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Missouri driver handbook guide

Missouri driver handbook guide.

Use this guide to navigate the 19 chapters in the handbook edition behind Roadwise’s Missouri course. Read the source, look up a rule in the study app, or work through 64 companion lessons.

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Handbook chapters
19
Source PDF pages
102
Companion lessons
64
Licensing agency
DOR

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

  1. Table of Contents Source p. 3
  2. Introduction Source p. 4
  3. Chapter 1: The Missouri Driver License Source p. 5
  4. Chapter 2: The Driver Examination Source p. 20
  5. Chapter 3: Rules of the Road Source p. 24
  6. Chapter 4: Sharing the Road Source p. 30
  7. Chapter 5: Parking Source p. 37
  8. Chapter 6: Highway Driving Source p. 39
  9. Chapter 7: Pavement Markings, Traffic Signs, and Signals Source p. 44
  10. Chapter 8: Safe Driving Tips for Everyday Driving Source p. 57
  11. Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips for Special Driving Conditions Source p. 64
  12. Chapter 10: Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving Source p. 69
  13. Chapter 11: The Point System Source p. 75
  14. Chapter 12: Vehicle Titling and Registration Source p. 77
  15. Chapter 13: Mandatory Insurance Source p. 81
  16. Chapter 14: Safety and Emissions Inspections and Required Equipment Source p. 85
  17. Chapter 15: Commercial Vehicles Source p. 89
  18. Chapter 16: Distracted Driving and Electronic Communication Devices Source p. 94
  19. Safety Is on Your Shoulders Source p. 100

What you will find in each chapter

Chapter 1 · source p. 3

Table of Contents

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Chapter 16 — Districted Driving and more knowledge you have, the safer you are!
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 2 · source p. 4

Introduction

This chapter’s sections include:

  • dlbmail@dor. mo. gov http://dor. mo. gov/
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 3 · source p. 5

Chapter 1: The Missouri Driver License

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Types of Permits
  • Chapter 1 - The Missouri Driver License
  • Types of Licenses
  • Commercial Driver License (Class A, B, or C)
  • Nondriver Identification Card (Class ND)
  • Requirements to Obtain a License or Permit
  • Required Documents
  • • Social Security Number
  • Restrictions
  • Restriction Codes
  • Medical Referral
  • Endorsements
  • Renewing a License or Permit - Renewal Reminders
  • Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed License
  • Renewing When Your License is Suspended or Revoked
  • Organ, Eye and Tissue Donor Information organ, eye and tissue donor?”
  • or permit?”
  • Boater Safety Indicator
  • •  Permanent Disability Indicator
  • Veteran Designation
  • Medical Alert Notation
  • Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA)
  • Voter Registration
  • Selective Service Registration
  • Suspension or Revocation of Your License The Graduated Driver License (GDL) Law
  • Step Three: Full Driver License (Under 21) The Driver Examination
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 4 · source p. 20

Chapter 2: The Driver Examination

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Where to Take the Exam
  • Verification of Your Name and Age
  • Written Test
  • Vision Test
  • Road Sign Test
  • Driving Test
  • Your Grade
  • Failing the Driving Test
  • Fraud
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 5 · source p. 24

Chapter 3: Rules of the Road

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Right-of-Way
  • Passing
  • Passing on the Right
  • Passing on the Left
  • Intersections
  • Emergency Vehicles
  • Hand and Vehicle Signals
  • Turns
  • U-Turns
  • Right Turns
  • Left Turns
  • One-Way Street onto a Two-Way Street
  • Two-Way Street Onto a One-Way Street
  • Two-Way Street onto a Two-Way Street
  • Multiple Left-Turn Lanes
  • Two-Way Left-Turn Lanes
  • General Information
  • Truck Apron
  • J-Turn Intersections
  • Local Ordinances
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 6 · source p. 30

Chapter 4: Sharing the Road

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Safety Tips for Motorcycle Riders
  • Motorcycle Drivers Need a Driver License
  • Sharing The Road With Large Trucks
  • Sharing The Road With Pedestrians
  • Where to Ride Mopeds and Bicycles
  • Safety Tips for Moped and Bicycle Riders
  • Moped Drivers Need a Driver License
  • Equipment Required on Mopeds and Bicycles
  • Sharing the Road with Electric Bicycles
  • Funeral Processions
  • Road Rage
  • Drunk Drivers
  • About Littering
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 7 · source p. 37

Chapter 5: Parking

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Chapter 5 - Parking
  • No-Parking Zones
  • When can you park in handicapped parking spaces?
  • International Symbol of Access
  • Parking on Hills
  • Parallel Parking
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 8 · source p. 39

Chapter 6: Highway Driving

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Drive in the Proper Lane
  • Controlling Speed
  • Passing on Highways
  • Chapter 6 - Highway Driving
  • Being Passed
  • Adjusting to Traffic
  • Be Aware of the Traffic Around You
  • Slow Moving Traffic
  • Stopping
  • Controlled Access Highways
  • Entering The Highway
  • Leaving the Highway
  • Interchanges
  • Watch Out for “Highway Hypnosis”
  • Stop Driving When You Feel Sleepy
  • Emergencies
  • Directional Diverging Diamond
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 9 · source p. 44

