Free Florida Permit Practice Test (2026)
Real questions from the official Florida 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:
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 4
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 4
- Licensing & Permits — 3
- Vehicle Equipment — 3
- Points & Penalties — 2
- Right-of-Way & Intersections — 2
- Safe Driving — 1
- Sharing the Road — 1
Heaviest on Alcohol, Drugs & the Law (4 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
20 are Florida-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. How many points are added for passing a stopped school bus?
- 2
- 4
- 6
- 3
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Answer: 4
Passing a stopped school bus adds 4 points (6 if it causes serious injury or death).
2. On a divided highway with a raised barrier or unpaved median at least 5 feet wide, drivers moving in the opposite direction from a stopped school bus:
- Must slow to 10 MPH
- Do not have to stop
- Must stop only during school hours
- Must always stop
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Answer: Do not have to stop
If a raised barrier or unpaved median (≥5 ft) separates the roadways, oncoming drivers need not stop. A painted center line does NOT count — you must stop.
3. How many points does a reckless driving conviction add?
- 6
- 4
- 3
- 2
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Answer: 4
Reckless driving adds 4 points.
4. A driver under 21 is automatically suspended at a breath-alcohol level of:
- .08
- .02
- .05
- .01
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Answer: .02
Florida's Zero Tolerance law suspends drivers under 21 at .02 or higher.
5. When a transit bus signals to pull back into traffic, drivers in the lane must:
- Speed up
- Block it
- Pass on the right
- Yield to let the bus merge
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Answer: Yield to let the bus merge
Florida law requires yielding to a bus re-entering traffic from a stop.
6. In a residential neighborhood with no posted sign, drive no faster than:
- 20 MPH
- 45 MPH
- 30 MPH
- 55 MPH
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Answer: 30 MPH
Residential areas are 30 MPH unless a sign says otherwise.
7. Unless otherwise posted, the limit on rural streets and highways is:
- 65 MPH
- 70 MPH
- 55 MPH
- 45 MPH
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Answer: 55 MPH
Rural streets and highways default to 55 MPH.
8. To upgrade from a learner's license to a driver license at 16, you must:
- Retake TLSAE
- Do nothing
- Hold the learner's license 12 months (or until 18) with no serious violations and pass the driving test
- Just wait
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Answer: Hold the learner's license 12 months (or until 18) with no serious violations and pass the driving test
Hold the learner's license for 12 months (or until 18), stay violation-free, log hours, and pass the road test.
9. Under Zero Tolerance, a driver under 21 at .02 or higher is suspended for:
- 30 days
- 3 months
- 1 year
- 6 months
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Answer: 6 months
The automatic suspension is 6 months for a first offense.
10. Florida requires vehicles to have:
- Two separate braking systems, each able to stop the car
- One braking system
- Only a parking brake
- No brakes if you drive slowly
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Answer: Two separate braking systems, each able to stop the car
Vehicles must have two braking systems; the parking/emergency brake must hold the car on a hill.
11. On a stopped emergency vehicle with flashing lights, if you cannot move over you must:
- Slow to 10 MPH
- Slow to 20 MPH below the posted limit
- Stop in your lane
- Keep your speed
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Answer: Slow to 20 MPH below the posted limit
Florida's Move Over Law: change lanes, or if you can't, slow to 20 MPH below the posted limit.
12. A driver under 21 who refuses the breath test under Zero Tolerance faces:
- No penalty
- A license suspension (longer than for testing)
- A warning
- A small fine
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Answer: A license suspension (longer than for testing)
Refusing the test brings its own, longer suspension in addition to Zero Tolerance rules.
13. In Florida, texting while driving is:
- Allowed at red lights only
- Against the law (a primary offense) — put the phone down
- Only illegal for teens
- Legal on highways
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Answer: Against the law (a primary offense) — put the phone down
Texting while driving is banned in Florida and is a primary offense; hands-free is required in work and school zones.
14. After 3 months with a learner's license, you may drive until:
- 10 p.m.
- Midnight
- 11 p.m.
- 8 p.m.
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Answer: 10 p.m.
After 3 months you may drive until 10 p.m.
15. Standard Florida limits from lowest to highest are roughly:
- 70, 55, 30, 20 anywhere
- 55, 30, 20, 70
- 20 (school), 30 (residential), 55 (highway), 70 (interstate)
- All 55
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Answer: 20 (school), 30 (residential), 55 (highway), 70 (interstate)
School 20, residential/business 30, highways 55, interstates 70 — unless posted otherwise.
16. Before getting a driver license, a learner must log at least:
- 20 hours of driving
- No required hours
- 30 hours of driving
- 50 hours of driving (10 at night)
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Answer: 50 hours of driving (10 at night)
At least 50 hours of experience, 10 of which are at night.
17. High-beam headlights must let you see objects at least:
- 1,000 feet
- 150 feet
- 300 feet
- 450 feet
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Answer: 450 feet
High beams must reveal objects about 450 feet ahead.
18. Refusing a breath test a second time (after a prior refusal) can be:
- Ignored
- Only a fine
- Rewarded
- A separate criminal misdemeanor with a longer suspension
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Answer: A separate criminal misdemeanor with a longer suspension
A second refusal carries harsher penalties, including possible criminal charges and a longer suspension.
19. Vehicles must have at least one rear-view mirror that shows the road at least:
- 200 feet to the rear
- 50 feet to the rear
- 100 feet to the rear
- 500 feet to the rear
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Answer: 200 feet to the rear
At least one mirror giving a view 200 feet to the rear is required.
20. A school bus stops with flashing red lights on a two-lane road. Oncoming traffic must:
- Stop until the lights stop flashing
- Pass on the left
- Slow to 20 MPH
- Keep going
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Answer: Stop until the lights stop flashing
On a two-way road, both directions stop for a stopped school bus with flashing red lights.