Colorado permit practice tests 2026

Your route to test day

1. Learn the signs

   Shapes and colors first. Sign questions are the easiest points on the test, and some states require a perfect score on them.

   • Road Signs 122 questions
   • Road Signs 222 questions
   • Road Signs 322 questions
   • Road Signs 421 questions
   • Road Signs 521 questions

   Colorado permit test flashcards: swipe through signs, Colorado rules and practice questions on your phone.

2. Work through the practice tests

   6 tests that cover every topic in the handbook. 76 of the 122 Colorado questions are about rules specific to Colorado.

   • Practice Test 126 questions
   • Practice Test 226 questions
   • Practice Test 325 questions
   • Practice Test 425 questions
   • Practice Test 525 questions
   • Practice Test 625 questions

3. Drill your weak topics

   Your results show which topics you miss. Practice just those.

   • Road signs 113
   • Traffic signals 5
   • Pavement markings 5
   • Right of way & intersections 6
   • Turning & signaling 5
   • Lanes, passing & merging 5
   • Speed limits & control 5
   • Following distance & space 4
   • Parking & stopping 6
   • Highways & freeways 4
   • Sharing the road 7
   • School buses & emergency vehicles 7
   • Railroad crossings 5
   • Night, weather & hazards 8
   • Emergencies & crashes 7
   • Alcohol & drugs 9
   • Distracted & drowsy driving 4
   • Permits & licensing 10
   • Laws, points & insurance 7
   • Seat belts & equipment 5

   Take a weak-spot test: 10 questions built from the topics and questions you keep missing.

4. Fix every mistake

   Questions you miss are saved in this browser. Each one stays in your trainer until you get it right on 3 separate days.

   Review my mistakes

   Print them as a study sheet, answers folded under.

5. Pass the simulator, then book your test

   The simulator follows Colorado’s real format: Colorado does not publish a question count; we use 30 questions at its 80% pass mark. Pass it two or three times in a row on different days.

   Open the exam simulator

   Didn’t pass? Here’s what to do next: Colorado’s retake rules, your earliest retake date and the topics to fix first.

Colorado rules that catch people out

These come from questions learners find hardest. Each links to the page of the handbook it comes from.

• If no approved school within 30 miles offers enough behind-the-wheel training, 12 extra hours with your parent, guardian or alternate permit supervisor can replace the 6 instructor hours. You must bring a printed map of the route to the nearest school to prove the distance.

  Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), page 5

• Driving to and from work is an exception to the first-year midnight to 5 a.m. curfew, but you need a signed statement from your school or employer. Other exceptions are medical emergencies, emancipated minors, or riding with a parent, legal guardian or another qualifying adult.

  Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), page 5

• Reckless driving means driving in a way that puts people or property in danger, whether you meant to or not. A conviction under Colorado's reckless driving statute can add up to eight points to your driving record.

  Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), page 28

• Illegally parking in a disabled space without a placard or plate can be charged as a misdemeanor with a $350-$5,000 fine, possible jail, loss of driving privileges or impoundment. Using someone else's placard brings double fines.

  Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), page 12

• A first DWAI for a driver 21 or older is listed at a 0.05% BAC, with 8 points toward suspension, a $200-$500 fine, 2-180 days of jail and 24-48 hours of public service. Even the lowest impaired-driving charge has serious consequences.

  Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), page 7

• Colorado allows a permissible inference of DUI if a driver's blood contains 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter. There is no THC inference level for DWAI, and most marijuana-impaired drivers are convicted on their behavior plus blood levels.

  Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), page 8

• After stopping and yielding, you may turn right on red unless a sign prohibits it. You may also turn left on red, but only from a one-way street onto another one-way street, unless a sign prohibits it.

  Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), page 10

• Colorado law requires drivers to yield to a truck, bus, emergency vehicle or RV when entering, exiting or driving in a roundabout. Large vehicles often need more than one lane to get around the circle.

  Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337), page 13

Questions about the Colorado permit test