Any tips for someone taking the licence road test for the first time in the city? Heard NY is much more "strict" compared to other states.

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1.Its pretty easy & its quick. They fail people who look nervous, so remain calm and cool and it will be over before you know it. No sudden braking and accelerating. Smoother is better.
2. Practice parallel parking and 3 point turn on narrow streets. This is the core skill of the test.
3. Remember to always use turn signals every time they ask you to turn. Use it when getting in and out of parking also.
4. Its new york city so there will be cars double parked on the street during your test, be confident in going around them. Yes you can go over the double yellow line in this instance as long as those cars are stationary.

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My 2 cents, sign up outside of nyc for your road test, it will be infinitely easier from both a stress and congestion standpoint.

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Or do the Bronx DMV!

Plenty of quieter spots in Queens with residential streets.

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Take it in Riverhead. It's 1000 times easier. It's on country roads. I had to parallel park behind a truck and there wasn't a car even behind me. I could have backed up for half a mile and not hit anything. It was so much easier than taking it in or near the city. In the city they fail a very high percentage of people and the DMV people are pricks.

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Yes. Do not take your test in the “city.” I would suggest staten island. I took my first test in Brooklyn as a teenager and failed, took it a month later in Staten Island and passed. The city streets are too small and they will find a reason to fail you. Staten Island has super wide streets and it’s easier.

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