From tomorrow budding drivers can earn their L plates online in NSW.
The shakeup of the driver knowledge test gives learners the option of taking the revamped, interactive exam in the comfort of their own home as many times as they like.
Shabbir Petrolwala, 16, got behind the wheel for the first time this weekend, with dad Murtaza in the passenger seat.
Doing laps of a carpark at Lalor Park, he slowly got the hang of it.
The Year 10 student is one of the first people in the state to earn his "Ls" on the web.
He's part of a pilot of the online driver knowledge test which goes live tomorrow.
It's a new format that simulates real world challenges and is available to sit anywhere with internet.
Learners only pay $55 once, when they pass, instead of every time they try.
Duncan Lucas from Transport for NSW said other parts of Australia had already introduced the change.
"It's flexible. It's accessible. It's modern. It's interactive," he said.
"The test has been in place in four other states across Australia for a while now, and we've seen no evidence of systemic fraud or cheating."
Learners can still go in person to Service NSW.
Selena Hallacq had to wait until the school holidays to sit her test at Bondi Junction and she felt the pressure.
"I practised three times every day, before this, I was really nervous," she said.
But the 16 year-old passed first go and said she wouldn't trade in the rite of passage for a home test.
"I feel relieved, it's something that's been taken off the list I can now move onto actually driving, because it's something I've been wanting to do forever," she said.
The online option also eases the burden on Service NSW centres which last year handled more than 215,000 just for learner knowledge tests.