Chapter 7: Pavement Markings, Traffic Signs, and Signals

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Pavement Markings on the Road
  • Meanings of Pavement Markings
  • Direction of Traffic
  • No Passing Zones
  • Left-Turn Lanes
  • Crosswalks and Stop Lines
  • Dual-Use Lanes
  • Shared Center Lanes
  • No Lane Markings
  • Traffic Officers
  • Traffic Control Signals
  • Traffic Signals
  • Flashing Signal All Directions
  • Left Turn Signals
  • Traffic Signs
  • Sign Shapes
  • Warning Signs
  • Stop Ahead
  • Signal Ahead
  • School Crossing
  • Pedestrian Crossing
  • Exit Speed Advisory
  • Added Lane
  • Roadway
  • End Divided Roadway
  • Merge
  • Lane Ends/Merge Left
  • Large Arrow
  • Reverse Turn
  • Speed Advisory
  • Curve
  • Turn
  • Chevron
  • Slippery When Wet
  • Object Marker
  • Soft Shoulder
  • Slow Moving Vehicle
  • Road
  • Regulatory Signs
  • Intersection
  • Side Road Ahead
  • Roundabout Ahead
  • T Intersection Ahead
  • Crossing
  • Stop
  • Yield
  • Wrong Way
  • Do Not Enter
  • One Way
  • Lane Control
  • Speed Limit
  • Keep Right
  • Railroad Crossing
  • Maximum Speed
  • Work Zone Signs
  • Types of Work Zones
  • Shoulder Work Zone
  • Lane Closure
  • Flagging Operation
  • Mobile Work Zone
  • Guide Signs
  • Service Signs
  • Route Signs
  • Emergency Reference Markers
  • North
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Chapter 10 · source p. 57

Chapter 8: Safe Driving Tips for Everyday Driving

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Use Seat Belts and Child Restraints
  • Seat Belts — It’s The Law
  • Child Passenger Restraint Law
  • Age, Weight and Height Classifications
  • Defensive Driving
  • Proper Posture While Driving
  • Steering
  • Following Other Vehicles
  • Three Second Rule
  • Space Behind
  • Space To The Side
  • Stopping Distance
  • Letting Others Know What You Are Doing
  • Signal When You Change Direction
  • Using Your Horn
  • “Slow Poke” Driving
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Tips For Avoiding a Deer-Vehicle Crash
  • Tire Pressure
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Chapter 11 · source p. 64

Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips for Special Driving Conditions

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Night Driving
  • Headlight Use
  • Winter Driving
  • Wet Pavement
  • Hydroplaning
  • Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS)
  • Skidding
  • Fog
  • Handling Vehicle Emergencies
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 12 · source p. 69

Chapter 10: Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Administrative Actions
  • Chapter 10 - Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving
  • Court-Convicted Actions
  • Fines/Jail
  • Revocation or Denial
  • Missouri’s Abuse and Lose Law
  • Minor in Possession (MIP) and Other Intoxication-Related Offenses
  • Mip
  • Proof of Insurance
  • Content (BAC)
  • Reinstatement Requirements for Intoxication-Related Offenses
  • Ignition Interlock https://www. modot. org/ignition-interlock or contact the Missouri
  • Physical and Mental Effects of Alcohol and Drugs
  • Alcohol
  • Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications
  • Marijuana
  • Substance Use Disorder
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 13 · source p. 75

Chapter 11: The Point System

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Racking Up Points: The Consequences
  • Chapter 11 - The Point System
  • How Points Come Off Your Driving Record
  • Driving While Your License is Suspended or Revoked
  • Failure to Stop for School Bus Suspension
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 14 · source p. 77

Chapter 12: Vehicle Titling and Registration

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Titling Your Vehicle
  • What You Need To Get A Title
  • Vehicles Bought In Missouri
  • Vehicles Bought Out-Of-State
  • Properly Assigned Titles
  • Salvage Vehicles
  • Odometer Readings
  • Registering Your Vehicle
  • What You Need to Register Your Vehicle
  • Selling a Vehicle
  • Stolen License Plates and Tabs
  • Lost or Destroyed Title, Plates, or Tabs
  • Personalized and Specialty License Plates The Basics
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Chapter 15 · source p. 81

Chapter 13: Mandatory Insurance

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Minimum Coverage Requirements
  • Maintaining Your Insurance
  • Failure to Keep Insurance
  • Traffic Crashes
  • “Steer It and Clear It”
  • Filing an Accident Report
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 16 · source p. 85

Chapter 14: Safety and Emissions Inspections and Required Equipment

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Safety Inspections
  • Exceptions to the Requirement
  • Equipment Needed
  • Other Equipment Required by Law
  • Emissions Inspections
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 17 · source p. 89

