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Michigan permit test prep.

Build your knowledge of Michigan driving rules with 52 short lessons, 62 road-sign illustrations, and 652 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
652
Driving lessons
52
Signs & illustrations
62
Course units
8

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Practice

Michigan practice test

See the 80-question simulation, the 56-correct passing threshold, sample questions, and source notes.

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Recognition

Michigan road signs

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

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Reference

Michigan 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 52 lessons below follow 8 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 · 8 lessons

Your Driver's License

Residency, GDL levels, the TIP, renewing

  1. Residency, license types and endorsements
  2. REAL ID and moving to Michigan
  3. Driver education and the Level 1 Learner's License
  4. Level 2 Intermediate License and its limits
  5. Level 3, new adult drivers and the TIP
  6. Documents, vision and knowledge tests
  7. Motorcycle TIP, skills test, health and probation
  8. Renewing, updating your license, and state IDs

Unit 2 · 5 lessons

Your Driving Record

Points, alcohol and drugs, reexamination

  1. Your driving record and how points work
  2. Point values for each violation
  3. Alcohol, drugs and license suspensions
  4. Marijuana, implied consent and OWI penalties
  5. Driver reexaminations

Unit 3 · 8 lessons

Traffic Laws: Staying Safe

Phones, seat belts, speed, work zones, buses

  1. Distracted driving and phone fines
  2. Michigan's cell phone law and Kelsey's Law
  3. Seat belts and child safety seats
  4. Children in parked cars and air bag safety
  5. Speed limits and the Basic Speed Law
  6. Construction zones and maintenance vehicles
  7. Emergency vehicles: yield and move over
  8. School buses

Unit 4 · 6 lessons

Right-of-Way, Passing, and Turning

Who goes first, passing, lanes, roundabouts

  1. Right of way when turning and at intersections
  2. Yield signs, pedestrians and funeral processions
  3. Passing safely and when you can't pass
  4. Lane usage: keep right
  5. Turning and changing lanes
  6. Roundabouts

Unit 5 · 5 lessons

Railroad Crossings and Parking

Trains, hills, disability parking, no-parking zones

  1. Railroad crossings
  2. Crossing safety and if you're stuck on the tracks
  3. Parking basics, hills and parallel parking
  4. Disability parking
  5. Where you can never park

Unit 6 · 8 lessons

Signs, Signals, and Pavement Markings

Shapes, colors, lines, and lights

  1. Sign shapes, colors and route markers
  2. Regulatory, guide and service signs
  3. Warning signs
  4. White pavement markings
  5. Yellow lines and the center left-turn lane
  6. Michigan Lefts and yield lines
  7. Traffic lights and the doghouse signal
  8. Flashing yellow arrows, pedestrian signals and HAWK beacons

Unit 7 · 4 lessons

Sharing the Road

Trucks, pedestrians, motorcycles and bikes

  1. Trucks, buses and their no-zones
  2. Slow-moving vehicles, pedestrians and children
  3. Motorcycles, scooters and mopeds
  4. Bicyclists and autocycles

Unit 8 · 8 lessons

Emergencies and Special Situations

Aggressive drivers, freeways, weather, crashes, deer

  1. Aggressive driving and intersection safety
  2. Freeway driving and merging
  3. Leaving the freeway, fatigue and cruise control
  4. Bad weather: rain, flooding, fog and snow
  5. Preventing and handling skids; braking
  6. Following distance, stopping and night driving
  7. Roadside emergencies, crashes and deer
  8. Planning ahead, personal safety and traffic stops

Know which test you are studying for

Michigan Segment 1 Knowledge Test (under 18)

This Roadwise course uses a 80-question practice test with 56 correct answers needed to pass. The format can depend on your age, license class, or application type.

Most Michigan permit applicants are teens, so the confirmed Segment 1 format is used. Adults (18+) instead take the SOS 'KnowTo Drive' test with two separately passed parts, 'Operator' (~45 min) and 'Signs' (~15 min) (michigan.gov/sos/license-id/new-drivers-18-older; online since July 2, 2025); SOS does not publish their question counts or pass marks. Verified 2026-10-25.

See format details and sample questions