Texas 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

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

2. Work through the practice tests

   6 tests that cover every topic in the handbook. 78 of the 121 Texas questions are about rules specific to Texas.

   • Practice Test 126 questions
   • Practice Test 225 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 4
   • Right of way & intersections 7
   • Turning & signaling 4
   • Lanes, passing & merging 5
   • Speed limits & control 5
   • Following distance & space 4
   • Parking & stopping 7
   • Highways & freeways 4
   • Sharing the road 6
   • School buses & emergency vehicles 7
   • Railroad crossings 4
   • Night, weather & hazards 6
   • Emergencies & crashes 7
   • Alcohol & drugs 9
   • Distracted & drowsy driving 4
   • Permits & licensing 12
   • Laws, points & insurance 8
   • 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 Texas’s real format: Texas does not publish a question count; we use 30 questions at its 70% 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: Texas’s retake rules, your earliest retake date and the topics to fix first.

Texas rules that catch people out

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

• A suspended license is invalid, so those days do not count toward Phase One. Texas adds the number of suspension days to the six-month holding period.

  Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), page 8

• Texas requires at least $25,000 of liability coverage for property damage you cause. Together with $30,000 and $60,000 for injuries, this is the 30/60/25 minimum.

  Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), page 24

• A first conviction for driving without evidence of financial responsibility brings a fine of $175 to $350. A second conviction adds license suspension, higher fines and possible vehicle impoundment.

  Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), page 24

• After a hearing, DPS may suspend or revoke the license of a driver under 18 who has two or more separate traffic convictions within any 12-month period. For drivers in general the thresholds are four in 12 months or seven in 24 months, so new drivers have much less room for mistakes.

  Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), page 18

• Under implied consent, refusing a breath or blood test brings a 180-day suspension, up to 730 days for later refusals. Refusing is punished more harshly than failing the test.

  Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), page 64

• If you take the test and your BAC is 0.08 or more, your license may be suspended for 90 days, or up to 365 days for later offenses. This administrative suspension is separate from any criminal DWI penalty.

  Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), page 64

• A minor's first refusal to provide a breath or blood specimen brings a 180-day suspension; a second refusal brings 2 years. Refusing never helps you avoid a suspension.

  Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), page 63

• A minor whose specimen shows any detectable alcohol below 0.08 loses the license for 60 days on a first offense, 120 days on a second, and 180 days after that. A minor may request a hearing to contest it.

  Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), page 63

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