NY · ROAD TEST
The test other apps skip
The New York 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.
🚦Driving in trafficScanning, mirrors every few seconds, the two-second cushion↩️Left & right turnsLegal lane positions, 100-foot signals, wheels straight while waiting🔃Three-point turnThe manual's four steps on a narrow two-way street🅿️Parallel parkingOn every road test; finish within 1 foot of the curb🚗Leaving the curbThe manual's six-step head-check sequence into traffic⚖️Intersections & right-of-wayWho goes first — and proving you know it under observation
🅿️ Parallel Parking Coach
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Parallel Parking Coach
Parallel parking is part of every New York road test — the manual's own four-step method, finishing within one foot of the curb. Part of the full unlock.
Unlock everything — $14.99🚫 Your test may not begin if…
The examiner inspects your vehicle and paperwork first. Any of these gets the vehicle rejected before you drive a foot:
- !No physical photo learner permit — a photo of it on your phone is not accepted
- !No original Pre-Licensing Course Certificate (MV-278), and no driver-ed Student Certificate (MV-285) on file — copies are not accepted
- !Under 18 without the Certification of Supervised Driving (MV-262) signed by a parent or guardian certifying 50 practice hours
- !A vehicle without valid registration, inspection, and insurance, or not in good working order — doors and seat belts included
- !The front passenger seat belt the examiner uses isn't available and clean
- !No permanent plates on the vehicle — in-transit permits are not allowed for road tests
- !No supervising driver age 21+ with a valid license, if you drove yourself to the test site
⚠️ You may be disqualified during the test for…
- ✗A dangerous action that forces the examiner to intervene — the test ends rather than let a hazard develop
- ✗Breaking a traffic law in front of the examiner: running a light or stop sign, an illegal turn, speeding
- ✗Striking the curb hard or another vehicle during the parallel park or three-point turn
- ✗Failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk or to an emergency vehicle
- ✗Consistently unsafe habits across the drive — examiners score the whole route, not just the maneuvers
✋ Hand signals — yes, NY 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