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New Mexico · MVD study resources

New Mexico permit test prep.

Build your knowledge of New Mexico driving rules with 45 short lessons, 62 road-sign illustrations, and 595 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
595
Driving lessons
45
Signs & illustrations
62
Course units
10

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New Mexico practice test

See the 25-question simulation, the 18-correct passing threshold, sample questions, and source notes.

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Recognition

New Mexico road signs

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

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Reference

New Mexico 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 45 lessons below follow 10 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 · 5 lessons

Your License

GDL permit and provisional rules, renewal, losing your license, safety belts

  1. Getting your instructional permit
  2. Provisional license rules
  3. Earning an unrestricted license & renewal
  4. Keeping your license
  5. Safety belts & child restraints

Unit 2 · 5 lessons

Traffic Control Devices

Signals, signs, pavement markings and special lanes

  1. Traffic signals
  2. Warning & railroad signs
  3. Work zone, regulatory & guide signs
  4. Pavement markings
  5. Reversible, reserved & shared center lanes

Unit 3 · 6 lessons

Right-of-Way, Speed & Parking

Lane rules, who yields, speed limits, parking and points

  1. General lane rules: driving, passing, turning
  2. Right-of-way at intersections
  3. Emergency vehicles, school buses & trains
  4. One-way streets, circles & speed limits
  5. Parking rules & no-parking zones
  6. Curb colors & traffic violation points

Unit 4 · 5 lessons

Basic Driving Skills

Starting, steering, scanning, looking behind and headlights

  1. Starting, accelerating, steering & speed
  2. Stopping smoothly & scanning ahead
  3. Scanning at intersections & railroad crossings
  4. Looking behind: lane changes, slowing & backing
  5. Using your headlights

Unit 5 · 7 lessons

Communicating & Managing Space

Lights, horn, signals, road conditions and space cushions

  1. Letting others know you're there: lights & horn
  2. Breakdowns & staying out of blind spots
  3. Signaling your moves
  4. Adjusting to road & weather conditions
  5. Wildlife & keeping pace with traffic
  6. Stopping distance & sight distance
  7. Following, merging & crossing space

Unit 6 · 4 lessons

Sharing the Road

Passing, bicycles, sharrows, trucks and RVs

  1. Passing safely
  2. Sharing the road with bicycles
  3. Bicyclist duties & sharrows
  4. Large trucks, RVs & the No Zone

Unit 7 · 4 lessons

Fit to Drive

Vision, fatigue, alcohol, drugs, health and distractions

  1. Vision & fatigue
  2. Alcohol & the law
  3. Other drugs & driving
  4. Health, emotions & cell phones

Unit 8 · 3 lessons

Emergencies & Collisions

Vehicle failures, avoiding crashes, skids and crash protection

  1. Handling vehicle emergencies
  2. Avoiding a collision
  3. Skids & protecting yourself in a crash

Unit 9 · 2 lessons

Accidents & Insurance

What to do at a crash, reporting it, and insurance minimums

  1. At the accident scene
  2. Reporting a crash & insurance minimums

Unit 10 · 4 lessons

Motorcycles

Braking, lane position, helmets, group riding and hazards

  1. Motorcycle passing, cars alongside & braking
  2. Parked cars, lane sharing, lane position & signals
  3. Helmets, mirrors, night & group riding
  4. Intersections, animals, wobble & being passed

Know which test you are studying for

New Mexico MVD Knowledge Test (Class D)

This Roadwise course uses a 25-question practice test with 18 correct answers needed to pass. The format can depend on your age, license class, or application type.

The official MVD Driver Procedures Manual (Chapter 11) states the 70%-or-better passing threshold but does not itself state the number of test questions. Multiple independent test-prep sources agree on a 25-question test, and 18/25 = 72%, the smallest whole-question count that clears the official 70% bar, so the minimum correct-answer count is set to 18. No New Mexico source describes the class D test as split into separately scored sections, so the practice test uses one combined score.

See format details and sample questions