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Arizona driver handbook guide

Arizona driver handbook guide.

Use this guide to navigate the 19 chapters in the handbook edition behind Roadwise’s Arizona course. Read the source, look up a rule in the study app, or work through 51 companion lessons.

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Handbook chapters
19
Source PDF pages
74
Companion lessons
51
Licensing agency
MVD

A way through the handbook

Start with the application and licensing material that applies to your age and license type. Then work through the driving rules, signs, and safe-driving chapters. A rule is easier to remember when you can explain what it asks you to do in a real road situation.

For a quick refresher, use the chapter list below. For a deeper study session, follow a companion lesson and its checkpoint questions. The page numbers refer to this course’s source edition and may differ from the newest agency edition.

Chapter list

  1. Introduction Source p. 1
  2. About This Manual Source p. 3
  3. Office Locations and Online Services Source p. 4
  4. Fees at MVD Offices Source p. 5
  5. Name and Address Changes Source p. 6
  6. Veteran and Native American Designation Source p. 7
  7. Arizona's Driver License and Road Test Source p. 8
  8. Vehicle Insurance Source p. 9
  9. Resident Definition Source p. 10
  10. Classes of Licenses Source p. 12
  11. Identification Card and Travel ID Source p. 16
  12. Title and Registration Source p. 18
  13. Section 1: Before You Drive Source p. 19
  14. Section 2: Safe Driving Practices Source p. 22
  15. Section 3: Roadway and Vehicle Knowledge Source p. 33
  16. Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles Source p. 50
  17. Section 5: Actively Avoiding Crashes Source p. 53
  18. Section 6: Handling Emergencies Source p. 68
  19. Section 7: Law Enforcement Source p. 72

What you will find in each chapter

Chapter 1 · source p. 1

Introduction

This chapter’s sections include:

  • azdot.gov/mvd
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Chapter 2 · source p. 3

About This Manual

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Tucson 520.629.9808
  • Tdd 602.712.3222
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Chapter 3 · source p. 4

Office Locations and Online Services

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Office Locations and Hours
  • AZMVDNow.gov
  • Third Party Services
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 4 · source p. 5

Fees at MVD Offices

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Driver Education Services
  • Program
  • Vehicle Inspecti ons
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Chapter 5 · source p. 6

Name and Address Changes

This chapter’s sections include:

  • License
  • Tips for Faster Service
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Chapter 6 · source p. 7

Veteran and Native American Designation

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Information
  • Veteran Designation
  • Designation
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Chapter 7 · source p. 8

Arizona's Driver License and Road Test

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Motor Vehicle Records
  • Arizona’s Driver License
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Chapter 8 · source p. 9

Vehicle Insurance

This chapter’s sections include:

  • National Driver Register
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Chapter 9 · source p. 10

Resident Definition

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Voter Registration
  • Organ and Tissue Donation
  • Medical Condition Indicator
  • Number
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Chapter 10 · source p. 12

Classes of Licenses

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Instruction Permit
  • Graduated License (Class G)
  • Restrictions
  • Penalties
  • Second conviction of a traffic
  • Third conviction of a traffic
  • Applicants Under 18
  • Selective Service Registration
  • Operator License (Class D)
  • Motorcycle License (Class M)
  • (Class A, B or C)
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Chapter 11 · source p. 16

Identification Card and Travel ID

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Identification (ID) Card
  • What do I need to bring to MVD?
  • Travel DL/ID credentials will be sufficient until
  • Required for a Travel DL/ID
  • Proof of Residency
  • Information
  • Replacement Travel Credential
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Chapter 12 · source p. 18

Title and Registration

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Registration
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Chapter 13 · source p. 19

Section 1: Before You Drive

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Preparation
  • Tire Safety
  • Tire Pressure
  • Tread Depth
  • (Buckle Up Arizona!)
  • Children!)
  • Safety
  • Travel Information Service
  • Check the Vehicle
  • Secure and Cover Loads!
  • Brakes
  • Safety Belts
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Chapter 14 · source p. 22

