Marietta DDS
Marietta, GA
Official information
🌐 Languages
Georgia's non-commercial driver's knowledge exam has two parts: a Road Rules section (driver responsibility, traffic laws, and safe-driving practices) and a Road Signs section. Georgia DDS officially offers the Road Rules test in 26 languages — including Vietnamese, Korean, and Chinese — so for the rules-of-the-road portion these are genuine testing languages, not merely study aids. However, per Georgia DDS's official manual, the Road Signs identification test and the behind-the-wheel road test are conducted in English only, and every applicant must be able to read and understand simple English as used on highway and directional signs. In practice: the rules-of-the-road knowledge test is available in your language — a real advantage over Florida (which moved all driver-license exams to English-only in February 2026) and Texas (which offers the regular knowledge test only in English or Spanish) — while the sign-identification and driving portions require basic English. The knowledge exam is given on a walk-in basis at any DDS Customer Service Center statewide. [Sources: dds.georgia.gov/list-languages and dds.georgia.gov/section-3-testing-information, checked 2026-07-14] — the Road Rules written test is available in 26 languages including Vietnamese, Korean, and Chinese; sign identification and the driving test are in English only.
💬 Community-reported · not official
One Marietta thread reported that appointment time slots for the road (driving) test at the Marietta DDS were consistently fully booked and hard to reserve — this concerns scheduling of the behind-the-wheel test, not the written knowledge test or its language. No first-hand account of taking the written test in a non-English language was found. [r/Marietta comments/i93dw6] [signal: thin/low as of 2026-07-14]
Discussed at: r/Marietta i93dw6
Overview · sourced summary
1605 County Services Parkway, Marietta, GA 30008, the Cobb County seat in northwest metro Atlanta, a diverse area with Latino and Asian communities. A Georgia DDS Customer Service Center whose listed services include the Regular Knowledge Exam (walk-in written test), Motorcycle and CDL knowledge tests, the road test, and issuance/renewal. Hours are generally Tue–Fri 7:30 am–6:30 pm and Sat 7:30 am–noon (closed Sun–Mon); begin the written test at least 30 minutes before closing. [Source: dds.georgia.gov/locations/marietta, checked 2026-07-14]
One Marietta thread reported that appointment time slots for the road (driving) test at the Marietta DDS were consistently fully booked and hard to reserve — this concerns scheduling of the behind-the-wheel test, not the written knowledge test or its language. No first-hand account of taking the written test in a non-English language was found. [r/Marietta comments/i93dw6] [signal: thin/low as of 2026-07-14]