Free Alabama Permit Practice Test 3 (2026)
Real questions from the official Alabama driver handbook, each with a plain-English explanation. Free, unlimited retakes, no signup.
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This draw of 20 questions breaks down like this:
- Points & Penalties — 6
- Sharing the Road — 4
- Vehicle Equipment — 3
- Licensing & Permits — 2
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 2
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 1
- Emergencies & Crashes — 1
- Right-of-Way & Intersections — 1
Heaviest on Points & Penalties (6 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
20 are Alabama-specific questions, drawn from the state handbook rather than general road rules.
Each test on this site draws a different set, so Test 1, 2 and 3 never repeat a question.
Questions on this test
1. Alabama's window tint law exists to ensure:
- Style
- Privacy at all costs
- Drivers and officers can see through the glass adequately
- Cooler cars
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Answer: Drivers and officers can see through the glass adequately
Tint must allow adequate visibility per Alabama law.
2. Alabama's Move Over Law protects:
- Only fire trucks
- Stopped emergency and other authorized vehicles with flashing lights
- Only at night
- No one
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Answer: Stopped emergency and other authorized vehicles with flashing lights
Move over for stopped emergency and authorized vehicles displaying flashing lights.
3. Alabama's Mandatory Liability Insurance Law means you must:
- Insure only new cars
- Nothing
- Drive without insurance
- Maintain required liability insurance
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Answer: Maintain required liability insurance
You must maintain the required liability insurance.
4. Under Alabama's basic speed law, you must not drive faster than is:
- The fastest car
- 10 over
- Reasonable and safe for existing conditions
- The posted number always
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Answer: Reasonable and safe for existing conditions
Never drive faster than is reasonable and safe for road, weather, and traffic conditions.
5. Failing to maintain required (SR-22) insurance when ordered can:
- Cause license suspension
- Add points only
- Do nothing
- Lower rates
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Answer: Cause license suspension
Failure to maintain required insurance can suspend your license.
6. Stage II restrictions in Alabama generally end when the driver:
- Never
- Turns 17 (with a clean record) and gets an unrestricted license
- Turns 21
- Turns 25
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Answer: Turns 17 (with a clean record) and gets an unrestricted license
At 17, with the required clean record, restrictions lift to an unrestricted license.
7. If you cannot safely move over for a stopped emergency vehicle, Alabama requires you to:
- Speed up
- Slow down
- Stop in your lane
- Keep speed
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Answer: Slow down
If you can't move over, slow down as you pass.
8. Speeding 1–25 mph over the limit adds how many points?
- 2
- 5
- 3
- 4
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Answer: 2
Speeding 1–25 over = 2 points.
9. Research shows a BAC of .05 already:
- Has no effect
- Improves driving
- Only affects vision
- Impairs driving ability to some degree
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Answer: Impairs driving ability to some degree
Impairment begins well before .08 — .05 already reduces driving ability.
10. In Alabama, an 'Emergency Vehicle Violation' adds how many points?
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 2
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Answer: 2
Emergency Vehicle Violation = 2 points.
11. 'Unsafe Operation' of a vehicle adds:
- 2 points
- 6 points
- 5 points
- 4 points
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Answer: 2 points
Unsafe operation = 2 points.
12. A Stage II restricted driver may not drive between:
- 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
- 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.
- 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
- 12 midnight and 6 a.m. (with exceptions)
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Answer: 12 midnight and 6 a.m. (with exceptions)
No driving midnight–6 a.m., unless with a parent/guardian or 21+ licensee (with consent), or to/from work or a school event.
13. When a school bus stops with red lights flashing on a two-lane road, drivers:
- Slow to 20
- Only behind stop
- In both directions must stop
- May pass slowly
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Answer: In both directions must stop
On a two-lane road, traffic in both directions must stop for a stopped school bus.
14. Accumulating 15–17 points within 2 years brings a suspension of:
- 120 days
- 90 days
- 60 days
- 1 year
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Answer: 90 days
15–17 points in 2 years = 90-day suspension.
15. If you are involved in any crash in Alabama, you must:
- Leave
- Call later
- Only photograph it
- Stop and give your name, address, registration, and show your license
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Answer: Stop and give your name, address, registration, and show your license
Stop for any crash and exchange the required information.
16. Before you begin driving you should:
- Adjust your seat and mirrors for full control and clear view
- Recline fully
- Text first
- Turn off lights
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Answer: Adjust your seat and mirrors for full control and clear view
Set your seat and mirrors before driving for control and visibility.
17. Give a motorcycle:
- The shoulder
- A full lane, like any vehicle
- No room
- Half a lane
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Answer: A full lane, like any vehicle
Motorcycles are entitled to a full lane.
18. When an emergency vehicle approaches with lights and siren, you should:
- Pull to the right and stop until it passes
- Turn left
- Speed up
- Stop in place
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Answer: Pull to the right and stop until it passes
Pull right and stop until it passes.
19. In Alabama, passing a stopped school bus adds how many points?
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 5
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Answer: 5
Passing a stopped school bus is a 5-point violation in Alabama.
20. As your speed rises, your total stopping distance:
- Stays the same
- Increases sharply (thinking + braking distance grow)
- Only matters at night
- Decreases
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Answer: Increases sharply (thinking + braking distance grow)
Total stopping distance (thinking + braking) grows quickly with speed.