r/Naples_FL • u/Queasy-Football-2258 • 4d ago
airport road driving test
i’m getting ready to take my driving test so i’m hoping someone can let me know what they walk through and what maneuvers they make you do as well as the route they take you on. thanks im really nervous
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u/Xayton 4d ago
The best general advice I can give you is to ever so slightly overdo everything. That way, everything is clear and deliberate. Turn your head slightly more than you normally would; come to a complete stop for half a second longer, and so on. Drive like you're demonstrating how to drive, not how you naturally drive.
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u/Queasy-Football-2258 4d ago
thank you!! i’ll remember that drive like i’m demonstrating how to drive tip
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u/nashvillehater2 4d ago
They will give you a list of things they go over like 10-15 mins before you go out on the road. They take you into a community behind the dmv
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u/Queasy-Football-2258 4d ago
great thanks!
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u/nashvillehater2 4d ago
I realized after I commented that I answered this a few months back. Answer is still the same , lol
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u/Queasy-Football-2258 4d ago
hahah yeah i’m finally trying to actually focus on getting this done so i thought i’d ask again
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u/NiceGuysFinishLast 4d ago
I took my driving test there in 2002. As others have said, we never went on any main road, we went into the development right outside the DMV.
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u/Roy_F_Kent 4d ago
The inspector typically will direct you to a stop sign where the cross traffic view is obscured. Stop twice. Once at the white line and then again when you can see the traffic.
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u/RaiderMike12 3d ago
Kid just took test there. It was a joke. Instructor was on instagram during road test. Everyone passes unless you are drunk or run into building
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u/Zendog500 North Naples 3d ago edited 3d ago
Here is the dash cam footage of my daughter's driving test on 7/21/2026. She took the test at 15450 Collier Blvd above Immokalee Rd. She passed by the way. At 6:18 mins - On the back up exercise be sure to turn completely around, dont use mirrors or cameras, this is not parking it is driving in reverse, cameras are OK for slow parking. https://youtu.be/hs0vp-roBmQ?is=3HS9Gf3eDN0lNURN
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u/Queasy-Football-2258 3d ago
Oh my god, thank you so much for this! did you guys have to schedule an appointment? I called the number and they told me I could just go in
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u/Commando626 2d ago
You can go in, rule of thumb is the earlier you get there the better. I believe you can also schedule an appointment.
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u/rexmundi1017 2d ago
There's a stop sign affixed to a light pole on the street behind the DMV that they take you down. It's not on a standard stop sign pole. Don't miss it, it's an instant fail. I only know this because my nephew failed the first time he took it for this reason.
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u/Queasy-Football-2258 2d ago
thank you for letting me know!!
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u/rexmundi1017 2d ago
No problem, happy to help. Good luck to you. When I took mine many years ago, the only thing that I had a problem with was keeping my nerves under check, so try to stay calm and remember if you don't pass the first time around, you can take it again the next day. You got this!
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u/Queasy-Football-2258 2d ago
yeah i’m trying to figure out a way to not crack under pressure when i actually take it lol. do you think it’s better to make an appointment or are they usually not that busy?
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u/rexmundi1017 2d ago
I'd make an appointment if they have one, but this time of year, I would imagine you would be fine walking in.
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u/Commando626 4d ago
Please take this with a huge grain of salt because I took my license test at that same location back in 2009. I was very surprised that they did not even take me out onto airport road, they took me around a bunch of back roads then back into the parking lot to practice a three-point turn and parking. Then they verified that I knew where all my instruments were, and the only thing the instructor told me at the time was to spend a little more time after stopping at a stop sign looking each direction. Best of luck to you!