Indiana driver handbook guide
Indiana driver handbook guide.
Use this guide to navigate the 14 chapters in the handbook edition behind Roadwise’s Indiana course. Read the source, look up a rule in the study app, or work through 59 companion lessons.
- Handbook chapters
- 14
- Source PDF pages
- 84
- Companion lessons
- 59
- Licensing agency
- BMV
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
- Introduction Source p. 1
- Chapter 1: Obtaining a New Credential Source p. 6
- Chapter 2: Restrictions and Endorsements Source p. 17
- Chapter 3: Indicators, Watercraft, and Parking Placards Source p. 22
- Chapter 4: Renewing, Amending, or Replacing a Credential Source p. 24
- Chapter 5: Points, Suspensions, and Insurance Requirements Source p. 26
- Chapter 6: Traffic Signs and Signals Source p. 32
- Chapter 7: Safe Vehicle Operation Source p. 42
- Chapter 8: Accidents and Emergency Situations Source p. 63
- Chapter 9: Knowledge Exam Sample Questions Source p. 68
- Appendix A: Document Requirements Source p. 73
- Appendix B: Teens Behind the Wheel Source p. 76
- Appendix C: Other BMV Services and Resources Source p. 77
- Index Source p. 79
What you will find in each chapter
Chapter 1 · source p. 1
Introduction
This chapter’s sections include:
- Driver’S Manual
Chapter 2 · source p. 6
Chapter 1: Obtaining a New Credential
This chapter’s sections include:
- Credential Overview
- 1. Identification Cards
- 2. Learner’s Permits
- 3. Driver’s Licenses
- Credential Design
- Real Id
- Indiana Residency Requirements
- New Indiana Residents
- Applying For An Identification Card
- Identification Card Validity
- Learner’S Permits
- Practice Driving with Your Learner’s Permit
- Learner’s Permit Validity
- Vision Screening
- Knowledge Exam
- Driving Skills Exam
- Financial Liability For Injury Or Damage
- Applying For A Driver’S License
- Applying for a Driver’s License
- Driver’s License Age and Experience Requirements
- Driver’s License Validity
- Probationary Driving Requirements
- Probationary Driver’s License Validity
- Probationary Driver’s License Passenger Restrictions
- Probationary Driver’s License Time Restrictions
- Probationary Driver’s License Telecommunications Device Prohibition
- Dropping Out, Being Suspended, or Being Expelled from School
- Driver’S License
- Photo-Exempt Credentials
- Receiving Your Credential By Mail
- Seat Belts
- Telecommunications Device Prohibition
Chapter 3 · source p. 17
Chapter 2: Restrictions and Endorsements
This chapter’s sections include:
- Restrictions And Endorsements
- None
- Restrictions for Drivers Who Read with Glasses
- Base Driver’s License Restrictions
- Special Needs Restrictions On A Credential
- Motorcycle Learner’S Permit
- Motorcycle Learner’s Permit Driving Privileges
- Motorcycle Learner’s Permit Validity
- Motorcycle Endorsement
- Base Driver’s License Endorsements
- ID Card Endorsements
- ID Restrictions
- MDC – Motor Driven Cycle
- Operating an Autocycle
- For-Hire Endorsement
Chapter 4 · source p. 22
Chapter 3: Indicators, Watercraft, and Parking Placards
This chapter’s sections include:
- Organ Donation
- Active Duty And Veteran Military Indicator
- Operating a Watercraft
- Parking Placards
Chapter 5 · source p. 24
Chapter 4: Renewing, Amending, or Replacing a Credential
This chapter’s sections include:
- 2026 Driver's Manual - Interior Pages.pdf
- Renewing, Amending, Or Replacing A Credential
- Renewing A Credential
- Driver’s License Renewal for United States Armed Forces Personnel
- Amending A Credential
- Address Change
- Name Change
- Replacing A Credential
Chapter 6 · source p. 26
Chapter 5: Points, Suspensions, and Insurance Requirements
This chapter’s sections include:
- Points, Suspension, And Insurance Requirements
- Point Values
- 2 points
- 4 points
- 6 points
- 8 points
- Driver Safety Program
- Insurance Requirements
- Proof of Financial Responsibility
- SR22 Requirement Period
- No-Insurance Reinstatement Fees
- Suspensions
- Failure to Appear in Court or Pay Traffic Offenses
- Driving While Suspended
- Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated
- Operating a Watercraft While Intoxicated
