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Michigan driving lessons

Michigan driving lessons.

Read 52 lessons across 8 course units, from licensing basics to the driving rules in Michigan’s handbook. Every public lesson includes its full study text, examples, and source page references.

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Your course, in order

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Unit 1 · 8 lessons

Your Driver's License

Residency, GDL levels, the TIP, renewing

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

Unit 2 · 5 lessons

Your Driving Record

Points, alcohol and drugs, reexamination

  1. Your driving record and how points work 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Point values for each violation 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Alcohol, drugs and license suspensions 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Marijuana, implied consent and OWI penalties 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  5. Driver reexaminations 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 3 · 8 lessons

Traffic Laws: Staying Safe

Phones, seat belts, speed, work zones, buses

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

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 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Yield signs, pedestrians and funeral processions 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Passing safely and when you can't pass 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Lane usage: keep right 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  5. Turning and changing lanes 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  6. Roundabouts 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 5 · 5 lessons

Railroad Crossings and Parking

Trains, hills, disability parking, no-parking zones

  1. Railroad crossings 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Crossing safety and if you're stuck on the tracks 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Parking basics, hills and parallel parking 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Disability parking 2 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  5. Where you can never park 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 6 · 8 lessons

Signs, Signals, and Pavement Markings

Shapes, colors, lines, and lights

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

Unit 7 · 4 lessons

Sharing the Road

Trucks, pedestrians, motorcycles and bikes

  1. Trucks, buses and their no-zones 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Slow-moving vehicles, pedestrians and children 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Motorcycles, scooters and mopeds 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Bicyclists and autocycles 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 8 · 8 lessons

Emergencies and Special Situations

Aggressive drivers, freeways, weather, crashes, deer

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