Hastings Minnesota DVS Nearby Offices. It's like having the answers before you take the test. Computer, tablet, or iPhone. Local Drivers Ed and Schools. Hastings Drivers License and Examinations. 1355 South Frontage Road Hastings Minnesota 55033 MN USA. 1355 South Frontage Road. Directions (651) 201-7900. Monday: 08:00 am - 04:15 pm: Tuesday: 08:00 am - 04:15 pm. Covers another set of 40 must-know questions you're very likely to see on your official learner's permit or driver's license knowledge test at the MN DVS. Allowed to pass. Your last step before moving on to the next level. Road Test offices in Dakota county Minnesota Location, hours, phone and opening hours in April 2021. Hastings Drivers License and Examinations. 1590 Highway 55, 55033 (651) 438-4312. If you go to take your driver's test chances are that, if your a car Enthusiast, this is one of the most exciting days of your life and even.
Hastings Minnesota Drivers Test Locations
Hastings Minnesota Drivers Test Center
Scheduling the Road Test (the 'Skills Test')
I tell my customers (teens and adults) to schedule any way you can. Adapt and overcome. If the software is working that day and a viable time slot is open, take it. You can always cancel it later. Otherwise, call the test station of your choice. They may get you into a time slot that way. Again, it bears repeating that the further out you go from the metro, the easier it will be to schedule. Here's another tip: preregister at dvs.dps.mn.gov to avoid standing in long lines after you pass the road test. In this manner they'll have all your info already. That's the idea anyway. I don't see it in that path, but it's possible it's embedded in the choices after you insert your permit number. I do know of at least a few who have done that however, and if I learn more I'll post the info here.
Test Stations
Below are test stations used by my customers, in general order of frequency. I give my thoughts and/or the primary details as told to me by my customers. NOTE: As of March, 2021, stations closed for the virus deal are back up and doing road tests.
Eagan
Can be tough to glean anything positive from this road test station, other than the location. In nine years in this business, I've never heard much positive from either my teen or adult students. However, it's conveniently located for residents of the southeast metro, and I've had many, many customers pass the road test there. The course has some weird, unusual configurations but I can help avoid the pitfalls. I give my customers some tips to avoid the pitfalls at Eagan. It's not tough if you are prepared. This test station is called a 'closed course'. It's a massive flat chunk of blacktop, all enclosed within a fenced perimeter, and a gate that gets locked each evening. NOTE: Eagan now does some road tests on weekends. Again, check the state DPS site for more details. The DPS website is tough to navigate - just keep poking around until you find what you need.
Hastings - Note: they are back to doing road tests again!
This is, in my opinion, a great place for people in the southeast metro to take the road test. Everything I've heard about Hastings has been positive, and the workers there are pleasant. I know the general path they take and can give you some pointers. The only down side is the location of the 90 degree backing space. It's in a weird spot, behind the Hastings theater, and the layout is off a bit. It's not a perfect rectangle as one normally sees. The cones form a parallelogram, in essence, and the curb there is curved. So it requires a bit more focus but you can do it. I can give you pointers. The word is out, and they are normally booked out a ways. But call them or watch the website for cancellations - you might get a spot that works for you. Some of their streets are quite wide, and you must know where to be in terms of lateral position. Drive next to the center lane, but if turning right, do so from the parking lane (see the Faribault description also).
Faribault - Note: they are back to doing road tests again!
Like Hastings, fairly straightforward and free of the drama you see at Eagan. It's about a 45 minute drive from the southeast metro, but it's worth it. When making a right turn from a street where the lane is two cars wide, turn from the right side. In other words, if you're making a right turn, do a formal lane change and get into the 'parking lane' before making your turn. Failure to do so will likely be a showstopper. I can take you down there if desired, and show you their area.
Arden Hills
This is another closed course but not fraught with the drama that Eagan is. There is a one-way but it's well marked and there are no strange layouts like you'll see at Eagan. Roughly a half dozen of my students take their test there each year, and that number is rising. Overall, they do well and have positive feedback. It is a bit of hike from the south metro, however.
NOTE: Arden Hills now does road tests Saturdays and Sundays !
Plymouth
Same story as Arden Hills, almost verbatim. Yes, that includes road tests Saturdays and Sundays.
Chaska Note: Note: they are back to doing road tests again!
This and all the rest listed below are open courses - you will be driving around town. I hear good things about this station and the road test. Be aware though, that Chaska's test area is all within their downtown, which is kind of tight - close quarters are the norm, not like the wide suburban streets of Apple Valley, for example.
Mankato
No issues of note. I have about three or four students a year go there and they do well. Nothing quirky or noteworthy to report.
Albert Lea - Note: not currently doing road tests
Ditto.
Red Wing
Ditto.
Rochester - Note: not currently doing road tests
Ditto.
Glencoe - Note: not currently doing road tests
A nice place to test, just west of the metro. I've had a few go there and they passed without any issues.
Fairmont
Ditto. And yes, it's on the Iowa border, about a two hour drive. But if you want to or need to test immediately, this is an option. I have heard good things from my customers doing the road test there.
