CA · ROAD TEST
The test other apps skip
The California driving test grades 6 skill areas, based on official DMV requirements. Here's the checklist — and the moves that end the test on the spot.
Road-Test Readiness Checklist
0/6 ready6 skill areas based on official DMV road-test requirements. Tap what you've practiced with a licensed adult:
Skill-by-skill guides
What the examiner watches for, the steps in order, and the mistakes that cost points — one guide per graded skill.
🔍Pre-drive checklistSignals, brake lights, horn, parking brake, hand signals — before you move↩️Turns & intersectionsSignal 100 ft, right position, yield properly, no wide swings🪞Lane changesMirror → signal → head-over-shoulder check. Every time.🔙Straight-line backingThree vehicle lengths, within 3 feet of the curb, looking back🎚️Speed controlThe Basic Speed Law — never faster than conditions allow👀ObservationScanning, blind spots, checking crosswalks and crossings
🅿️ Straight-Line Backing Coach
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Straight-Line Backing Coach
California's drive test replaces parallel parking with straight-line backing: three vehicle lengths, within 3 feet of the curb, eyes over your shoulder. Part of the full unlock.
Unlock everything — $14.99⚠️ Instant-Fail Watchlist
- ✗The examiner has to intervene — grabbing the wheel or braking
- ✗Striking another vehicle, object, bicyclist, pedestrian, or animal
- ✗Disobeying a traffic sign, signal, or safety personnel
- ✗Driving dangerously or making other drivers take evasive action
- ✗Speeding — or driving dangerously slowly for conditions
- ✗An auxiliary equipment failure you can't handle (wipers, defroster)
✋ Hand signals — yes, CA still asks
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Left turn
Arm straight out
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Right turn
Arm bent up
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Stop / slow
Arm down