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Hawaii permit test prep.

Build your knowledge of Hawaii driving rules with 44 short lessons, 62 road-sign illustrations, and 617 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
617
Driving lessons
44
Signs & illustrations
62
Course units
9

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Hawaii practice test

See the 25-question simulation, the 20-correct passing threshold, sample questions, and source notes.

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Recognition

Hawaii road signs

Browse 62 signs and illustrations, with their meanings and the action to take.

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Reference

Hawaii 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 44 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 · 6 lessons

Your License

Permits, GDL, license classes, REAL ID, renewal, road test

  1. Getting your instruction permit
  2. License classes and CDL categories
  3. Provisional license rules (under 18)
  4. REAL ID, renewal and keeping your license current
  5. Who needs a license, who can't get one, and key terms
  6. The road test, restrictions and traffic citations

Unit 2 · 4 lessons

Vehicle Equipment & Registration

Required equipment, inspections, registering and titling

  1. Required and prohibited equipment
  2. Safety inspections, tires and vehicle checks
  3. Registering your vehicle and keeping it current
  4. Buying or bringing in a vehicle, plates and mopeds

Unit 3 · 7 lessons

Rules of the Road & Right-of-Way

Attitude, lanes, signals, speed, parking, right-of-way, freeways

  1. You, your attitude and crash risk
  2. Keeping right, passing on the right, and signaling
  3. Speed limits, following distance and railroad crossings
  4. Parking: where you can't, and how to do it right
  5. Emergency vehicles, processions and leaving your car
  6. Right-of-way at intersections
  7. Freeway driving

Unit 4 · 8 lessons

Signs, Signals & Markings

Pavement markings, signals, signs, no-passing zones, work zones

  1. Centerlines, lane lines and edgelines
  2. Stop lines, crosswalks and special markings
  3. Traffic lights, arrows and flashing signals
  4. Lane-control and pedestrian signals
  5. Sign colors, shapes and regulatory signs
  6. Warning signs and guide signs
  7. No-passing rules and slow-moving vehicles
  8. Work zones

Unit 5 · 2 lessons

Crashes & Insurance

What to do after a crash, no-fault insurance basics

  1. What to do after a crash
  2. No-fault insurance and financial responsibility

Unit 6 · 2 lessons

Alcohol & Drugs

BAC limits, implied consent, other drugs

  1. BAC limits, implied consent and license revocation
  2. How alcohol and drugs affect you, and open containers

Unit 7 · 8 lessons

Safe Driving Techniques

Habits, seeing, belts, lanes, speed, braking, weather, emergencies

  1. Bad driving habits and distraction
  2. Defensive driving, seeing, and being ready to drive
  3. Seat belts and child safety
  4. Backing, entering traffic, roundabouts and lane changes
  5. Speed, following distance, turns and passing
  6. Using your brakes and downshifting
  7. Rain, fog, dawn, dusk and night driving
  8. Handling driving emergencies

Unit 8 · 3 lessons

Trucks, Buses & Motorcycles

Sharing the road with large vehicles, trailers and motorcycles

  1. Sharing the road with trucks and buses
  2. Towing a trailer
  3. Sharing the road with motorcycles

Unit 9 · 4 lessons

Pedestrians, School Buses & Bicycles

Pedestrian right-of-way, school buses, sharing the road with cyclists

  1. Pedestrian safety: your duties as driver and walker
  2. Stopping for school buses
  3. Driving near bicyclists
  4. Bicyclist rules and safety

Know which test you are studying for

Hawaii Class 3 Knowledge Test

This Roadwise course uses a 25-question practice test with 20 correct answers needed to pass. The format can depend on your age, license class, or application type.

The handbook itself does not state the test format. Hawaii's statewide knowledge test is now administered online via KnowToDrive (k2do-hi.iti4dmv.com), confirmed by HIDOT's own site as 25 questions with a 60-minute limit; in-person testing is still offered at county offices on a limited basis. The official pages found did not publish an exact passing percentage, so 80% (20/25) is used per third-party DMV test-prep corroboration (e.g. driving-tests.org, epermittest.com) and is the customary Hawaii standard; treat the minimum correct-answer count as best-corroborated rather than officially confirmed. No sections are scored separately.

See format details and sample questions