Free New York DMV Practice Test

New York DMV Driver's Manual (dmv.ny.gov/new-york-state-drivers-manual-and-practice-tests/, Chapter 1 driver-licenses, Chapter 4 signals, Chapter 6 passing/no-passing, Chapter 8 speed limits), Vehicle and Traffic Law citations found in the manual (VTL §1180-b default speed, §1212 reckless driving, §1225-c/d handheld device, VTL Zero Tolerance/DWAI/DWI/Aggravated DWI provisions), DMV's driver-point-value schedule (updated effective February 16, 2026 — verify this table is still current before relying on it further), and the DMV Junior Driver License regional curfew pages — researched and verified 2026-08-18/19. Exam format: 20 questions, need 14 correct (70%) to pass, per dmv.ny.gov's Chapter 1 testing section; module uses `signCount: 0, ruleCount: 20, rulePassPct: 0.70`. SUB-GATE NOW MODELLED, 2026-08-22 (this note previously recorded it as a KNOWN SIMPLIFICATION): the real NY exam requires at least 2 of the 4 sign-recognition questions correct in addition to 14 of 20 overall, and the app used to check only the 70% — so a student who scored 14/20 while missing 3 of the 4 sign questions was told they passed when NY would have failed them. MockConfig gained a gradedAsOneTest flag for exactly this shape: NY is now signCount 4 / signPassCount 2 / ruleCount 16 / rulePassPct 0.7, where rulePassPct applies to the COMBINED 20 questions rather than the 16 rules alone. That distinction matters and is why a plain two-section split was not used: 4/4 signs with 10/16 rules is 14/20 and genuinely passes in New York, but section-style grading would have failed it on the rules percentage — trading a false pass for a false fail. Known gaps deliberately NOT invented: pedestrian WALK/DON'T WALK signal timing sequence (not found in the fetched manual text); exact adult seat-belt violation fine (only a distinct $50 charter-bus-specific fine for ages 8-15 was found, used narrowly in r111 rather than generalized); exact handheld-phone fine figures (secondary-sourced, not verbatim on a single dmv.ny.gov page); an apparent unresolved discrepancy between the Driver Responsibility Assessment's 18-month window and the newly-extended 24-month suspension look-back window (both are presented as currently stated, without forcing a resolution); precise truck/bus no-zone side/rear footage figures (only qualitative description plus one ~20-foot front figure was found); statewide curb-color meanings (New York's manual does not describe one — do not treat as existing); a citable current distracted-driving crash-percentage statistic (only a 2011-2016 ticket-increase figure was found and used instead); and a full NY-specific stopping-distance table (only one non-standardized illustrative example existed and was not used). Also note two deliberately negated facts used as trick-question material because they are explicitly confirmed absences, not gaps: New York has NO statewide 3-foot (or other exact-footage) bicycle-passing law, and NO statutory right-of-way for funeral processions, and NO divided-highway exception to the school bus stop law. Re-verify periodically, as DMV manuals, VTL sections, fees, and point thresholds change over time — the Feb 2026 point-system update in particular should be reconfirmed as it ages.