Free Indiana Permit Practice Test 3 (2026)
Real questions from the official Indiana 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:
- Traffic Signs & Signals — 6
- Right-of-Way & Intersections — 4
- Signaling & Communication — 3
- Adverse Conditions — 2
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 2
- Sharing the Road — 1
- Traffic Lanes, Passing & Turning — 1
- Vehicle Equipment — 1
Heaviest on Traffic Signs & Signals (6 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
Every question here applies nationwide.
Each test on this site draws a different set, so Test 1, 2 and 3 never repeat a question.
Questions on this test
1. When it starts to rain, you should turn on your:
- Headlights and wipers
- Hazard lights
- High beams
- Interior lights
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Answer: Headlights and wipers
Turn on wipers and headlights (your state requires headlights when wipers are needed for weather).
2. What does this sign mean?
- Tunnel
- Divided highway
- Narrow bridge ahead
- Road widens
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Answer: Narrow bridge ahead
A narrow-bridge warning — the bridge ahead is narrower than the road; use caution.
3. This sign shape warns of:
- A hospital
- A school zone or school crossing
- A railroad crossing
- A dead end
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Answer: A school zone or school crossing
The pentagon shape marks a school zone or school crossing ahead.
4. As you approach a roundabout, you should:
- Enter without looking
- Slow down and prepare to yield to traffic already in the circle
- Stop fully always
- Speed up to merge
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Answer: Slow down and prepare to yield to traffic already in the circle
Slow on approach and yield to circulating traffic before entering.
5. As blood alcohol level rises, a driver's ability to:
- Improves
- Steadily worsens — judgment, coordination, and reaction decline
- Only affects vision
- Stays the same until .08
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Answer: Steadily worsens — judgment, coordination, and reaction decline
The more you drink, the worse your driving ability becomes — there is no safe amount before driving.
6. When entering a roundabout, you must:
- Speed up to merge
- Yield to traffic already in the circle
- Stop fully before entering
- Enter to the right, going clockwise
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Answer: Yield to traffic already in the circle
Yield to vehicles already circulating, then enter into a gap. Traffic flows counter-clockwise.
7. This sign warns that you are approaching:
- A rest area
- A roundabout only
- A railroad crossing
- A toll booth
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Answer: A railroad crossing
A round yellow sign is the advance warning for a railroad crossing.
8. After a stopped school bus, when may you proceed?
- After honking
- When the red lights stop flashing and the bus begins to move
- Immediately if no children are seen
- As soon as you slow down
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Answer: When the red lights stop flashing and the bus begins to move
Remain stopped until the flashing red lights are off and the bus moves or signals you on.
9. What does this sign tell you?
- Detour
- Two-way traffic
- Wrong way
- Traffic flows in one direction — the way the arrow points
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Answer: Traffic flows in one direction — the way the arrow points
A one-way sign means traffic moves only in the direction of the arrow.
10. In fog, you should use:
- Hazard lights only while moving
- No lights
- High beams
- Low beams
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Answer: Low beams
Use low beams in fog — high beams reflect back and reduce visibility.
11. In cold or humid weather, the defroster helps by:
- Keeping the windshield and windows clear
- Saving fuel
- Charging the battery
- Cooling the engine
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Answer: Keeping the windshield and windows clear
Use the defroster to keep glass clear for good visibility.
12. Most car-motorcycle crashes happen at intersections. Before you turn, you should:
- Look twice for motorcycles — they're small and easy to miss
- Assume no motorcycles are near
- Only check for cars
- Turn quickly
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Answer: Look twice for motorcycles — they're small and easy to miss
Motorcycles are easy to miss. Look carefully — 'look twice' — for them before turning.
13. In fog, using high beams:
- Helps you see better
- Warns others
- Is required
- Reflects back and reduces visibility — use low beams
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Answer: Reflects back and reduces visibility — use low beams
High beams reflect off fog into your eyes; low beams are better.
14. May you exceed the posted speed limit to complete a pass?
- Only to pass a truck
- Yes, briefly
- Yes, on highways
- No — you must never exceed the speed limit
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Answer: No — you must never exceed the speed limit
You must never exceed the speed limit, even to pass.
15. Forgetting to turn off your signal after a lane change or turn can:
- Mislead other drivers about your intentions
- Help others
- Save the bulb
- Do nothing
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Answer: Mislead other drivers about your intentions
A signal left on misleads others — cancel it after your maneuver.
16. A diamond symbol painted in a lane indicates:
- A turn-only lane
- A no-parking zone
- A high-occupancy vehicle (carpool) lane
- A bike lane
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Answer: A high-occupancy vehicle (carpool) lane
The diamond marks an HOV (carpool) lane, reserved for vehicles with a required number of occupants.
17. You want to turn left; an oncoming car is going straight through. Who goes first?
- Whoever signals first
- Whoever is larger
- You — left turns have priority
- The oncoming car going straight
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Answer: The oncoming car going straight
A driver turning left must yield to oncoming traffic going straight through.
18. What does this hand signal mean?
- Left turn
- Stop or slow down
- Speed up
- Right turn
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Answer: Stop or slow down
Left arm bent downward = stop or slow down.
19. Before drinking, a responsible plan is to:
- Arrange a designated driver or ride in advance
- Drink coffee
- Wait 10 minutes
- Drive home slowly
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Answer: Arrange a designated driver or ride in advance
Plan a sober ride before you drink — don't decide after.
20. What does this sign warn of?
- A detour
- A winding road — a series of curves ahead
- A one-way street
- A racetrack
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Answer: A winding road — a series of curves ahead
This warns of a winding road (several curves). Reduce speed.