Texas written driving test

[Moonlight2011 13]

Hi Folks,

Anyboy, that experienced the Written driving test in Texas ( houston)..?i need some advice in how to prepare better to the test and make sure i will not fail.

website for free test, or if people gathered some questions template already from recent test??...

Thank you

[ValerieA 350]

I read the manual, and took the practice test. I passed first time, but it was close, because it was somewhat heavy on the "how many feet to stop" kind of questions, which requires memorization and I suck at that these days. A friend of mine took it, failed the first time, and said the second test was much easier.

Oh, and yes, I am in Houston, I took it at the one on Gessner. Long wait - I ended up being there for 4+ hours. My friend went to one just off the 45, later in the afternoon, and she didn't have to wait at all.

Edited for cruddy spelling.

Edited July 3, 2012 by ValerieA

[Moonlight2011 13]

Oh great!

thank you

[sms78 18]

did you google for a sample test yet? I found a lot of them in my language, Japanese. I took the test in Japanese too. Pretty sure there are many English test samples available online. Look through them several times and you're more than good to go.

[Moonlight2011 13]

thank you.

yes i found some that were free. i was also looking for some advice from peopel that already take the test in real..

But thank you

[TBoneTX 45,299]

Rather than suffer through hours at a Houston-area license office, have someone drive you down to Angleton, about 45 miles away in Brazoria County. Much faster there, si man.

[EminTX 131]

Or Galveston. Or Dickinson. Or Texas City. Or...

That Gessner office can be brutal in the delays.

Tips--practice, practice, practice. The first thing you do for most of the tests is the parallel parking. If you can set up a couple of flags (or un-lit tiki torches on some dirt), this is a good way to get your practice in. Do it repeatedly. Don't forget to use your turn signal.

In some Houston offices, you have to make an appointment for the driving part. My son used a driving school and had his driving part of the test with them. I'm not sure if that is an option for everyone or just minors or what, but it might be something to check out.

Good luck. Once you've passed it, come back to this thread and give an update for anyone searching for info in the future.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Hi Folks,

Anyboy, that experienced the Written driving test in Texas ( houston)..?i need some advice in how to prepare better to the test and make sure i will not fail.

website for free test, or if people gathered some questions template already from recent test??...

Thank you

Go to a DPS office and ask for the yellow handbook and study that. It's free. The first of the book is about teen drivers and penalties for them. There are a lot of questions on the test about that, so don't skip over that part because you're not a teen and it doesn't apply to you. It will be on the test.

Here's something that may interest the rest of you Houston area drivers---new super centers planned by the DPS. I read it in the Brazosport Facts (Brazoria County paper). It requires a subscription log-in so I will cut and paste the main part. The first of the article is about how slow the Angleton office is. ( hahaha--they should experience a Houston office). I'm only posting what the DPS said about the new offices....

“We’re working on things to make this better. We’re in the process of building six new Driver License Mega-Centers,” said Tom Carter, senior regional manager of Region 2A of the Driver License Division.

Two centers will be built in the Dallas area, and the others will be built in San Antonio, Austin, Rosenberg and Spring.

The Rosenberg location will be at Highway 59 South and Highway 36 and the Spring location will be at 4740 Spring Cypress Road. The Houston area locations are projected to open Sept. 1

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These “Mega-Centers” will be significantly larger than a typical driver’s license office and will each have a minimum of 25 employees. They will require the majority of Texas DPS’ budget.

“The majority of that money is going to staff the new centers, and of course a good portion will go to building the centers and to new technology,” Carter said. “When you start adding the number the people we’re adding, that’s a lot of dollars in salary.”

Carter hopes these centers will help DPS achieve its goal of reducing driver’s license office wait times to 30 minutes for a renewal and 45 minutes for everything else.

“This will give us 25 percent more staff to deal with the current population,” Carter said. “We also won’t be closing down any of the current locations.” Carter said he beleives building the centers is a step in the right direction.

“These Mega-Centers will increase customer service and will be a great opportunity,” Carter said. “It will help, but nothing will help overnight.”

[Moonlight2011 13]

up date; Got my driving license. Yesterday ...(1st written i failed ( long story to explain what happend that day), second 80% written. PASSS..and driving was good, my paralel parking was ok, a bit far from the curb but i got it....)........Yahooo

here are few links i used to help in my preparation plus the hand book, i will recommend to read it fully more than one time and study the last page of it where tehre are a sample of questions asked in the Test.

http://www.drivingrules.net/quiz/qa1.htm

http://www.golocalnet.com/st/texas/index1.html

http://driversprep.com/index.php

http://djitz.com/guides/texas-driver-license-test-written-and-road-test-guide/ ( this blog is very good) he created an app game for all the questions that are in the book, you can practise with it, but i recommend to try answer the questions youre self by searching for the right answer you will remember it better.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PLD972762803BBA9EE

Iphone apps:

Texas driver license practise test..........>Free

DMV Genius....>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Free

Drivers ED.................................................> You pay 2 $...(its nothing)...its very good too,

Swerve......................................................>..i dont rememebr i think its free.

Here you go and good luck !