Free Hawaii Permit Practice Test 2 (2026)
Real questions from the official Hawaii 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 — 6
- Licensing & Permits — 4
- Vehicle Equipment — 4
- Sharing the Road — 3
- Safe Driving — 2
- Points & Penalties — 1
Heaviest on Alcohol, Drugs & the Law (6 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
20 are Hawaii-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. If you are involved in a crash, you must:
- Leave
- Stop and give information
- Call later
- Only photograph it
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Answer: Stop and give information
Stop and exchange information at any crash.
2. In Hawaii, if you test at .08 BAC or refuse the test, your license is:
- Suspended 24 hours
- Kept
- Revoked (with a 30-day temporary permit issued)
- Unaffected
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Answer: Revoked (with a 30-day temporary permit issued)
Your license is revoked and you get a 30-day temporary permit; you may request a hearing.
3. After a Hawaii administrative license revocation, you may:
- Keep driving
- Request a hearing
- Appeal to the mayor
- Do nothing
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Answer: Request a hearing
You may request a hearing after a revocation.
4. When an emergency vehicle approaches with lights and siren, you should:
- Pull to the right and stop until it passes
- Turn left
- Stop in place
- Speed up
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Answer: Pull to the right and stop until it passes
Pull right and stop until it passes.
5. The minimum age to obtain a provisional license in Hawaii is:
- 15½
- 16
- 18
- 15
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Answer: 16
The minimum age for a provisional license is 16.
6. Hawaii requires proper child restraints for:
- No one
- Only infants
- Young children by age/weight/height
- Only on highways
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Answer: Young children by age/weight/height
Young children must be in appropriate child restraints.
7. In Hawaii, an adult (21+) is impaired at a BAC of:
- 0.10
- 0.08
- 0.05
- 0.02
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Answer: 0.08
Adults are impaired at 0.08.
8. Hawaii has heavy pedestrian activity, so at crosswalks you must:
- Yield to pedestrians
- Honk
- Speed up
- Proceed first
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Answer: Yield to pedestrians
Yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.
9. With an instruction permit you may drive only when accompanied by:
- A parent only
- No one
- A licensed driver at least 21 years old
- Any adult
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Answer: A licensed driver at least 21 years old
You must be accompanied by a licensed driver at least 21.
10. Replace tires when the tread is:
- Clean
- New
- Worn too low to grip the road
- Any brand
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Answer: Worn too low to grip the road
Worn tread loses traction — replace low tires.
11. For a stopped emergency vehicle with flashing lights, you should:
- Ignore it
- Stop in your lane
- Move over a lane if safe, or slow down
- Speed up
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Answer: Move over a lane if safe, or slow down
Move over a lane if safe, or slow down, for stopped emergency vehicles.
12. To ride a motorcycle in Hawaii you need:
- A CDL
- A car license only
- A motorcycle license/endorsement
- Nothing extra
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Answer: A motorcycle license/endorsement
A motorcycle license/endorsement is required.
13. A Hawaii driver under 21 is subject to a BAC limit of:
- 0.02
- 0.08
- 0.10
- 0.05
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Answer: 0.02
Under-21 drivers face a 0.02 limit.
14. A commercial driver in Hawaii is DUI at a BAC of:
- 0.10
- 0.08
- 0.02
- 0.04
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Answer: 0.04
Commercial drivers are DUI at 0.04.
15. Using a hand-held mobile device while driving in Hawaii is:
- Legal
- Legal on highways
- Illegal — hands-free only
- Fine at stops
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Answer: Illegal — hands-free only
Hand-held device use while driving is illegal in Hawaii; use hands-free.
16. Hawaii law requires:
- The driver and passengers to wear seat belts
- Only at night
- Only kids
- Nothing
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Answer: The driver and passengers to wear seat belts
Buckle up — Hawaii's seat-belt law is enforced.
17. The safest choice if you'll be drinking is to:
- Wait 10 minutes
- Drink coffee
- Drive slowly
- Use a designated driver or ride
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Answer: Use a designated driver or ride
Plan a sober ride — never drive impaired.
18. Keeping a safe following distance helps you:
- React to sudden stops without a crash
- Drive faster
- Look important
- Save fuel only
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Answer: React to sudden stops without a crash
Space ahead gives you time to react and avoid rear-ending others.
19. If your turn signals fail, you should:
- Use headlights
- Use hand signals until repaired
- Not signal
- Turn without signaling
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Answer: Use hand signals until repaired
Use hand signals if your signals fail.
20. To get a Hawaii instruction permit you must pass:
- Only a road test
- Only a vision test
- A vision screening and a rules-of-the-road test
- A swim test
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Answer: A vision screening and a rules-of-the-road test
You must pass a vision screening and a rules-of-the-road (knowledge) test.