Hours alone won't pass the road test

Logging 50 hours of driving doesn't mean much if you never practiced parallel parking. Moda tracks 20 specific driving skills so you know what you've covered and what you haven't.

20 skills, 5 categories

Basic Control (4)

Starting & Stopping, Steering, Speed Control, Following Distance

Intersections (5)

Turn Signals, Intersections, Left Turns, Right Turns, U-Turns

Lane & Highway (4)

Lane Changes, Highway Merging, Highway Driving, Blind Spot Checks

Parking & Maneuvering (4)

Parallel Parking, Perpendicular Parking, Backing Up, Three-Point Turn

Awareness (3)

Pedestrian Yielding, School Zones, Night Driving

Tag skills as you go

During a session or after it ends, tag the skills you practiced. Drove on the highway? Tag Highway Merging, Lane Changes, and Blind Spot Checks. Practiced parking in an empty lot? Tag Parallel Parking, Perpendicular Parking, and Backing Up. Takes about five seconds.

A progress ring shows X of 20 skills practiced. But Moda goes deeper: each skill has its own progress bar showing how many sessions included it. The bar turns green once you hit 5 sessions. That's enough repetition to build real confidence.

Try These Next

Moda suggests skills that need more practice. Any skill with fewer than 3 sessions shows up in the "Try These Next" section. It's a nudge, not a nag. Most families fall into a routine — same route, same skills, same comfort zone. The suggestions break that pattern.

Each skill includes a DMV-focused description. Parallel parking? "One of the most commonly tested maneuvers on the DMV road test." U-turns? "Required in many state road tests — practice on streets with low traffic." These aren't generic tips. They're specific to what the examiner looks for.

Why skills matter

States require hours. The DMV tests skills. A teen who drove 60 hours on residential streets won't be ready for the road test. Moda makes that gap obvious. If the parking category is empty and the test is next month, you know exactly what to focus on this weekend.

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