Free Colorado Permit Practice Test (2026)
Real questions from the official Colorado 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:
- Licensing & Permits — 6
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 3
- Sharing the Road — 3
- Signaling & Communication — 2
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 2
- Adverse Conditions — 1
- Points & Penalties — 1
- Safe Driving — 1
- Vehicle Equipment — 1
Heaviest on Licensing & Permits (6 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
20 are Colorado-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. The Colorado nighttime curfew has exceptions for:
- Driving to/from school or work (with a signed statement) and medical emergencies
- Parties
- Shopping
- Nothing
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Answer: Driving to/from school or work (with a signed statement) and medical emergencies
Exceptions include to/from school or work (signed statement) and medical emergencies.
2. Colorado law requires:
- Only kids
- Nothing
- The driver and front-seat passengers to buckle up (all ages for minors)
- Only at night
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Answer: The driver and front-seat passengers to buckle up (all ages for minors)
Buckle up — Colorado's seat-belt law is enforced; secure children.
3. You should signal before turning for at least:
- 100 feet
- 25 feet
- 50 feet
- 10 feet
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Answer: 100 feet
Signal at least 100 feet before turning.
4. To be licensed in Colorado you must pass a:
- Swim test
- Vision test
- Fitness test
- Hearing test
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Answer: Vision test
A vision test is required.
5. When a school bus stops with red lights flashing on an undivided road, traffic:
- In both directions must stop
- May pass slowly
- Only behind stops
- Slows to 20
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Answer: In both directions must stop
Both directions stop for a stopped school bus on an undivided road.
6. You must yield the right-of-way to:
- No one
- Service and maintenance vehicles
- Only at night
- Only fire trucks
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Answer: Service and maintenance vehicles
Yield to service and maintenance vehicles.
7. During your first year as a licensed driver in Colorado, you may not drive between:
- 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
- 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.
- Midnight and 5 a.m.
- 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
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Answer: Midnight and 5 a.m.
No driving midnight–5 a.m. in your first year unless accompanied by an instructor, parent, or guardian.
8. Colorado's high altitude and mountain roads mean drivers should watch for:
- Weather changes, wildlife, and steep grades
- Nothing
- Only traffic
- Only tolls
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Answer: Weather changes, wildlife, and steep grades
Watch for rapid weather changes, wildlife, and steep grades in the mountains.
9. Use headlights:
- At night and when visibility is reduced
- Only in tunnels
- Only on highways
- Only after midnight
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Answer: At night and when visibility is reduced
Use headlights at night and in low-visibility conditions.
10. The only thing that lowers your BAC is:
- Food
- Coffee
- A shower
- Time
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Answer: Time
Only time removes alcohol from your body.
11. After 6 months (but before 1 year) with a license, an under-18 driver may carry:
- No passengers
- Three passengers
- One passenger under 21
- Any number
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Answer: One passenger under 21
After 6 months, one passenger under 21 is allowed.
12. Your Colorado license may be suspended if you:
- Drive carefully
- Renew it
- Meet or exceed the minimum point accumulation, or are convicted of DUI
- Move
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Answer: Meet or exceed the minimum point accumulation, or are convicted of DUI
Reaching the point threshold, a DUI conviction, or a test refusal can suspend your license.
13. To ride a motorcycle in Colorado you need:
- A CDL
- Nothing extra
- A motorcycle endorsement
- A car license only
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Answer: A motorcycle endorsement
A motorcycle endorsement is required.
14. You must not drive faster than is:
- Reasonable and safe for conditions
- 10 over
- The fastest car
- The posted number always
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Answer: Reasonable and safe for conditions
Never drive faster than is reasonable and safe for conditions.
15. After 1 year with a license, an under-18 Colorado driver may carry:
- One friend
- No passengers
- As many passengers as there are seat belts
- Only family
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Answer: As many passengers as there are seat belts
After 1 year, you may carry as many passengers as there are seat belts.
16. Refusing a chemical (toxicological) test in Colorado can lead to:
- A small fine
- Nothing
- A warning
- License revocation
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Answer: License revocation
Refusing the test can lead to license revocation.
17. On snow or ice in Colorado, you should:
- Brake hard
- Speed up
- Slow down and increase following distance
- Drive normally
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Answer: Slow down and increase following distance
Reduce speed and leave extra room on snow and ice.
18. Colorado also has DWAI (Driving While Ability Impaired), which can apply at a BAC as low as:
- 0.10%
- 0.08%
- 0.05%
- 0.15%
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Answer: 0.05%
DWAI can apply around 0.05% BAC — lower than the DUI threshold.
19. On steep Colorado mountain grades, you should:
- Ride the brakes
- Shift to a lower gear so the engine helps slow you
- Speed up
- Coast in neutral
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Answer: Shift to a lower gear so the engine helps slow you
Use a lower gear on long downgrades so engine braking helps (and avoids brake fade).
20. Passing a stopped emergency vehicle where you can't change lanes and the posted limit is 45 MPH or less, slow to:
- 25 MPH
- 15 MPH
- 35 MPH
- 20 MPH
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Answer: 25 MPH
Slow to 25 MPH if the posted limit is 45 or less.