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Alabama · ALEA study resources

Alabama permit test prep.

Build your knowledge of Alabama driving rules with 51 short lessons, 64 road-sign illustrations, and 669 study questions based on the course’s driver handbook edition.

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A winding country road with a red car and road signs
Study questions
669
Driving lessons
51
Signs & illustrations
64
Course units
9

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Practice

Alabama practice test

See the 30-question simulation, the 24-correct passing threshold, sample questions, and source notes.

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Recognition

Alabama road signs

Browse 64 signs and illustrations, with their meanings and the action to take.

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Reference

Alabama driver handbook

Find the chapter list, source PDF, and companion lessons for the handbook in this course.

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A clear route through the handbook

The 51 lessons below follow 9 course units. Open a lesson to read its rules, examples, and source page references, or use the study app for its checkpoint quiz.

Unit 1 · 7 lessons

Your License

Who needs a license, documents, tests, GDL, classes and renewal

  1. Who needs an Alabama license
  2. Who can't be licensed & proving who you are
  3. The Learner License
  4. Vision, knowledge and road tests
  5. GDL rules for teen drivers
  6. Renewal, duplicates, changes and ID cards
  7. License classes, motorcycles and vessels

Unit 2 · 3 lessons

You May Lose Your License

Fees, cancellation, revocation, suspension and the point system

  1. Reinstatement fees, cancellation and revocation
  2. Grounds for suspension
  3. The Alabama point system

Unit 3 · 7 lessons

The Driving Task

Habits, turns, sharing the road, parking and restraints

  1. Good habits and rules for turns
  2. Turn paths, three-point turns and curves
  3. Sharing the road with bicycles
  4. Sharing the road with motorcycles
  5. Sharing the road with trucks and buses
  6. Parking rules
  7. Seat belts and child restraints

Unit 4 · 8 lessons

The Driver

Attitude, phones, alcohol, drugs, distances, crashes and railroads

  1. Attitude, concentration and fatigue
  2. Phones, texting and the Hands-Free Law
  3. Alcohol and BAC limits
  4. DUI penalties and implied consent
  5. Drugs and driving
  6. Following distance and stopping distance
  7. If you have a crash
  8. Railroad crossings

Unit 5 · 8 lessons

Signs, Signals & Road Markings

Shapes, colors, regulatory and warning signs, lines, lights and roundabouts

  1. Sign shapes, colors and guide signs
  2. Regulatory signs: stop, yield and do-not signs
  3. Regulatory signs: speed, lanes and turns
  4. Warning signs: road shape and conditions
  5. Warning signs: traffic, crossings and work zones
  6. Pavement markings
  7. Traffic signals and lane-use lights
  8. Driving through roundabouts

Unit 6 · 8 lessons

Traffic Laws

Speed, stopping, school buses, right of way, passing, stops and more

  1. Speed limits
  2. When you must stop
  3. School buses
  4. Right of way and pedestrians
  5. Passing safely
  6. Traffic stops and required documents
  7. Backing, lane changes, hand signals and loads
  8. Insurance, window tint, Move-Over and emergency vehicles

Unit 7 · 6 lessons

Adjust to Driving Conditions

Night, winter, skids, hydroplaning, fog and emergencies

  1. Night driving
  2. Winter and slippery roads
  3. Skids and hydroplaning
  4. Vehicle failures
  5. Road emergencies: shoulders, oncoming cars, water and fire
  6. Fog, hills and carbon monoxide

Unit 8 · 2 lessons

Driving the Freeways

Entering, interchanges, leaving and breakdowns

  1. Entering the freeway and interchanges
  2. Leaving the freeway and freeway emergencies

Unit 9 · 2 lessons

Your Vehicle

Required equipment, tires, maintenance and trip planning

  1. Required equipment
  2. Tires, maintenance and trip planning

Know which test you are studying for

Alabama Knowledge Test

This Roadwise course uses a 30-question practice test with 24 correct answers needed to pass. The format can depend on your age, license class, or application type.

The official Alabama Driver Manual does not publish the exact number of test questions or the passing score, so the format (30 questions, 24 correct to pass, 80%) is taken from two independently corroborating third-party DMV test-prep sites; the figures could not be confirmed directly on ALEA's own site. No source describes a separately-scored road-signs section, so the practice test uses one combined score.

See format details and sample questions