Sacramento Bee

How to ace your written California driver’s test on the first try

Before you can take the behind-the-wheel test in California, you must first conquer the written driving test. The test consists of 46 questions — 38 of which you must answer correctly to pass. While ...
Sacramento Bee

Why do so many people fail the California DMV written exam?

Written driving tests are used to assess a driver’s knowledge on the rules of the road, yet more than half of people fail the test in California. Francisco Moralez went to the Sacramento Department of ...
Modesto Bee

Think you’ll skim the practice booklet before renewing your driver’s license? Think again.

Examiner Marie Moore helps Bryan Main apply for a drivers license at the DMV. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com California law requires a driver over 70 years of age to take a written knowledge test ...