Anyone taken a VA road test?

[britbird 4]

So I'm planning on taking the Virginia road test in the next couple of weeks...I'd really like some information from anyone else whose taken it as to what to expect...the DMV website doesn't give much information!

Cheers

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Expect a road, expect to be inside a car.

Sorry.

[Marilyn. 340]

make sure everything works in the car before you go for the test , like blinkers, lights etc..

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

make sure everything works in the car before you go for the test , like blinkers, lights etc..

They actually use turn signals in VA?

[britbird 4]

Mr Smith, that is the exact same response I would have given

Okay, I'll be more specific. How long a test, what sort of manuvers, what nit picky things to expect and what sort of driving areas will I be taken into...that sort of thing.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Mr Smith, that is the exact same response I would have given

Okay, I'll be more specific. How long a test, what sort of manuvers, what nit picky things to expect and what sort of driving areas will I be taken into...that sort of thing.

haha

i dunno abt va but i do know nj. i imagine it won't be drastically different.

in nj you get in the car and you exit the parking lot. you're expected to stop & signal. then you change lanes in traffic and make a left turn at a traffic light. so there they check that you stop at red and yield properly and all that.

then you drive a stretch of road. the test there is to see if you can stay in your lane and control speed, that is dont go over or too much under the speed limit. also make sure your eyes stay on the street, the examiner watches your eye movements.

ok so then they have you pull into another area where you have to do parallel parking. there is no curb, just grass where the curb should be. so you cant rely on bumping into something to know if you're too close or too far.

then there is a reverse for 5 seconds and then a k-turn.

then you drive back.

edit: i shuld add.... that is all i recall right now. maybe theres a few more maneuvers that i dont remember rite now.

Edited March 14, 2006 by Agent Smith

[almaty 19]

make sure everything works in the car before you go for the test , like blinkers, lights etc..

They actually use turn signals in VA?

they ahve paved roads there?

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Expect a road, expect to be inside a car.

Sorry.

In Northern VA, expect to be mostly stuck in a traffic jam.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Expect a road, expect to be inside a car.

Sorry.

In Northern VA, expect to be mostly stuck in a traffic jam.

My part of the world too.

[yogib37 3]

Mr Smith, that is the exact same response I would have given

Okay, I'll be more specific. How long a test, what sort of manuvers, what nit picky things to expect and what sort of driving areas will I be taken into...that sort of thing.

haha

i dunno abt va but i do know nj. i imagine it won't be drastically different.

in nj you get in the car and you exit the parking lot. you're expected to stop & signal. then you change lanes in traffic and make a left turn at a traffic light. so there they check that you stop at red and yield properly and all that.

then you drive a stretch of road. the test there is to see if you can stay in your lane and control speed, that is dont go over or too much under the speed limit. also make sure your eyes stay on the street, the examiner watches your eye movements.

ok so then they have you pull into another area where you have to do parallel parking. there is no curb, just grass where the curb should be. so you cant rely on bumping into something to know if you're too close or too far.

then there is a reverse for 5 seconds and then a k-turn.

then you drive back.

edit: i shuld add.... that is all i recall right now. maybe theres a few more maneuvers that i dont remember rite now.

Do the examier expect you to know the Proper NY Hand Signals?

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Do the examier expect you to know the Proper NY Hand Signals?

I thought the universal NY hand-signal was "the bird". :lol:

It's common in NoVA as well.