For parents and driving coaches
Teach the rules before the car moves.
New drivers have to think about steering, speed and mirrors all at once. Learning the rules on a screen first frees up their attention for the road. Here is a simple plan.
A four-week plan
- Week 1: Play together. Spend 15 minutes on Driving lesson 1. Before each answer, ask them to explain why. Wrong answers are fine; talk about the replay.
- Week 2: Signs. Work through Sign School levels 1 to 4. In the car, ask them to name each sign as you pass it.
- Week 3: Lessons 2 and 3. Play the rest of the game, then take each rule out on a practice drive using the checklist below.
- Week 4: Test. Take the practice test until they score 80% or better twice in a row.
Practice-drive checklist
One real-world drill for every stop in the game.
| Rule | Try this on a drive |
|---|---|
| Four-way stop | Find a four-way stop at a busy time. Have them say out loud who goes next before each car moves. |
| Yield sign | Pick a yield-controlled right turn. Practice slowing early and judging the gap. |
| Two cars, same time | At a quiet four-way stop, ask: if a car pulled up to our right right now, who would go? |
| Crosswalk | Drive a downtown block. Point out every crosswalk, marked or not. |
| Left turn on green | Practice unprotected lefts at a light with light traffic. Wheels straight while waiting. |
| Stopped school bus | Drive a bus route at pickup time, or talk through it when you see a bus. |
| Ambulance behind you | Next time you hear a siren, have them narrate where they would pull over. |
| Right turn on red | Find a right-on-red. Full stop, look left, check the crosswalk, then go. |
| Straight before left | At a four-way stop, notice signals on cars across from you. |
| Turning across a crosswalk | Practice right turns on green at a busy crosswalk. |
| Roundabout | Drive a local roundabout several times, using different exits. |
| Railroad crossing | Drive over a crossing slowly. Point out the round sign, RXR marking and stop line. |
| Merging onto a highway | Practice on-ramps at quiet times. Focus on matching speed. |
| Following distance | Count the 3-second gap together on a highway. |
| Blind spot check | In a parking lot, have them sit in the car while you walk around it to find the blind spots. |
| Passing a cyclist | On a road with bike traffic, practice waiting for a gap before passing. |
| Work zone flagger | Talk through each orange sign you pass in a work zone. |
| No signs or signals | Find a quiet neighborhood intersection with no signs. Ask who would go if a car arrived on the right at the same time. |
| T-intersection | At a T with no signs, have them say which road ends and who must yield. |
| Leaving a driveway | Back out of and pull out of your own driveway together. Stop before the sidewalk every time. |
| White cane or guide dog | Talk about what a white cane or guide dog means, and why you never honk. |
| Traffic lights out | Next time you pass a flashing or dark signal, ask what they would do. |
| Ambulance at a green light | When you hear a siren near an intersection, ask where the safe place to stop is. |
| Which lane after a right turn | Practice right turns onto a multi-lane road, finishing in the right lane. |
| Which lane after a left turn | Practice left turns onto a multi-lane road, finishing in the left lane without drifting. |
| Turning across a bike lane | On a road with a bike lane, practice the mirror and shoulder check before every right turn. |
| Center left-turn lane | Use a center turn lane together. Enter it just before the turn, not a block early. |
| When to signal | Count the seconds between signal and turn. Aim for at least 3 to 4. |
| U-turns | Find a legal U-turn spot with good sight lines and practice it once. |
| Passing on a two-lane road | On a two-lane road, talk through when passing would be legal and safe, without doing it. |
| No passing near a hill | On a hilly road, point out each no passing zone and why it is there. |
| Being passed | When someone passes you, notice how you hold speed and stay right. |
| Missed your exit | Plan a highway trip where you deliberately take the next exit and loop back. |
| Keep right except to pass | On a highway, practice moving back right after each pass. |
| Someone tailgating you | If someone follows too closely, practice adding space ahead and letting them by. |
| Truck blind spots | Park near a truck and look for its mirrors from different spots around it. |
| Trucks making wide turns | Watch trucks turning at a busy intersection. Note how they swing out first. |
| Sharing with motorcycles | Count motorcycles on a drive. Practice the extra head check before lane changes. |
| Buses pulling out | On a bus route, practice letting a bus pull out from its stop. |
| People walking at night | Drive a lit street at night and spot pedestrians early. Notice how dark clothes disappear. |
| Slow-moving vehicles | On a rural road, talk through how far ahead you need to see before passing a tractor. |
| Parallel parking | Set up two cones or bins in a quiet street and practice parallel parking until it feels routine. |
| Parking downhill | Park on a hill with a curb, facing down. Turn the wheels and set the brake. |
| Parking uphill | Park facing uphill next to a curb. Wheels away, roll back gently, set the brake. |
| Parking on a hill with no curb | Find a hill with no curb and practice turning the wheels toward the edge. |
| Parking near a hydrant | On a city street, estimate 15 feet from a hydrant. One car length is close. |
| Pulling out of a parking space | Practice pulling out of a curb space: signal, mirror, shoulder check, then go. |
| High beams | On a dark road, practice switching to low beams as soon as a car appears. |
| Hydroplaning | Next time it rains, drive a familiar route slower and talk about standing water. |
| Driving in fog | If you drive in fog, use low beams and add following distance. Talk about why high beams make it worse. |
| Skidding | Talk through the steps for a skid before winter, so they are automatic when it happens. |
| Tire blowout | Talk through the steps: grip the wheel, ease off the gas, no hard braking. |
| After a crash | Put a crash checklist in the glove box and walk through it together. |
Tips that help
- Narrate your own driving: “That car stopped first, so I am waiting.”
- Ask questions at red lights, not while they are making a turn.
- Use the ½× speed button in the game for tricky stops like the roundabout.
- Progress is saved in the browser on each device. There are no accounts and nothing to sign up for.
- Rules vary by state. Read your state handbook's right-of-way section together.