Get ready for your US permit and road test
Permit tests, road tests and licence rules for every US state and DC, explained in plain English.
Choose your vehicle
Pick the vehicle you are getting licensed for. Cars start with the full syllabus below; every other vehicle has its own guides, licence categories and questions.
The complete US driving syllabus
67 topics in 9 parts, each with a plain-English guide and its own practice questions. Work through in order or jump to what you need.
Getting started: permits, licences and the law
Graduated licensing, permit requirements, documents, costs and the legal basics, with notes on where states differ.
Vehicle controls and basic skills
Seat, mirrors, steering, braking, accelerating, turning and the controls of a car.
Rules of the road
Right of way, intersections, speed, lanes, turns, passing, parking and school buses.
- Right of way
- Four-way and all-way stops
- Uncontrolled intersections
- Turns and yielding on left turns
- Roundabouts
- Speed limits and the basic speed law
- Lane use and changing lanes
- Passing and overtaking
- Following distance and space cushion
- Parking: parallel, angle and hills
- School buses
- Center turn lanes and HOV lanes
Signs, signals and markings
Sign shapes and colours, traffic signals, pavement markings and work zones.
Sharing the road
Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, trucks, emergency vehicles, trains and animals.
Highways, weather and special conditions
Freeways, rural roads, night, rain, fog, snow, hills and emergencies.
Law, safety and impaired driving
Alcohol, drugs, distraction, seat belts, insurance, points, crashes and police stops.
The permit test and road test
What the written test covers, booking, the road test, maneuvers and why people fail.
Your state
Rules, ages and tests differ by region. Pick yours for its full guides.
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