Use this skill to drive a general-purpose motor vehicle (car, truck, motorcycle, or snowmobile, for example), to avoid collisions, or to lose someone chasing or tailing you while you’re operating a motor vehicle.
Check: Routine tasks. such as ordinary driving. don’t require a skill check. Make a check only when some unusual circumstance exists (such as inclement weather or an icy surface), or when you are driving during a dramatic situation (you’re being chased or attacked, for example, or you’re trying to reach a destination in a limited amount of time). When driving, you can attempt simple maneuvers or stunts. See Driving a Vehicle for more details.
Try Again?: Most driving checks have consequences for failure that make trying again impossible.
Special: You can take 10 when driving, but you can’t take 20.
A character with the Vehicle Expert feat gets a +2 bonus on all Drive checks.
There is no penalty for operating a general-purpose motor vehicle. Other types of motor vehicles (heavy wheeled, powerboat, sailboat, ship. and tracked) require the corresponding Surface Vehicle Operation feat, or you take a -4 penalty on Drive checks.
Time: A Drive check is a move action.