Best Maryland MVA location for driver's test?

[Anonymous]

Just an FYI - MD permits are not legal to drive in the District. We had been letting our son drive in DC on weekends or evenings when we were there so he would have some city experience before he gets his license and when I mentioned it to the Drive Smart guy he said "oh not legal" and he was right. Seems stupid to me because then they have suburban kids driving with a MD license who may have never driven in an urban environment. Anyway, FYI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just an FYI - MD permits are not legal to drive in the District. We had been letting our son drive in DC on weekends or evenings when we were there so he would have some city experience before he gets his license and when I mentioned it to the Drive Smart guy he said "oh not legal" and he was right. Seems stupid to me because then they have suburban kids driving with a MD license who may have never driven in an urban environment. Anyway, FYI.

Wrong. DC changed its law about six months ago. They now honor learners permits from all 50 states.

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Anonymous wrote:Although the route looks pretty straight forward to me, Beltsville has a high fail rate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQq6v1D09I

It's because Beltsville has a lot of recent immigrants taking the test there. They can't drive worth a crap and haven't been required to take drivers education thus they have not been taught the little things that help teenagers pass the test.

A friend took the test there recently. He noticed that most of the cars taking the test were using driving school cars. I bet the fail rate is so high due to the lack of practice (don't own a car)

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Anonymous wrote:Although we live near the Gaithersburg MVA, I took my DS to Frederick and will do the same for my other children. The people were nice and the wait for the learner's test and the appointments wasn't as long as what my friends who went to the local office dealt with. I also know a few people who have gone to Hagerstown and recommended it.

The people in Frederick and Hagerstown will alway be nicer than the people here. At every store, restaurant, or business.

Amen to that. My 7yr old has already figured that out. "Why is everyone else nicer than where we live?"

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Although we live near the Gaithersburg MVA, I took my DS to Frederick and will do the same for my other children. The people were nice and the wait for the learner's test and the appointments wasn't as long as what my friends who went to the local office dealt with. I also know a few people who have gone to Hagerstown and recommended it.

The people in Frederick and Hagerstown will alway be nicer than the people here. At every store, restaurant, or business.

Amen to that. My 7yr old has already figured that out. "Why is everyone else nicer than where we live?"

I live in Frederick, and work in Bethesda, and it's so true.

Some Frederick kids go to Hagerstown to take their driving tests, they've said the slotted times don't seem to fill up as quickly.

[Anonymous]

i live in Bethesda and my instructor took me to Glen Burnie. Passed first time.

[Anonymous]

Will probably go to Westminster... One of the concerns I have is the right turn out of the MVA itself. There is a weird outside lane...not really a merge as it is the turn lane into the State Police... Are you expected to turn into this lane and almost immediately merge over or do you cross over it directly entering the lane that goes straight? I don't want to fail as I'm leaving the parking lot!

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Anonymous wrote:Will probably go to Westminster... One of the concerns I have is the right turn out of the MVA itself. There is a weird outside lane...not really a merge as it is the turn lane into the State Police... Are you expected to turn into this lane and almost immediately merge over or do you cross over it directly entering the lane that goes straight? I don't want to fail as I'm leaving the parking lot!

If you google you will often find a video of the route - this may help.