Best Driving Schools in Modesto, CA

Getting your driver's license on your 16th birthday makes for the ultimate sweet 16. And yes, it is still possible. In order to make it happen, you have to plan ahead. The California DMV requires you to hold your learner's permit for at least 6 months prior to taking your behind the wheel driving test to get your driver's license. The DMV also does not allow you to get your learner's permit until you are aged 15 1/2. Therefore, you must prepare for, take, and pass your written test for your learner's permit on the day that you turn 15 1/2. Then you will have held your permit for exactly 6 months and be eligible for your driver's license test on the day that you turn sweet 16. If you do not pass your written permit test on the first try, then you will be delayed by one week, so study hard.

There is no specific age requirement for Online Driver Education. If you are taking it for the first time as a teenager, and are looking to get your learner's permit, then we would not recommend it for anyone under the age of 14 1/2. This is because you are not eligible to get your learner's permit with the DMV until you are 15 1/2. We would not want you to forget everything you learned in your Online Driver Education course because you took the course too young.

Unlike most other driving schools, our Behind the Wheel Lessons are 100% private, 100% of the time. We do not have other students in the car during your lesson, and we do not piggy-back students which is where one student picks-up and drives the other student home. Your lesson will be 100% private for your comfort, and to enable you to learn in the best possible environment.

If you are under 18 years of age, then you may not drive with your learner's permit until you have completed the first lesson of behind the wheel driver training with a licensed California driving school. If you are age 18 or older, you may begin using your learner's permit immediately after it is issued to you.

If you are under 18, you must bring the following items with you to DMV in order to take your written test for a learner's permit. Proof of completion of classroom or online driver education. This will be a certificate issued to you upon completion of your driver education from the school you took the course from. Your birth certificate. It must be an official copy from the county where you were born, and contain the raised county seal. If you were born out of the country, you must bring your proof of legal residence. Your social security card. An application for a driver license. This is a DMV form # DL 44, and can be picked up on the counter of your local DMV office. It is a from in duplicate, so it cannot be downloaded from the internet. The form must be signed by ALL parents or guardians. An application fee of $32 dollars for an original license. Checks and debit cards are ok, but no credit cards. You will be required to take a vision test, so if you wear glasses/contacts you will need them. If you are over 18, you will need all these things except for the proof of completion of driver education, and the parent/guardian signature.