New York practice test, licences, points, and crashes
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The permit itself and what happens after: licence classes and junior licence restrictions, suspension and revocation, aggravated unlicensed operation, and the duties after a crash under section 600, which split by whether anyone was hurt. Points live in this set with their two clocks kept apart on purpose: DMV's persistent violator look-back is 24 months under Part 131, and the Driver Responsibility Assessment runs on its own 18-month period under the statute. Merging those two clocks is the classic error here.
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How many points within the look back period put a licence in line for suspension action?
✓ Correct answer: 11 or more points
Six points starts the assessment bill; 11 is where suspension action enters. Keeping the two thresholds apart is the whole lesson. (15 NYCRR 131.4.)
15 NYCRR 131.4, as amended, checked 2026-11-03
Someone is injured in a crash, though the cars are barely marked. Is a DMV report required?
✓ Correct answer: Yes. Injury triggers the report duty whatever the damage figure
The two triggers are separate: injury or death on one side, damage over 1,000 dollars to the property of any one person on the other. Either one is enough, and the written report goes to the commissioner within 10 days. (VTL section 605(a)(1).)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 605(a)(1), checked 2026-11-03
Report a wrong answer. Reports are checked against the cited source within two working days, and a right report is fixed in the open, with the date on this page.
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.