Chapter 15: Commercial Vehicles

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Width
  • Chapter 15 - Commercial Vehicles
  • Exemptions
  • Weight Limitations (Without Special Permit)
  • Pounds
  • Overdimension and Overweight Permits
  • Vehicle Route Map
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
  • Transporting Hazardous Material
  • Emergency Equipment And Signals
  • Information on Commercial Motor Vehicles
  • Following Distance
  • Railroad Crossing
  • Load Security
  • Off-Tracking
  • Weigh Stations
  • Tailgaters
  • Space Overhead
  • Soft Surfaces
  • Space to Cross or Enter Traffic
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 18 · source p. 94

Chapter 16: Distracted Driving and Electronic Communication Devices

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Distracted Driving
  • Are you being driven to distraction?
  • Turning Dials Can Turn Your Head
  • Electronic Communication Devices
Open this handbook chapter

Chapter 19 · source p. 100

Safety Is on Your Shoulders

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Safety is on Your Shoulders
Open this handbook chapter

Turn the reading into a study routine

The Missouri course groups the source material into 11 units. Each lesson includes handbook page references, examples, and a checkpoint in the study app.

Unit 1 · 8 lessons

Getting Licensed

Who needs a license, documents, GDL steps, renewal and losing it

  1. Who needs a license, and your first permit
  2. License classes and the nondriver ID
  3. Documents you'll need, and when you must retest
  4. Step One: the instruction permit
  5. Step Two: the intermediate license
  6. Step Three and renewing your license
  7. Restrictions, endorsements and medical referral
  8. How you can lose your license

Unit 2 · 4 lessons

The Driver Exam

Written, vision, sign and driving tests

  1. The four-part driver exam
  2. Vision and road sign tests
  3. The driving test: vehicle and skills
  4. Your grade, failing, and exam fraud

Unit 3 · 7 lessons

Rules of the Road

Right-of-way, emergency vehicles, school buses, turns and roundabouts

  1. Right-of-way and passing
  2. Right-of-way at intersections
  3. Emergency vehicles and the Move Over law
  4. Stopping for school buses
  5. Signals, turns and U-turns
  6. Special turn lanes, J-turns and local rules
  7. Roundabouts

Unit 4 · 6 lessons

Sharing the Road

Motorcycles, trucks, pedestrians, bicycles, mopeds and processions

  1. Sharing the road with motorcycles
  2. Sharing the road with large trucks
  3. Pedestrians
  4. Bicycles and mopeds on the road
  5. Mopeds, bike equipment and e-bikes
  6. Funeral processions, road rage and littering

Unit 5 · 2 lessons

Parking

Where, and how, to park legally and safely

  1. Where you can't park
  2. Parking safely, on hills and parallel

Unit 6 · 4 lessons

Highway Driving

Lane use, passing, ramps, fatigue and breakdowns

  1. Lanes, blind spots and passing
  2. Keeping pace, slow traffic and stopping
  3. Entering and leaving the highway
  4. Highway hypnosis, fatigue and breakdowns

Unit 7 · 8 lessons

Signs, Signals & Markings

Lines, lights, sign shapes and colors, speed limits and work zones

  1. Pavement markings and no-passing zones
  2. Special lanes, unmarked roads and traffic officers
  3. Traffic signals and turn arrows
  4. Sign shapes, colors and guide signs
  5. Warning signs
  6. Intersection warnings and regulatory signs
  7. Speed limits and railroad crossings
  8. Work zones

Unit 8 · 7 lessons

Safe Driving Basics

Belts, defensive driving, space, stopping, signals and traffic stops

  1. Seat belts, air bags and child restraints
  2. Defensive driving, posture and steering
  3. Following distance and space around you
  4. Stopping distance
  5. Signaling, the horn and slow driving
  6. Carbon monoxide, deer and tire care
  7. When you're stopped by law enforcement

Unit 9 · 5 lessons

Special Driving Conditions

Night, weather, skids and vehicle emergencies

  1. Night driving and headlights
  2. Winter driving and wet pavement
  3. Hydroplaning, ABS, skids and fog
  4. Brake failure, blowouts and other breakdowns
  5. Stuck accelerator, head-on threats and stalling on tracks

Unit 10 · 6 lessons

Alcohol, Drugs & Points

BAC limits, DWI penalties, under-21 rules and the point system

  1. BAC limits and administrative actions
  2. DWI court penalties, test refusal and ignition interlock
  3. Under 21: Abuse and Lose and minor in possession
  4. How alcohol and drugs affect driving
  5. The point system
  6. Points coming off, driving while suspended, and FACT

Unit 11 · 7 lessons

Insurance, Vehicles & Distracted Driving

Insurance, crashes, titles, registration, inspections and phone laws

  1. Mandatory insurance
  2. Traffic crashes and accident reports
  3. Titling your vehicle
  4. Registration, plates and selling a vehicle
  5. Safety inspections and required equipment
  6. Other required equipment and emissions tests
  7. Distracted driving and electronic devices