Free Michigan Permit Practice Test 3 (2026)
Real questions from the official Michigan 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 — 7
- Emergencies & Crashes — 4
- Adverse Conditions — 2
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 2
- Sharing the Road — 2
- Signaling & Communication — 1
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 1
- Traffic Lanes, Passing & Turning — 1
Heaviest on Traffic Signs & Signals (7 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. What does this blue sign with a white 'H' indicate?
- A hospital nearby
- A highway exit
- A hotel
- A help phone
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Answer: A hospital nearby
A blue 'H' sign points to a hospital.
2. Brown signs indicate:
- Emergency routes
- Recreational and cultural areas (parks)
- Weigh stations
- Detours
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Answer: Recreational and cultural areas (parks)
Brown signs mark recreational and cultural sites such as parks and campgrounds.
3. Turning on your headlights in the rain helps mainly by:
- Warming the engine
- Saving the battery
- Drying the road
- Making your car easier for others to see
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Answer: Making your car easier for others to see
Headlights make you more visible to others in rain (and your state law requires them with wipers).
4. A blue sign with a wheelchair symbol reserves parking for:
- People with a disabled parking permit
- Delivery trucks
- Buses
- Anyone
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Answer: People with a disabled parking permit
Blue wheelchair signs reserve parking for permit holders.
5. What does this sign mean?
- Passing is allowed
- The road may be slippery when wet
- A sharp curve is banked
- A racetrack is ahead
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Answer: The road may be slippery when wet
This warning sign means the road can be slippery, especially when wet — slow down.
6. Before changing lanes you should communicate your intent by:
- Honking
- Flashing high beams
- Speeding up
- Signaling early, then checking mirrors and your blind spot
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Answer: Signaling early, then checking mirrors and your blind spot
Signal first so others know your intent, then check mirrors and blind spot before moving.
7. People with disabilities, seniors, and children may:
- Cross only at lights
- Need extra time to cross — be patient and yield
- Be ignored
- Always move fast
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Answer: Need extra time to cross — be patient and yield
Give vulnerable pedestrians extra time and space to cross.
8. At a steady green light, you should:
- Proceed, but yield to pedestrians and vehicles still in the intersection
- Speed through before it changes
- Stop and check both ways first
- Always turn right
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Answer: Proceed, but yield to pedestrians and vehicles still in the intersection
Green means go — but you must still yield to pedestrians and any vehicles already in the intersection.
9. What does this sign warn of?
- A weigh station
- No trucks
- A truck crossing or entering the road ahead
- A truck stop
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Answer: A truck crossing or entering the road ahead
A truck-crossing sign warns that trucks may be crossing or entering; watch for them.
10. If your engine catches fire, you should:
- Open the hood right away
- Pour water on it while driving
- Keep driving to a station
- Pull over, turn off the engine, get everyone out, and move away
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Answer: Pull over, turn off the engine, get everyone out, and move away
Stop, shut off the engine, get out, and move well away — never linger by a burning vehicle.
11. To see better at night without blinding others, you should:
- Never use high beams
- Use high beams on open roads and dim them for other vehicles
- Use parking lights
- Always use high beams
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Answer: Use high beams on open roads and dim them for other vehicles
Use high beams where appropriate but dim them for oncoming and nearby vehicles.
12. On entering a sharp curve too fast, you risk:
- A ticket only
- Losing traction and running off the road
- Better handling
- Nothing
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Answer: Losing traction and running off the road
Too much speed in a curve can break traction and send you off the road — slow before it.
13. At a minor crash with no injuries on a busy road, you should:
- Leave the cars in the lanes
- Move vehicles out of traffic if possible and exchange information
- Drive away
- Block traffic to argue
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Answer: Move vehicles out of traffic if possible and exchange information
If safe and no injuries, move vehicles off the road, then exchange information.
14. If your gas pedal sticks, you should first:
- Shift to neutral and brake, then pull off the road
- Turn off the ignition on the highway
- Steer with your knees
- Pump the gas
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Answer: Shift to neutral and brake, then pull off the road
Shift to neutral, brake, and steer off the road; then turn off the engine once stopped.
15. On a road with a solid yellow line on your side of the center, you may:
- Drive in the oncoming lane
- Pass when clear
- Not pass — cross only to turn left into a driveway or road
- Make a U-turn anywhere
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Answer: Not pass — cross only to turn left into a driveway or road
A solid yellow line on your side means no passing; you may cross it only to turn left.
16. There is no amount of alcohol that is proven 'safe' before driving because:
- It's expensive
- It tastes bad
- Even small amounts impair skills you need
- Rules change
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Answer: Even small amounts impair skills you need
Impairment begins with the first drink — the safest amount before driving is none.
17. The best way to lower your BAC before driving is:
- Exercise
- Coffee
- Cold shower
- Time — nothing speeds it up
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Answer: Time — nothing speeds it up
Only time reduces BAC; plan a sober ride instead.
18. In a work zone you should watch for and yield to:
- Only cars
- Only trucks
- Workers, equipment, and flaggers directing traffic
- No one
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Answer: Workers, equipment, and flaggers directing traffic
Slow down and obey flaggers; watch for workers and equipment.
19. Approaching a crash or stopped vehicles ahead, you should:
- Honk
- Speed past
- Change lanes without looking
- Slow down, move over if you can, and watch for people
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Answer: Slow down, move over if you can, and watch for people
Slow down and move over for crash scenes and stopped vehicles, watching for people on foot.
20. What does this sign tell you to do?
- No left turn
- Turn left only
- Merge left
- Keep to the left of a divider or obstruction
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Answer: Keep to the left of a divider or obstruction
A keep-left sign directs you to pass to the left of a median or obstacle.