Nearly 4 in 10 Minnesota road tests now end in a fail — the highest rate in six years. Here's how to make sure your teen isn't one of them: the habits examiners reward, the mistakes that end a test early, and how to show up ready and confident.

Not every Minnesota road test is the same. A closed course has no traffic but an unfamiliar feel; an open course is real roads and real traffic. Here's how they compare, what people say about our local sites, and the one thing every family should do before test day.

Get turned away at your road test for a burned-out brake light or a log left on your phone? It happens. Here's exactly what to bring so your teen tests instead of reschedules.