Free Florida Permit Practice Test 3 (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:
- Licensing & Permits — 6
- Vehicle Equipment — 5
- Sharing the Road — 3
- Points & Penalties — 2
- Safe Driving — 1
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 1
- Traffic Lanes, Passing & Turning — 1
- Traffic Signs & Signals — 1
Heaviest on Licensing & Permits (6 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. A curb painted yellow means:
- Loading only
- Free parking
- No parking (often near hydrants or intersections)
- Disabled parking
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Answer: No parking (often near hydrants or intersections)
Yellow curbs mark no-parking zones, often near hydrants and intersections.
2. Turn signals must be visible from at least:
- 500 feet
- 50 feet
- 100 feet
- 300 feet
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Answer: 500 feet
Directional signals must be visible from 500 feet.
3. Driving 30 MPH in a posted 55 MPH zone with light traffic could still be a problem because:
- Nothing
- Going far below the flow can impede traffic and be unsafe
- It's illegal to go under the limit
- It saves too much fuel
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Answer: Going far below the flow can impede traffic and be unsafe
Driving far below the flow of traffic can obstruct others and cause crashes.
4. Traffic fines in a Florida work zone (with workers present) are:
- The same as normal
- Cut in half
- Doubled
- Waived
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Answer: Doubled
Fines are doubled for traffic violations in a work zone when workers are present.
5. While driving with a learner's license, who must be in the front passenger seat?
- A licensed driver at least 21 years old
- A parent only
- No one
- Any adult
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Answer: A licensed driver at least 21 years old
A licensed driver 21 or older must occupy the front passenger seat.
6. Accumulating 24 points within 36 months results in a suspension of:
- 3 months
- 2 years
- 6 months
- 1 year
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Answer: 1 year
24 points in 36 months = 1-year suspension.
7. At night, tail lights must be what color and visible from:
- Green, 300 ft
- Blue, 500 ft
- White, 50 ft
- Red, and visible from 1,000 feet
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Answer: Red, and visible from 1,000 feet
Tail lights are red and must be visible from 1,000 feet.
8. Leaving the scene of a crash with injuries is:
- Allowed if you call later
- Only a civil matter
- A minor ticket
- A serious criminal offense
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Answer: A serious criminal offense
Leaving the scene of an injury crash is a felony; you must stop, help, and exchange information.
9. When getting your license, you may choose to:
- Waive insurance
- Avoid the photo
- Register as an organ donor
- Skip the vision test
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Answer: Register as an organ donor
You can choose to register as an organ donor when you get or renew your license.
10. Your vehicle must have at least one mirror giving a view of the road:
- 200 feet to the rear
- Of the engine
- To the front
- Straight down
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Answer: 200 feet to the rear
At least one rear-view mirror showing 200 feet to the rear is required.
11. The vision standard is checked because:
- It affects fuel use
- Good vision is essential to see signs, signals, and hazards
- It's tradition
- It's required by insurers
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Answer: Good vision is essential to see signs, signals, and hazards
You must be able to see well enough to read signs and spot hazards.
12. You should present your driver license when:
- Never
- A law enforcement officer requests it during a stop
- Only when buying gas
- Only at the DMV
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Answer: A law enforcement officer requests it during a stop
Show your license to law enforcement on request.
13. Objects hanging from the mirror or stickers on the windshield are:
- Only illegal at night
- Not allowed if they obstruct your view
- Required
- Encouraged
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Answer: Not allowed if they obstruct your view
Nothing may obstruct the driver's clear view through the windshield.
14. If your turn signals fail, you should:
- Use your headlights
- Use hand signals until they are repaired
- Not signal at all
- Turn without signaling
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Answer: Use hand signals until they are repaired
Use hand signals if your electric signals fail, and repair them promptly.
15. Florida's graduated licensing means new young drivers get:
- Restrictions (like night limits) that ease with age and experience
- No license until 18
- A commercial license
- Full privileges immediately
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Answer: Restrictions (like night limits) that ease with age and experience
Graduated licensing phases in privileges as teens gain age and experience.
16. Reaching for a phone to read a text while driving is:
- Fine at low speed
- Distracted driving and illegal to text — wait or use hands-free
- Safe on highways
- Only risky for teens
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Answer: Distracted driving and illegal to text — wait or use hands-free
Texting is illegal and dangerous; put the phone away or use hands-free.
17. A marked bike lane is:
- An extra car lane
- A turn lane
- A place cars may park
- For bicycles — do not drive or park in it
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Answer: For bicycles — do not drive or park in it
Bike lanes are reserved for bicyclists. Don't drive or park in them.
18. The Class E knowledge (written) exam has how many questions, and what score passes?
- 50 questions, 80% (40 correct)
- 30 questions, 70%
- 25 questions, 60%
- 100 questions, 90%
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Answer: 50 questions, 80% (40 correct)
The Class E knowledge exam is 50 questions; you need 40 correct (80%) to pass.
19. A transit bus signals and begins pulling back into traffic from a bus stop. You should:
- Speed up to pass it
- Yield and let the bus re-enter traffic
- Block it
- Honk continuously
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Answer: Yield and let the bus re-enter traffic
Florida law requires yielding to a transit bus that has signaled to re-enter the flow of traffic.
20. When passing a bicyclist, Florida law requires you to give a clearance of at least:
- 1 foot
- 2 feet
- 6 feet
- 3 feet
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Answer: 3 feet
Florida law requires at least 3 feet of clearance when passing a bicycle.