Section 2: Safe Driving Practices

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Child Safety Seats
  • Head Restraints
  • Muffler
  • Air Pollution Control
  • Windows and Windshields
  • Rearview Mirrors
  • Horns and Warning Devices
  • Red Lights and Flashers
  • Defensive Driving
  • Attitude and Awareness
  • Foresight
  • Knowledge and Experience
  • Distractions
  • Steering
  • Scanning
  • Vehicle
  • Entering/Crossing Traffic
  • Communicating
  • Signaling
  • Passing
  • Do Not Pass
  • Roundabouts
  • Diverging Diamonds
  • Parking
  • International Symbol of Access
  • Backing Up/Reversing
  • Parallel Parking
  • Parking on a Hill
  • Emergency Parking
  • Prohibited Parking
  • Freeway Driving
  • Entering a Freeway
  • Exiting a Freeway
  • Highway
  • Lane Use
  • Gore Area
  • Stopping on the Freeway
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Chapter 15 · source p. 33

Section 3: Roadway and Vehicle Knowledge

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Hov
  • Other Freeway Restrictions
  • Driving on the Highway
  • Knowledge
  • Signal Lights
  • Go, if Clear!
  • Caution!
  • RED – RED Means Stop!
  • Traffic Flow
  • Flashing Red Light
  • Flashing Yellow Light
  • Red Arrow
  • Yellow Arrow
  • Flashing Yellow Arrow
  • Green Arrow
  • Inoperative Signal Lights
  • “T” Intersections
  • Controlled Intersections
  • Uncontrolled Intersections
  • Right-of-Way
  • Pedestrians
  • Pedestrian Activated Signals
  • Alleys and Driveways
  • Left Turns
  • U-Turn
  • Red Light Running
  • Emergency Vehicles
  • Following Emergency Vehicles
  • Funerals
  • Zones
  • Speed Limits
  • Adjusting Speed to Conditions
  • Impeding Traffic
  • Traffic Signs
  • Octagon
  • Triangle
  • Rectangular
  • Signs
  • Pennant
  • Diamond
  • School Crossing Sign
  • Railroad Warning Sign
  • Railroad Crossing Sign
  • Highway Signs
  • Mile Posts
  • Temporary Work Zones
  • Warning Devices and Signs
  • Fines double in work zones
  • Fines Double
  • Flaggers
  • Flashing Arrow Panels
  • Electronic Signs
  • Cones, Drums, and Barricades
  • Pavement Markings
  • Broken Yellow Lines
  • Solid and Broken Yellow Lines
  • Double Yellow Lines
  • Broken White Lines
  • Solid White Lines
  • Turn Lane Arrow
  • Bicycle
  • Painted Curbs
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Red
  • One-Way Streets
  • White Lane Lines
  • Lines
  • Double Solid White Line
  • Yellow Lane Lines
  • Reversible Lanes
  • Turning
  • Right Turns
  • Right on Red
  • One-Way Road
  • Two-Way Road
  • Turn Lane
  • METRO Light Rail
  • Improved pedestrian signals
  • Protected turn lanes
  • Train-only track-way
  • Station design roads
  • Vehicle design
  • Light rail coupler design
  • Train Approaching Sign
  • Turn Sign
  • Driving and Bike Riding
  • Walking
  • Kids: Be Smart, Be Safe
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Chapter 16 · source p. 50

Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Section 4
  • Bicyclist
  • Motorcycle
  • Size
  • Lane Position
  • Intersections
  • Passing
  • Truck
  • Slow Moving Vehicles
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Chapter 17 · source p. 53

Section 5: Actively Avoiding Crashes

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Braking and Stopping
  • Driving The Open Road
  • Weather Conditions
  • Sun Glare
  • Wind
  • Pull Aside, Stay Alive!
  • Rain
  • Responses in Flood Areas
  • Fog
  • Snow and Ice
  • Low Visibility Conditions
  • Night Driving
  • How to Driver at Night
  • Wrong-Way Driver
  • Driver
  • Ahead.”
  • What You Can Do Right Now
  • Impaired Driving
  • Open Container
  • Providing Alcohol to Minors
  • Driving
  • Emotions
  • Health
  • Medical Restrictions
  • Drowsy Driving/Fatigue
  • Driver Improvement
  • License Revocation
  • Vehicle Impound
  • Suspension and Traffic School
  • All other moving violations
  • Revoked License
  • Criminal Citation
  • Traffic Ticket Enforcement
  • Nitrous Oxide offenses
  • Altered or Fictitious License
  • Influence
  • DUI Penalties
  • Dui
  • Extreme DUI
  • Aggravated DUI
  • Device
  • Executive Hearing Office
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Chapter 18 · source p. 68

