New York car practice test 3
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The third simulator, for test week. By now the format should be the easy part, so the draw leans on the corners that decide close results: due care toward pedestrians and cyclists, high beams dimmed at 500 feet oncoming and 200 feet following, and the Driver Responsibility Assessment running on its own 18-month clock, separate from the 24-month point look-back it is so often merged with. Twenty questions, both gates, explanations with the section on every answer.
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20 questions, four of them about road signs. At least 14 right passes, and at least 2 of the 4 sign questions must be right as well. The run stops early at 14 right or 7 wrong. The DMV publishes no time limit, so the timer in timed mode is a study device. There's no signup and nothing to pay.
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Both gates, every time.
Five sample questions, answers hidden until you tap
School zone signs flash during the hours children arrive. Outside those hours the zone is not in effect. What limit applies then?
✓ Correct answer: The road's ordinary posted limit
The school limit applies only during the times on the sign or while the beacons flash for student activities. When the zone isn't in effect, the road's ordinary posted limit governs again. (VTL section 1180(c).)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1180(c), checked 2026-11-03
Traffic is heavy and slow, and you are close behind the car ahead at walking pace in a queue. Is the following rule still being applied to you?
✓ Correct answer: Yes, but a reasonable distance at very low speed is small; the rule scales with speed and conditions
Reasonable and prudent is a sliding scale. Crawling traffic is judged at crawling distances. (VTL section 1129.)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1129, checked 2026-11-03
Speeding more than 40 mph over the limit: how many points?
✓ Correct answer: 11 points
Over forty over the limit reaches the top of the scale, the same 11 as an alcohol conviction under the new table. (15 NYCRR 131.3.)
15 NYCRR 131.3, as amended, checked 2026-11-03
Which of these roads carries the 55 mph general ceiling?
✓ Correct answer: An unposted rural state road
The ceiling fills the gap where no limit is posted, outside the city's own 25 default and away from posted zones. (VTL section 1180(b).)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1180, checked 2026-11-03
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Facts strip
- Questions on the real test
- 20, and 4 are about road signs
- To pass
- At least 14 of 20, and at least 2 of the 4 sign questions
- Time limit
- None published by the DMV
- Retest
- No fee, no published limit or wait
- Permit and licence fee
- $64.25 to $102.50, by age and district
- Minimum age
- 16
Facts checked against New York DMV pages, 2026-11-03. Official information: New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, dmv.ny.gov.
Corrections note
No corrections yet. Last checked 2026-11-03, against the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law, 15 NYCRR Part 131, and DMV published facts.