Pipestone Note: not currently doing road tests
What? Mr. Vieths, you can't be serious !
Yes, in fact, I am serious. And yes, it's a hike . . . all the way to the South Dakota border. Nonetheless , I've had two teen students go there within the last couple years. Why? Because they wanted to test immediately, and Pipestone could handle them. One passed, one failed. The one that failed was a very good driver, but suffered from test anxiety. He went somewhere else shortly afterward and passed. Stop at the quarry for the tour, to celebrate your test, prior to heading home.
I tell my customers (teens and adults) to schedule any way you can. Adapt and overcome. If the software is working that day and a viable time slot is open, take it. You can always cancel it later. Otherwise, call the test station of your choice. They may get you into a time slot that way. Again, it bears repeating that the further out you go from the metro, the easier it will be to schedule. Here's another tip: preregister at dvs.dps.mn.gov to avoid standing in long lines after you pass the road test. In this manner they'll have all your info already. That's the idea anyway. I don't see it in that path, but it's possible it's embedded in the choices after you insert your permit number. I do know of at least a few who have done that however, and if I learn more I'll post the info here.
Test Stations
Below are test stations used by my customers, in general order of frequency. I give my thoughts and/or the primary details as told to me by my customers. NOTE: As of March, 2021, stations closed for the virus deal are back up and doing road tests.
Eagan
Can be tough to glean anything positive from this road test station, other than the location. In nine years in this business, I've never heard much positive from either my teen or adult students. However, it's conveniently located for residents of the southeast metro, and I've had many, many customers pass the road test there. The course has some weird, unusual configurations but I can help avoid the pitfalls. I give my customers some tips to avoid the pitfalls at Eagan. It's not tough if you are prepared. This test station is called a 'closed course'. It's a massive flat chunk of blacktop, all enclosed within a fenced perimeter, and a gate that gets locked each evening. NOTE: Eagan now does some road tests on weekends. Again, check the state DPS site for more details. The DPS website is tough to navigate - just keep poking around until you find what you need.
Hastings - Note: they are back to doing road tests again!
This is, in my opinion, a great place for people in the southeast metro to take the road test. Everything I've heard about Hastings has been positive, and the workers there are pleasant. I know the general path they take and can give you some pointers. The only down side is the location of the 90 degree backing space. It's in a weird spot, behind the Hastings theater, and the layout is off a bit. It's not a perfect rectangle as one normally sees. The cones form a parallelogram, in essence, and the curb there is curved. So it requires a bit more focus but you can do it. I can give you pointers. The word is out, and they are normally booked out a ways. But call them or watch the website for cancellations - you might get a spot that works for you. Some of their streets are quite wide, and you must know where to be in terms of lateral position. Drive next to the center lane, but if turning right, do so from the parking lane (see the Faribault description also).
Faribault - Note: they are back to doing road tests again!
Like Hastings, fairly straightforward and free of the drama you see at Eagan. It's about a 45 minute drive from the southeast metro, but it's worth it. When making a right turn from a street where the lane is two cars wide, turn from the right side. In other words, if you're making a right turn, do a formal lane change and get into the 'parking lane' before making your turn. Failure to do so will likely be a showstopper. I can take you down there if desired, and show you their area.
Arden Hills
This is another closed course but not fraught with the drama that Eagan is. There is a one-way but it's well marked and there are no strange layouts like you'll see at Eagan. Roughly a half dozen of my students take their test there each year, and that number is rising. Overall, they do well and have positive feedback. It is a bit of hike from the south metro, however.
NOTE: Arden Hills now does road tests Saturdays and Sundays !
Plymouth
Same story as Arden Hills, almost verbatim. Yes, that includes road tests Saturdays and Sundays.
Chaska Note: Note: they are back to doing road tests again!
This and all the rest listed below are open courses - you will be driving around town. I hear good things about this station and the road test. Be aware though, that Chaska's test area is all within their downtown, which is kind of tight - close quarters are the norm, not like the wide suburban streets of Apple Valley, for example.
Mankato
No issues of note. I have about three or four students a year go there and they do well. Nothing quirky or noteworthy to report.
Albert Lea - Note: not currently doing road tests
Ditto.
Red Wing
Ditto.
Rochester - Note: not currently doing road tests
Ditto.
Glencoe - Note: not currently doing road tests
A nice place to test, just west of the metro. I've had a few go there and they passed without any issues.
Fairmont
Ditto. And yes, it's on the Iowa border, about a two hour drive. But if you want to or need to test immediately, this is an option. I have heard good things from my customers doing the road test there.
Pipestone Note: not currently doing road tests
What? Mr. Vieths, you can't be serious !
Yes, in fact, I am serious. And yes, it's a hike . . . all the way to the South Dakota border. Nonetheless , I've had two teen students go there within the last couple years. Why? Because they wanted to test immediately, and Pipestone could handle them. One passed, one failed. The one that failed was a very good driver, but suffered from test anxiety. He went somewhere else shortly afterward and passed. Stop at the quarry for the tour, to celebrate your test, prior to heading home.