- Failure to Pay Child Support
- Making Payment to the BMV with Dishonored Funds
- Checking Your Driver Record and Reinstatement
- Habitual Traffic Violators
- Resulting in Injury or Death
- Section B (10-Year Suspension): Three Major Offenses
- Section C: Ten Traffic Offenses in a Ten-Year Period
- Operating a Vehicle While Suspended as an HTV
- Restriction 5: Probationary or Specialized Driving Privileges
- SR22 Insurance and Specialized Driving Privileges
Chapter 7 · source p. 32
Chapter 6: Traffic Signs and Signals
This chapter’s sections include:
- Chapter Six | Traffic Signs And Signals
- Traffic Sign Colors
- Brown Traffic Signs
- Blue Traffic Signs
- Green Traffic Signs
- Orange Traffic Signs
- White Traffic Signs
- Yellow or Fluorescent Yellow-Green Traffic Signs
- Red Traffic Signs
- Traffic Sign Shapes
- Circular Traffic Signs
- Equilateral Triangle Traffic Signs
- Pennant-Shaped Traffic Signs
- Rectangular Traffic Signs
- Diamond-Shaped Traffic Signs
- Five-Sided Traffic Signs
- Eight-Sided Traffic Signs
- Warning Signs
- Highway Construction and Maintenance Signs
- Railroad Signs
- School Zone Signs
- Slow-Moving Vehicle Emblem
- Way
- Exit
- Traffic Regulation Signs
- Only
- Block
- Speed Advisory Signs
- Parking
- Must
- Right
- Supplemental Plaques
- All Way
- Indiana
- Traffic Guidance Signs
- Traffic Signals
- Driving through an Intersection
- Driver Services and Recreation Signs
- Turning through an Intersection
- Yellow Flashing Arrows for Turning Movements
- Turning through a Solid Red Light
- Yellow Flashing Lights
- Red Flashing Lights
- Bicycle Signals
- Bus or Transit Signals
- Approaching a Red Light or Stop Sign
- Approaching a Yield Sign
- Approaching an Intersection with Non-Operating Signal
- Approaching an Intersection with No Sign or Signal
- Pedestrian Signals
- Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons
Chapter 8 · source p. 42
Chapter 7: Safe Vehicle Operation
This chapter’s sections include:
- Chapter Seven | Safe Vehicle Operation
- Lane Markings
- Yellow Lane Markings
- White Lane Markings
- Changing Lanes And Passing Other Vehicles
- Passing Other Vehicles
- Prohibited Passing
- Being Passed
- Rules For Safe And Legal Turning
- Signaling Intention to Turn
- Turning Left from Specially-Designated Center Lanes
- U-Turns
- All-Way Stops
- Roundabouts
- Following Turning Vehicles
- Speed Limits
- Rural Interstate Highway Speed Limits
- Urban Speed Limits
- School Zone Speed Limits
- Reduced Speed Limits in Highway Work Zones
- School Bus Speed Limits
- Reduce Speed in Dangerous Conditions
- Braking And Following Distances
- 70 mph
- Skidding
- Rollover
- Fuel Economy
- Tire Pressure
- Tread Depth
- Winter Driving
- Rain
- Fog
- High Winds
- Flash Flooding
- Driving At Night
- Visibility
- Headlights
- Drowsy Driving
- How to Prevent Drowsy Driving
- Distracted Driving
- Aggressive Driving
- Driving On Rural Roads
- Driving On Interstate Highways
- Work Zones
- Flagger Signals
- Work Zone Safety Driving Tips
- Railroad Crossings
- Crossbucks
- Railroad Crossing Safety
- Safety At Railroad Crossings
- Sharing The Road With Tractor-Trailers
- Braking
- Turning
- Blind Spots
- Maneuverability
- Tips for Sharing the Road with Tractor-Trailers
- Indiana’s Move Over Law
- Emergency Vehicles
- Authorized Parked Vehicles
- Disabled Vehicles
- School Buses
- Motorcycles and Motor Driven Cycles
- Bicycles
- Bicycle Lanes
- Sharrows
- Bicycle Lane and Bus Lane Markings
- Slow-Moving Vehicles
- Traffic Control Officers and Official Processions
- Parallel Parking
- Reversing
- Illegal Parking Areas
- Handicap Accessible Parking
- Pedestrian Safety
- Visually Impaired Pedestrians
- Seat Belts And Child Safety Restraints
- Seat Belts
- Seat Belt Exemptions
- Child Safety Restraints
- Passenger Air Bags
- Truck Equipment Requirements
- Vehicular Hazard Warning Flashing Lamps
- Warning Devices for Stopped Vehicles
Chapter 9 · source p. 63
Chapter 8: Accidents and Emergency Situations
This chapter’s sections include:
- Chapter Eight | Accidents And Emergency Situations
- Legal Requirements of Drivers Involved in an Accident
- Should You Move Your Vehicle?
