Oroville California DMV Driving Test Routes

Drive tests are given by appointment only. Book online through the DMV appointment system or call 1-800-777-0133 during business hours. Bring proof of insurance that meets California requirements.

It has two parts. First the pre-drive safety check: the examiner checks items such as the driver's window, mirrors, turn signals, brake lights, tires, foot brake, horn, seat belts and passenger door, and asks you to show the parking brake, arm signals, wipers, defroster, hazard lights and headlights. Then the Driving Performance Evaluation (DPE), where you drive with the examiner, who only gives you directions on what to do.

Yes. If an item such as a window, mirror, signal, brake light, tire, foot brake, horn, passenger door, glove box or seat belt does not meet the DMV standard, the test is rescheduled. If you cannot locate or demonstrate 4 or more of the control items (parking brake, arm signals, wipers, defroster, hazard lights, headlights), the test counts as a fail.

Only the examiner. Interpreters may help during the pre-drive inspection but cannot ride along during the drive, with exceptions for training, service animals and some law enforcement situations. If you hold a licence from another country, someone must drive you to and from the test.

No. AUDrive lists the 164 offices that the DMV's own location data tags with "Automobile Driving Test". Industry business centres, commercial drive test centres and Express offices do not give the car test, so they are not listed. Check the office page on dmv.ca.gov before booking.

You must wait 14 days, not counting the day you failed, before testing again, and there is a $7 retest fee. Your application fee covers three attempts; after a third failure the application is no longer valid and you must reapply.

The DMV does not publish them. A 1994 DMV research report on the drive test said "each DMV field office has a primary and an alternate drive route". That is the most recent official statement we found; the current handbook only says the examiner gives you directions on what to do.

Each state runs its own licensing and road tests through its motor vehicle agency, so rules, fees and booking differ by state. AUDrive currently lists New York (NYS DMV road test sites) and California (California DMV field offices that give the car drive test).

No. Neither DMV publishes test routes. In New York the road test starts from an outdoor meeting point and the examiner gives directions on nearby public streets. In California the test starts at the DMV field office; a 1994 California DMV research report said each office had a primary and an alternate drive route, and the DMV handbook today says only that the examiner gives you directions on what to do. Routes on AUDrive are contributed by learners who took their test there and are checked before they go live; no US route has been contributed yet.

Traffic drives on the right, and speed limits and distances are posted in miles per hour and miles. New York's road test scoring lists "fails to keep right" as an error. AUDrive shows distances on US centre pages in miles.

No. Neither DMV publishes a phone number for each site. New York pages show the DMV road test scheduling line (1-518-402-2100), which can schedule, reschedule or cancel a road test. California pages show the statewide DMV line (1-800-777-0133), which can also book a drive test appointment.