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Colorado driving lessons

Colorado driving lessons.

Read 46 lessons across 11 course units, from licensing basics to the driving rules in Colorado’s handbook. Every public lesson includes its full study text, examples, and source page references.

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Your course, in order

Start at the beginning or choose a topic you want to understand better. Open a lesson in the study app when you want to take its checkpoint and save your progress.

Unit 1 · 4 lessons

Getting Your Colorado License

Permits, the drive test, GDL rules, losing your license

  1. Who needs a license & getting your permit 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. The driving skills test 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Minor drivers: permits, logs & GDL limits 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. How you can lose your license 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 2 · 4 lessons

Seat Belts & Impaired Driving

Restraint laws, BAC limits, drugs, DUI/DWAI penalties

  1. Seat belts & child restraints 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. DUI, DWAI & blood alcohol 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Drugs, marijuana & polydrug impairment 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Impaired driving penalties & express consent 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 3 · 3 lessons

Before You Drive & Basic Driving

Fitness to drive, vehicle checks, basic controls

  1. Fit to drive: vision, hearing, fatigue & more 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Checking your vehicle 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Basic controls: starting, steering & backing 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 4 · 5 lessons

Traffic Signals, Signs & Markings

Lights, sign shapes and colors, pavement markings

  1. Traffic signals & arrows 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Regulatory signs 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Warning, guide & service signs 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Bicycle, slow-moving & disabled parking signs 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  5. Pavement markings 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 5 · 4 lessons

Lane Controls & Right-of-Way

Special lanes, roundabouts, who goes first

  1. Lane rules & special-use lanes 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Roundabouts 2 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  3. Who has the right-of-way 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Emergency vehicles, plows, buses & work zones 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 6 · 4 lessons

Speed, Turning & Parking

Speed limits, signaling, turnabouts, parking rules

  1. Speed limits & stopping distance 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Signaling & turning correctly 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. U-turns & turnabouts 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  4. Parking rules 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 7 · 3 lessons

Freeway Driving, Lane Changes & Passing

Merging, changing lanes, safe passing

  1. Entering, driving & leaving the freeway 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Changing lanes safely 2 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  3. Passing rules 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 8 · 5 lessons

Weather & Special Conditions

Night, rain, snow and ice, mountain, rural and work zones

  1. Night driving, hills & curves 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Bad weather & hydroplaning 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Snow, ice & winter driving 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Mountain & rural driving 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  5. Construction & work zones 2 min · 5 checkpoint questions

Unit 9 · 3 lessons

Defensive & Safe Driving

Scanning, following distance, phones, traffic stops

  1. Scanning & following distance 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Phones, steering habits & traffic flow 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. When you're pulled over 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 10 · 7 lessons

Sharing the Road

Trucks, buses, school buses, trains, bicyclists, motorcycles, pedestrians

  1. Large trucks & buses 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. School buses 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Railroad crossings 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Light rail 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  5. Sharing the road with bicyclists 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  6. Motorcycles & common cyclist crashes 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  7. Pedestrians 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 11 · 4 lessons

Aggressive Driving & Emergencies

Distraction, road rage, collision avoidance, crash duties

  1. Distracted, aggressive & reckless driving 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Avoiding collisions & animals 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Vehicle emergencies 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  4. After a crash, Move Over & first aid 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions