The tests are conducted with an examiner in the car, and people are required to wear face masks to prevent spread of the virus. Perdue said his office resumed road tests in May. “In closed courses, you can't really see how a person is going to interact with the traffic or handle intersections,” he added. “Road tests, with the examiner in the car, is truly the only way that you can assess someone’s skill set and demeanor as well as meet the department’s requirements,” Perdue told the News Service in an interview Wednesday. He scoffed at the idea that a road test could be conducted in any other way than with an examiner in the car. While the state has issued new road-testing procedures for its offices, tax collectors will be able to determine when to open and how to provide services, including driving tests, Keller said.īay County Tax Collector Chuck Perdue, for example, is not following the state’s procedures for remote testing. tweet this In most of the state, driver’s license services are managed by county tax collectors. One county tax collector is not following the state’s procedures for remote testing, and scoffed at the idea that a road test could be conducted without an examiner in the car.