Louisiana 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

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

2. Work through the practice tests

   6 tests that cover every topic in the handbook. 71 of the 122 Louisiana questions are about rules specific to Louisiana.

   • 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 6
   • Lanes, passing & merging 5
   • Speed limits & control 5
   • Following distance & space 5
   • Parking & stopping 6
   • Highways & freeways 5
   • Sharing the road 6
   • School buses & emergency vehicles 6
   • Railroad crossings 5
   • Night, weather & hazards 6
   • Emergencies & crashes 7
   • Alcohol & drugs 8
   • Distracted & drowsy driving 5
   • Permits & licensing 8
   • Laws, points & insurance 9
   • Seat belts & equipment 6

   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 Louisiana’s real format: 40 questions, 32 correct to pass (80%). 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: Louisiana’s retake rules, your earliest retake date and the topics to fix first.

Louisiana rules that catch people out

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

• Between 6:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., an intermediate licensee may carry no more than one passenger under 21 who is not an immediate family member, unless a licensed adult 21+ is present. Each extra teen passenger raises a new driver's crash risk.

  Class D & E Driver's Guide, page 12

• If you cannot show proof of insurance, the officer seizes your plate and the vehicle may be impounded. You then have three calendar days, not counting Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, to show proof at a Motor Vehicle office, or the plate is destroyed and you must re-register.

  Class D & E Driver's Guide, page 141

• Louisiana R.S. 30:2531 sets a first simple-littering penalty of a $150 fine or eight hours of community service, rising to a $900 fine or 20 hours for a second offense. Unsecured truck loads that fly out also count as littering.

  Class D & E Driver's Guide, page 19

• Three reckless-driving convictions within 12 months is one of the listed grounds for suspending your driving privileges in Louisiana. Reckless driving is itself a crime punishable by a fine and jail.

  Class D & E Driver's Guide, page 132

• For drivers 21 and older who submit to the test, a BAC from 0.08 to 0.149 percent brings a 180-day suspension. At 0.15 percent or more the suspension jumps to two years, and refusing the test brings 365 days on a first offense.

  Class D & E Driver's Guide, page 131

• A BAC of 0.15 percent or greater leads to a two-year (730-day) suspension for drivers 21 and older. The higher the BAC, the more impaired the driver and the harsher the penalty.

  Class D & E Driver's Guide, page 131

• Some left turns on red are permitted when moving from a one-way street onto another one-way street. You must first stop and then yield to all traffic and pedestrians, and only where the turn is not prohibited.

  Class D & E Driver's Guide, page 39

• Do not turn around on a hill or in a curve where drivers coming from either direction cannot see your vehicle within 500 feet. A car crossing the road broadside is hard to avoid if drivers cannot see it in time.

  Class D & E Driver's Guide, page 95

Questions about the Louisiana permit test