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THIRD PARTY TESTING

Our Permit-to-License Package is designed to guide students step-by-step through the entire licensing process with professional instruction, structured learning, and confidence-building behind-the-wheel training.

Includes:

  • 1-Hour Permit Test Study Session
    One-on-one preparation to review traffic laws, road signs, and test strategies

  • Official Permit Knowledge Exam
    Taken with our certified testing provider

  • FREE Permit Test Retake (if not passed on the first attempt)

  • Six (6) 90-Minute Professional Driving Lessons
    Personalized instruction covering all required road skills and real-world driving scenarios

  • Official Road Test
    Vehicle provided and test administered by a licensed examiner

All languages welcome!
At Driving School of Florida, we value diversity and are committed to providing accommodations to administer the road test in any language.

In Office Knowledge Skills Test

14 1/2-17 years old: Exam is available online.

​You will still need to visit your local tax collector/DMV office to get your actual restricted license. Fees will need to be paid and documentation will be needed to prove address and identity before restricted license is issued. 

In office Knowledge Skills Exam is available at our Bradenton and Lutz locations. 

There is a $10 retake fee if this is not the first time taking the knowledge skills test.

All applicants are subject to random selection for re-examination at the drivers license or tax collector office prior to issuance of any license. Failure to pass the random re-exam will require the applicant to pass the knowledge skills exam prior to license issuance.

Bradenton Office hours:  Tuesday through Saturday 9:30am-5:30pm.    WALK INS WELCOME

Lutz Office hours: Tuesday through Saturday 9am-5:00pm

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Languages available:

English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and French

$55

YOU MUST BRING A GOVERNMENT ISSUED PHOTO ID

In Office Road Skills Exam

 

  • You must have a valid Florida learner's permit to take the road test.

  •  If you are under 18, you must have held the permit for at least 365 days, and a parent/guardian must accompany you to the DMV to get your license.​

  • There is a $20 retake fee, additional to the exam fee, if you have already failed a road test anywhere else.​

  • This is just for the exam. A visit to your local tax collectors office or DMV is still needed to get your actual driver's license.​

  • All applicants are subject to random selection for re-examination at the driver license or  tax collector office prior to issuance of any license. Failure to pass the random re-exam will require the applicant to pass the driving skills exam prior to license issuance.

Bradenton Office hours: Tuesday through Saturday 9:30am-5:00pm.    WALK INS WELCOME

Tuesdays and Saturdays are our busiest days, please expect longer wait times for testing.

 

Lutz Office hours: Tuesday through Saturday 9:30am-6:00pm.

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$130

Test is done in our company vehicle only.

YOU MUST BRING PERMIT/LEARNER'S LICENSE AND
WEAR CLOSED TOED SHOES


 

Persons who have taken the permit test or road skills exam more than 3 times, MUST take any future tests at their local tax collectors office.

90 minute Road Skills Practice PLUS In Office Road Skills Exam
(meet at office)

$275

WITH Pick up and Drop Off – $385

  • 90 minute individual session of one-on-one instruction in a dual-controlled state-certified vehicle

  • Review and application of highway/roadway driving skills

  • Application of road knowledge/driving theory as needed

  • Preparation for road/driver license test items, as needed

  • Use of our vehicle for the road test

  • Road Test at our office or Tax Collector

  • Pick up and drop off from home included

Permit to Pass Package

$950

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