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San Jose Driving practice routes

Practise driving on the streets of San Jose on a 3D map — free, in your browser, with nothing to install.

The simulator opens on the city map, where you choose any route.

Route types

First drive
Quiet streets and simple junctions — a few easy turns
- Routes: 85
- Typical length: 1.1 mi
- Typical time: 3 min
Parking
A short drive that ends in a street with free kerbside bays
- Routes: 86
- Typical length: 0.8 mi
- Typical time: 3 min
Junctions
Give way, STOP and unmarked junctions on the side streets, with turns across the oncoming traffic — who goes first when there are no lights
- Routes: 81
- Typical length: 1.4 mi
- Typical time: 4 min
Roundabouts
One or more roundabouts on the way
- Routes: 35
- Typical length: 1.9 mi
- Typical time: 6 min
Rush hour
Busy avenues through the centre: traffic lights, lanes, turns across traffic
- Routes: 71
- Typical length: 2.0 mi
- Typical time: 7 min
Driving test practice
A drive like the practical test: from a test centre and back where one is known, over the roads and junctions the examiner covers.
- Routes: 9
- Typical length: 6.2 mi
- Typical time: 20 min

The test drive here lasts about 20 min. Each loop starts and finishes at the test centre.

Loop	Test centre	Length	Time	Traffic lights	Turns	Main streets
01	San Jose	5.8 mi	19 min	11	14	Willow Street, West Alma Avenue, Floyd Street, Mastic Street
02	San Jose	6.0 mi	19 min	15	19	Almaden Road, Minnesota Avenue, Lincoln Avenue, Curtner Avenue
03	San Jose	6.2 mi	20 min	33	18	South 7th Street, South 11th Street, South 2nd Street, South 10th Street
04	San Jose DLPC	6.4 mi	20 min	18	19	McLaughlin Avenue, Tully Road, Senter Road, Burke Street
05	San Jose DLPC	6.4 mi	20 min	25	13	Tully Road, Almaden Road, Curtner Avenue, Phelan Avenue
06	San Jose DLPC	7.1 mi	23 min	20	23	Senter Road, Hellyer Avenue, Yerba Buena Road, Burke Street
07	Santa Clara	5.7 mi	18 min	8	17	Kiely Boulevard, Pomeroy Avenue, Woodhams Road, Humbolt Avenue
08	Santa Clara	6.0 mi	19 min	11	16	Benton Street, Los Padres Boulevard, Monroe Street, Bowers Avenue
09	Santa Clara	6.5 mi	21 min	15	22	Homestead Road, Benton Street, Pomeroy Avenue, Flora Vista Avenue

The streets the routes of San Jose use most.