Free Georgia Permit Practice Test 3 (2026)
Real questions from the official Georgia 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
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 4
- Points & Penalties — 3
- Safe Driving — 2
- Vehicle Equipment — 2
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 1
- Sharing the Road — 1
- Signaling & Communication — 1
Heaviest on Licensing & Permits (6 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
20 are Georgia-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. Georgia's Move Over Law requires you to move over or, if you can't, to:
- Slow down and be prepared to stop
- Change nothing
- Keep your speed
- Speed up
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Answer: Slow down and be prepared to stop
If you can't move over, slow down and be ready to stop for stopped emergency/utility vehicles.
2. Under Joshua's Law, drivers under 18 in Georgia must complete:
- Only a road test
- A DDS-approved driver education course plus 40 hours supervised driving (6 at night)
- Nothing extra
- A CDL course
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Answer: A DDS-approved driver education course plus 40 hours supervised driving (6 at night)
Joshua's Law requires driver education plus 40 hours of supervised driving, 6 of them at night.
3. Unless posted otherwise, the speed limit in all other areas of Georgia is:
- 70 MPH
- 45 MPH
- 55 MPH
- 65 MPH
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Answer: 55 MPH
All other areas default to 55 MPH unless posted.
4. The Class D 'no driving 12 a.m.–5 a.m.' rule has:
- A work exception
- No exceptions
- A school exception
- Many exceptions
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Answer: No exceptions
The midnight-to-5 a.m. Class D restriction has no exceptions.
5. The minimum age for a Class D provisional license in Georgia is:
- 18
- 16
- 17
- 15
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Answer: 16
A Class D provisional license is available at 16 (with driver-ed and supervised-driving requirements).
6. Exceeding the speed limit by 24 MPH or more in Georgia is:
- A 1-point violation
- A warning
- Not a violation
- A 4-point violation
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Answer: A 4-point violation
Speeding 24+ MPH over the limit is a 4-point violation.
7. To get a Real ID license in Georgia you must present:
- Nothing
- Only a birth certificate
- Only a photo
- Documents proving identity, Social Security number, and residency
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Answer: Documents proving identity, Social Security number, and residency
Real ID requires identity, SSN, and Georgia residency documents.
8. When another vehicle is close ahead of you at night, use:
- Low beams (dim within 200 feet when following)
- Hazards
- High beams
- No lights
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Answer: Low beams (dim within 200 feet when following)
Dim to low beams within 200 feet when following another vehicle.
9. If you become drowsy on a Georgia highway, the safest action is to:
- Push on
- Speed up
- Turn up music
- Pull over safely and rest
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Answer: Pull over safely and rest
Only rest cures fatigue — pull over and rest.
10. Under Georgia's 'Super Speeder' law, an extra $200 state fee is charged for driving:
- 55 in a school zone
- 75 MPH+ on a two-lane road or 85 MPH+ on any road
- 10 over anywhere
- Any speeding
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Answer: 75 MPH+ on a two-lane road or 85 MPH+ on any road
Georgia's Super Speeder law adds a $200 state fee for 75+ MPH on a two-lane road or 85+ MPH on any road.
11. Refusing the state chemical test on a first DUI means a limited driving permit is:
- Available
- Free
- Not available
- Automatic
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Answer: Not available
No limited permit is available for a first-DUI test refusal.
12. When passing a bicyclist in Georgia, you must leave a clearance of at least:
- 1 foot
- 3 feet
- No requirement
- 2 feet
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Answer: 3 feet
Georgia law requires at least 3 feet when passing a bicyclist.
13. At a railroad crossing with flashing signals or lowered gates, you must stop within:
- 5 feet
- 10 feet
- 100 feet
- 50 feet, but not less than 15 feet, of the nearest rail
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Answer: 50 feet, but not less than 15 feet, of the nearest rail
Stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail when the crossing is active.
14. During the SECOND six months with a Class D license, you may carry:
- No passengers
- Up to five friends
- Any number
- Only one passenger under 21 who is not immediate family
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Answer: Only one passenger under 21 who is not immediate family
In the second 6 months, only one non-family passenger under 21 is allowed.
15. Georgia requires headlights on from:
- Only on interstates
- Only in tunnels
- Midnight to 6 a.m.
- A half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise, plus rain/low visibility
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Answer: A half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise, plus rain/low visibility
Headlights are required a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise, and in rain/low visibility.
16. A driver under 21 is suspended upon conviction of:
- One point
- Parking tickets
- Any single 4-point violation (e.g., reckless, aggressive, 24+ over, passing a stopped school bus)
- Any ticket
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Answer: Any single 4-point violation (e.g., reckless, aggressive, 24+ over, passing a stopped school bus)
For drivers under 21, any single 4-point violation triggers a suspension.
17. A Class D provisional license holder may NOT drive between:
- 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
- 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.
- 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. (no exceptions)
- 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.
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Answer: 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. (no exceptions)
Class D holders cannot drive midnight to 5 a.m. — no exceptions.
18. Violating Georgia's Hands-Free Law:
- Is legal
- Is only a warning
- Is a point offense (points increase with repeat convictions)
- Has no penalty
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Answer: Is a point offense (points increase with repeat convictions)
Hands-Free Law violations add points, increasing with repeat convictions.
19. Your windshield wipers should:
- Be tinted
- Streak
- Be removed
- Work well to keep the glass clear in rain
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Answer: Work well to keep the glass clear in rain
Wipers must keep the windshield clear.
20. Under Georgia's Hands-Free Law, using a hand-held phone while driving is:
- Legal on highways
- Illegal — you may not hold or support a phone while driving
- Allowed at stops
- Allowed
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Answer: Illegal — you may not hold or support a phone while driving
Georgia's Hands-Free Law prohibits holding or supporting a phone while driving; texting is illegal.