Texas permit test practice questions

1. Signs

   This sign is posted on the cross street at a downtown corner. Which move does it forbid?

   
   Signaling well before you change directionDriving against the one-way trafficGoing straight ahead on your current streetStopping at the corner before the turn

   Answer: Driving against the one-way traffic

   That street carries one-way traffic, and you must not drive against it.

   Easy to get wrong: Turning onto the street against the flow and meeting cars head-on.

   Texas Driver Handbook (Revised January 2026), Chapter 5, p.31

2. Safe driving

   You are stopped at a red light and want to send a short text. May you?

   Yes, if you can finish before the light turns green.No. You may not read, write, or send a message.Yes, because the car is fully stopped.Yes, if the message is only a few words long.

   Answer: No. You may not read, write, or send a message.

   Reading, writing, or sending a message on a phone while driving is against the law.

   Easy to get wrong: A short text feels fine when the car is stopped or barely moving.

   Texas Driver Handbook (Revised January 2026), p.54

3. Alcohol and drugs

   A 15-year-old with no license is convicted a second time for possessing alcohol, not for driving. The driving privilege is denied for:

   30 days60 days90 days120 days

   Answer: 60 days

   On a minor's second non-driving alcohol offense, the license is suspended, or the privilege is denied, for 60 days.

   Easy to get wrong: Using the 30-day result that applies to a first offense.

   Texas Driver Handbook (Revised January 2026), Chapter 1, p.13

4. Licensing

   For a Class A heavy combination, the towed vehicle's rating must be:

   More than 10,000 pounds on the towed vehicleAny weight, as long as the combination is heavy26,001 pounds, the same as the combinationAt or below the 20,000 pound farm-trailer cap

   Answer: More than 10,000 pounds on the towed vehicle

   Class A heavy combinations apply when the towed vehicle is rated over 10,000 pounds.

   Easy to get wrong: Using 20,000 pounds, the farm-trailer cap, as the cutoff for every towed vehicle.

   Texas Driver Handbook (Revised January 2026), Chapter 1, p.4

5. Right of way

   You are on a frontage road. A car ahead is leaving it to enter the freeway. Who must yield?

   You must let that car go firstA driver already on the freeway yieldsThe car entering the freeway yields to youThe first driver to the ramp goes first

   Answer: You must let that car go first

   On a frontage road, yield to a driver who is leaving that road to enter the highway.

   Easy to get wrong: Expecting the driver entering the highway to yield to you.

   Texas Driver Handbook (Revised January 2026), Chapter 4, p.21

6. Emergencies

   Your car is stopped on the shoulder and the flashing warning lights do not work. Which lights should you turn on instead?

   The backup lights, the white lights at the backThe taillights, the red lights at the backThe left turn signal and no other lightThe high-beam headlights aimed forward

   Answer: The taillights, the red lights at the back

   If the flashing warning lights do not work, turn on the taillights, the red lights at the back.

   Easy to get wrong: Using the high beams, the white backup lights, or only the brake lights.

   Texas Driver Handbook (Revised January 2026), Chapter 9, p.48

7. Freeway

   A sign on a divided highway marks a break in the median. What are you allowed to do there?

   Cross to the other side of the divided highway.Move into a carpool lane that starts in the center of the highway.Turn around only if you are driving a police, fire, or ambulance vehicle.Stop and go back the way you came, because the highway is ending there.

   Answer: Cross to the other side of the divided highway.

   That sign marks a place where you may cross to the other side of a divided highway.

   Easy to get wrong: Thinking the divided highway ends there, or that only emergency vehicles may cross.

   Texas Driver Handbook (Revised January 2026), Chapter 5, p.31

8. Lanes and turns

   You start a left turn from a two-way street. Where is the car as it enters the intersection?

   In the rightmost lane of the cross streetStraddling the center lineAlready left of the center lineStill to the right of the center line

   Answer: Still to the right of the center line

   As you enter the intersection for a left turn, stay to the right of the center line.

   Easy to get wrong: Cutting across the center line as soon as you start the turn.

   Texas Driver Handbook (Revised January 2026), Chapter 6, p.40

9. Parking

   You will leave the car unattended at the curb while you shop. What must you do before you walk away?

   Turn the engine off, lock the ignition, remove the key, and set the brakeTurn the engine off, lock the ignition, leave the key in, and set the brakeLeave the engine running, lock the ignition, remove the key, and set the brakeTurn the engine off, lock the doors, remove the key, and set the brake

   Answer: Turn the engine off, lock the ignition, remove the key, and set the brake

   Do not leave a car unattended unless the engine is off, the ignition is locked, the key is out, and the brake is set.

   Easy to get wrong: Stepping away with the engine running and the key still in the ignition.

   Texas Driver Handbook (Revised January 2026), Chapter 7, p.43

10. Sharing the road

    A bicycle at night has a red rear light visible from 500 feet. Does that light replace the red rear reflector?

    No. It may only be added to the reflector.Yes, if the light can be seen from 500 feet.No. A red rear light is not allowed at all.Yes. A red rear light replaces the reflector.

    Answer: No. It may only be added to the reflector.

    You may add a red rear light visible from 500 feet, but it does not replace the red rear reflector.

    Easy to get wrong: Taking the reflector off once a red rear light is on the bike.

    Texas Driver Handbook (Revised January 2026), p.63

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