Practice for the California drive test by driving

One rule per lesson

Each lesson teaches one rule from the California Driver’s Handbook: STOP signs and limit lines, all-way stops, right turn on red, the bike lane, the center turn lane, school zones and more. Kees, your instructor, tells you what you did wrong and why.

For the behind-the-wheel test there is a practice drive test: the pre-drive check, then about 6 to 8 minutes of driving, scored like the DMV score sheet (DL 32).

The 38 lessons

1. 1First drive in Mission ValleyKeep right · 25 mph · signal 100 feet
2. 2Freeway: mergingMatch the speed, find a gap
3. 3Freeway: exitingSignal early, slow down in the exit lane
4. 4STOP signsFull stop at the limit line
5. 5All-way stopsFirst to stop goes first
6. 6Uncontrolled intersectionsYield to the right · T-intersections
7. 7Traffic lightsRed, yellow and green
8. 8Right turn on redFull stop, then yield
9. 9Left turn on greenYield to oncoming traffic
10. 10CrosswalksMarked and unmarked
11. 11The bike laneMerge within 200 feet of a right turn
12. 12The center turn laneOnly in the last 200 feet
13. 13School zones and school buses25 mph · flashing red lights
14. 14Changing lanesSignal, mirror, shoulder check
15. 15Emergency vehiclesPull to the right and stop
16. 16Backing upStraight along the curb
17. 17Pulling away from the curbSignal, mirror, shoulder, then go
18. 18Flashing yellow arrowTurn left after yielding
19. 19Following distanceThe three-second rule
20. 20The YIELD signSlow down · stop only if you must
21. 21Passing a cyclistAt least three feet of room
22. 22Signal out or flashing redTreat it as an all-way stop
23. 23U-turnsOnly when nobody is within 200 feet
24. 24Do not block the intersectionRoom on the far side, also on green
25. 25One-way streetsTurn left from the left side
26. 26Double yellow and passingOnly where your line is broken
27. 27Railroad crossingsStop at least 15 feet from the rail
28. 28RoundaboutsYield to traffic in it
29. 29Move overA stopped vehicle with flashing lights
30. 30Parking at the curbCurb colors, hydrants, 18 inches
31. 31Lights and wipersWipers on, headlights on
32. 32Alleys and drivewaysComing out, everyone goes first
33. 33Carpool lanesIn and out only where the line is broken
34. 34The school crossing guardThe STOP sign in the guard's hand
35. 35Parking lotsSlow, look around, park nose first
36. 36Parallel parkingBack in, within 18 inches of the curb
37. 37Left turn on redOnly one-way onto one-way
38. 38High beamsDim them for others: 500 and 300 feet

Also in the game

• The practice drive test
• Free drive through Mission Valley: by day, at night, in rain and fog
• A lesson on the controls

Read every rule and sign, too: all California driving rules and the US road signs.