Section 6: Handling Emergencies

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Handling Emergencies
  • Tire Failure
  • Fire
  • Overheating
  • Power Steering Failure
  • Headlight Failure
  • Brake Failure
  • Avoiding a Crash
  • Compromising
  • Recovering from Skids
  • Debris on the Road
  • Animals on the Road call
  • Reporting Crashes
  • Crash
  • Quick Clearance
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Chapter 19 · source p. 72

Section 7: Law Enforcement

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Failure to Stop at a Crash
  • Law Enforcement
  • Traffic Stop Safety
  • Always be Prepared
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Turn the reading into a study routine

The Arizona course groups the source material into 9 units. Each lesson includes handbook page references, examples, and a checkpoint in the study app.

Unit 1 · 6 lessons

Getting Licensed

Permits, GDL rules, classes, IDs and paperwork

  1. Instruction permits
  2. Graduated license: getting it and its limits
  3. License classes & CDL basics
  4. Teen penalties & parent signatures
  5. Road test, insurance & residency
  6. ID cards, Travel ID, replacements & titles

Unit 2 · 3 lessons

Vehicle Equipment & Occupant Safety

Equipment, belts, car seats and warning devices

  1. Required equipment & vehicle checks
  2. Seat belts & child restraints
  3. Mirrors, horn, lights & warning devices

Unit 3 · 4 lessons

Safe Driving Practices

Defensive driving, attention, space and signals

  1. Defensive driving & attitude
  2. Distractions, phones, steering & scanning
  3. Following distance, space cushion & blind spots
  4. Signaling & communicating

Unit 4 · 6 lessons

Passing, Lanes & Freeways

Passing, roundabouts, freeways and parking

  1. Passing rules
  2. Roundabouts & diverging diamonds
  3. Entering & exiting freeways
  4. Freeway lanes, HOV & breakdowns
  5. Where you can't park & emergency parking
  6. Parallel parking, hills & backing up

Unit 5 · 5 lessons

Signals, Right-of-Way & Road Users

Signals, yielding, pedestrians and emergency vehicles

  1. Traffic signal lights & arrows
  2. Intersections & right-of-way
  3. Pedestrians & school buses
  4. Emergency vehicles, Move Over & funerals
  5. Red-light running penalties

Unit 6 · 8 lessons

Speed Limits, Signs & Markings

Speed, signs, crossings, markings and turns

  1. Speed limits
  2. Sign shapes & colors
  3. School zones, route markers & mile posts
  4. Railroad crossings
  5. Work zones
  6. Lane lines: yellow and white
  7. Curb colors, lane arrows & special lanes
  8. Turning rules & two-way left turn lanes

Unit 7 · 4 lessons

Sharing the Road

Bicycles, motorcycles, trucks and light rail

  1. Sharing the road with bicycles
  2. Sharing the road with motorcycles
  3. Trucks & slow-moving vehicles
  4. METRO light rail safety

Unit 8 · 7 lessons

Weather, Night Driving & Crash Avoidance

Stopping, weather, night and emergencies

  1. Braking, stopping distance & the open road
  2. Sun glare, wind & dust storms
  3. Rain, hydroplaning & flooded washes
  4. Fog, snow, ice & low visibility
  5. Night driving & wrong-way drivers
  6. Vehicle failures: tires, fire, overheating, steering, lights, brakes
  7. Avoiding crashes, skids, debris & animals

Unit 9 · 8 lessons

Impaired Driving, Points & Penalties

DUI, points, suspensions, crashes and traffic stops

  1. Alcohol, drugs & open containers
  2. Aggressive driving, emotions, health & fatigue
  3. DUI: implied consent, BAC limits & penalties
  4. Extreme & aggravated DUI, ignition interlock
  5. Points & Traffic Survival School
  6. Suspension, revocation, impound & hearings
  7. Crashes: what to do and failure to stop
  8. Traffic stops & law enforcement