20 points—turned out he had buckled the seatbelt into the passenger slot. The exam system is strict on details; during my right-angle turn, I was too close to the right and was judged as riding the edge line, resulting in an immediate 100-point deduction and failure. My advice is to thoroughly understand the rules before the test—obscure points like stopping for 3 seconds in reverse parking deducting 5 points can be the key to success.