- Provide Reasonable Assistance
- Provide Proof of Financial Responsibility (Certificate of Compliance)
- Avoiding Collisions
- Driving off the Pavement
- Plunging into Water
- Impaired Driving
- Ways to Spot an Impaired Driver
- Roadside Emergency Situations
- Tire Blowout
- Brake Failure
- Ignition Locking
- Avoiding Vehicle Theft
- Traffic Stops By Law Enforcement
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- How to Avoid Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Chapter 10 · source p. 68
Chapter 9: Knowledge Exam Sample Questions
This chapter’s sections include:
- Learner’S Permit And Driver’S License Sample Exam Questions
- Sign Questions
- Traffic Questions
- For-Hire Endorsement Sample Exam Questions
- Motor Driven Cycle Endorsement Sample Exam Questions
Chapter 11 · source p. 73
Appendix A: Document Requirements
This chapter’s sections include:
- Appendix A | Document Requirements
- Identity Documents
- Proving a Change to Name or Date of Birth
- Lawful Status Documents
- Social Security Number Documents
- Indiana Residency Documents drivers-manual
- Indiana Residency Affidavit
Chapter 12 · source p. 76
Appendix B: Teens Behind the Wheel
This chapter’s sections include:
- Submitting Acceptable Documents
- Obtaining A Non-Compliant Credential
- Driver Guide For Parents And Teens
- Risk Factors for Teens
- Tips for Teen Drivers
Chapter 13 · source p. 77
Appendix C: Other BMV Services and Resources
This chapter’s sections include:
- Tips for Parents of Teens
- Operating Off-Road Vehicles (ORV)
- Forms
- Application for Voter Registration
- Military Selective Service Registration day. Plates and stickers arrive in approximately
Chapter 14 · source p. 79
Index
This chapter’s sections include:
- Ridesafeindiana.Com
Turn the reading into a study routine
The Indiana course groups the source material into 10 units. Each lesson includes handbook page references, examples, and a checkpoint in the study app.
Unit 1 · 8 lessons
Getting Your Credential
Real ID, permits, exams, licenses, and probationary rules
Unit 2 · 8 lessons
Endorsements, Renewals & Documents
Restriction codes, motorcycles, MDCs, for-hire, renewals, and required documents
Unit 3 · 5 lessons
Points, Suspensions & Insurance
Violation points, insurance, OWI, HTV status, and reinstatement
Unit 4 · 6 lessons
Traffic Signs & Signals
Colors, shapes, sign types, and what each signal means
Unit 5 · 6 lessons
Safe Vehicle Operation
Lanes, turns, right of way, speed, stopping, and vehicle care
Unit 6 · 5 lessons
Weather, Night & Driver Condition
Bad weather, darkness, fatigue, distraction, and teen risks
Unit 7 · 5 lessons
Rural Roads, Interstates & Railroads
Open roads, interstates, work zones, and crossings
Unit 8 · 6 lessons
Sharing the Road
Trucks, emergency vehicles, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, and more
Unit 9 · 4 lessons
Parking, Pedestrians & Vehicle Safety
Parking, pedestrians, seat belts, and equipment
Unit 10 · 6 lessons
Accidents & Emergencies
What to do when something goes wrong