Free Texas Permit Practice Test 2 (2026)
Real questions from the official Texas 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 — 7
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 4
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 3
- Sharing the Road — 3
- Points & Penalties — 1
- Safe Driving — 1
- Vehicle Equipment — 1
Heaviest on Licensing & Permits (7 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
20 are Texas-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. In a Texas school zone, the reduced speed applies when:
- The yellow light is flashing or during posted times
- Only in summer
- Never
- Always
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Answer: The yellow light is flashing or during posted times
The school-zone speed applies when the yellow light flashes or during posted times.
2. A Texas hardship license may be available at age 15 if the applicant:
- Has a job
- Completes and passes a driver education course
- Lives in a city
- Owns a car
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Answer: Completes and passes a driver education course
A hardship license requires completing and passing a driver education course.
3. Texas law requires the driver and passengers to:
- Do nothing
- Buckle only at night
- Wear seat belts
- Buckle only children
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Answer: Wear seat belts
Buckle up — Texas's seat-belt law is enforced.
4. Texas drivers under 18 must meet the requirements for a learner or provisional license and also:
- Military service
- Driver education and the GDL program
- Nothing extra
- A college degree
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Answer: Driver education and the GDL program
Under-18 drivers are also subject to driver education and the GDL program.
5. In Texas, refusing a breath or blood test brings:
- A reward
- Nothing
- A license suspension
- A discount
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Answer: A license suspension
Refusing a test triggers a license suspension.
6. Texas notes that as your speed increases, your field of vision:
- Stays the same
- Improves
- Widens
- Narrows
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Answer: Narrows
Higher speed narrows your field of vision.
7. If you are involved in a crash in Texas, you must:
- Leave
- Drive on if minor
- Stop and give information
- Call later only
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Answer: Stop and give information
Stop and exchange information at any crash.
8. In Texas, for speeds above 30 mph, keep a following gap of at least:
- 1 second
- 4 seconds
- 2 seconds
- 3 seconds
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Answer: 4 seconds
For speeds above 30 mph, keep at least a 4-second gap in good conditions.
9. In Texas, many limited-access highways have posted speed limits as high as:
- 85 mph
- 75 mph
- 65 mph
- 70 mph
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Answer: 85 mph
Many Texas limited-access highways are posted 75 up to 85 mph.
10. Texas's Graduated Driver License program has two phases: Phase One is the learner license and Phase Two is the:
- Motorcycle license
- Full license
- Provisional license
- Commercial license
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Answer: Provisional license
Phase Two is the provisional license (under 18).
11. A Texas commercial driver is intoxicated at a BAC of:
- .02
- .04
- .08
- .10
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Answer: .04
Commercial drivers are DWI at .04.
12. In Texas, for speeds of 30 mph or less, keep a following gap of at least:
- 2 seconds
- 6 seconds
- 1 second
- 4 seconds
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Answer: 2 seconds
For 30 mph or less, keep at least a 2-second gap in good conditions.
13. Under Texas's Move Over/Slow Down law, you must move over or slow to:
- The same speed
- 20 mph below the posted limit (or 5 mph if the limit is 25 or less)
- Any speed
- 70 mph
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Answer: 20 mph below the posted limit (or 5 mph if the limit is 25 or less)
Move over, or slow to 20 mph below the posted limit (5 mph if the limit is 25 or less).
14. A Texas learner license must be held for at least how long before Phase Two?
- Six months
- 30 days
- 3 months
- One year
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Answer: Six months
You must hold the learner license six months before a provisional license.
15. A Texas provisional driver may not drive between:
- Midnight and 5:00 a.m. (with exceptions)
- 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
- 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.
- 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
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Answer: Midnight and 5:00 a.m. (with exceptions)
No driving midnight–5:00 a.m. unless for work, school activity, or a medical emergency.
16. In Texas, an applicant for a learner license must be:
- 16 only
- 19+
- 12–14
- At least 15 but no more than 18
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Answer: At least 15 but no more than 18
You must be at least 15 but no more than 18 for a learner license.
17. Keeping a safe following distance behind the vehicle ahead helps you:
- React safely to sudden stops
- Look important
- Drive faster
- Save fuel only
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Answer: React safely to sudden stops
Space ahead gives you time to react and avoid rear-ending others.
18. A motorcycle in Texas is entitled to:
- Half a lane
- A full lane of travel
- No lane
- The shoulder only
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Answer: A full lane of travel
Motorcycles are entitled to a full lane.
19. In Texas, the legal blood alcohol limit for intoxication is:
- 0.10
- 0.02
- .08 BAC
- .05
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Answer: .08 BAC
The legal limit is 0.08 BAC (or loss of normal mental/physical faculties).
20. A Texas learner license applicant must complete:
- Nothing
- College
- The classroom portion of a driver education course
- A road trip
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Answer: The classroom portion of a driver education course
You must complete the classroom portion of a driver education course.