New Mexico driver handbook guide
New Mexico driver handbook guide.
Use this guide to navigate the 20 chapters in the handbook edition behind Roadwise’s New Mexico course. Read the source, look up a rule in the study app, or work through 45 companion lessons.
- Handbook chapters
- 20
- Source PDF pages
- 43
- Companion lessons
- 45
- Licensing agency
- MVD
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
- Graduated Driver License System Source p. 4
- Keeping the Driver License Source p. 5
- Traffic Control Devices Source p. 6
- Traffic Signs Source p. 7
- Pavement Markings Source p. 11
- General Rules Source p. 12
- Right-of-Way Source p. 14
- Speed Limits Source p. 15
- Safe Driving Tips: Basic Driving Source p. 17
- Scanning Source p. 18
- Communicating Source p. 21
- Adjusting to Traffic Source p. 24
- How Well Can You See? Source p. 25
- Sharing Space Source p. 26
- Sharing the Road: Bicycles Source p. 28
- Large Trucks and RVs Source p. 30
- Be in Shape to Drive Source p. 31
- Emergencies Source p. 34
- Accidents and the Financial Responsibility Law Source p. 36
- Motorcycles Source p. 38
What you will find in each chapter
Chapter 1 · source p. 4
Graduated Driver License System
This chapter’s sections include:
- Instructional Permit
- Provisional License
Chapter 2 · source p. 5
Keeping the Driver License
This chapter’s sections include:
- Unrestricted Driver License
Chapter 3 · source p. 6
Traffic Control Devices
This chapter’s sections include:
- RULES OF THE ROAD
- Traffic Signals
Chapter 4 · source p. 7
Traffic Signs
Read this chapter in the study app to see its complete text, source page references, and any accompanying illustrations.
Open this handbook chapterChapter 5 · source p. 11
Pavement Markings
Read this chapter in the study app to see its complete text, source page references, and any accompanying illustrations.
Open this handbook chapterChapter 6 · source p. 12
General Rules
This chapter’s sections include:
- Reversible Lanes
- Reserved Lanes
- Shared Center Lane
Chapter 7 · source p. 14
Right-of-Way
This chapter’s sections include:
- Right-Of-Way
Chapter 8 · source p. 15
Speed Limits
This chapter’s sections include:
- Maximum
- Minimum
Chapter 9 · source p. 17
Safe Driving Tips: Basic Driving
This chapter’s sections include:
- SAFE DRIVING TIPS
- Starting
- Accelerating
- Steering
Chapter 10 · source p. 18
Scanning
This chapter’s sections include:
- Speeding
- Stopping
- Use Your Lights
Chapter 11 · source p. 21
Communicating
This chapter’s sections include:
- COMMUNICATING
Chapter 12 · source p. 24
Adjusting to Traffic
This chapter’s sections include:
- Driving with Wildlife in Mind To Avoid Hurting an Animal
Chapter 13 · source p. 25
How Well Can You See?
Read this chapter in the study app to see its complete text, source page references, and any accompanying illustrations.
Open this handbook chapterChapter 14 · source p. 26
Sharing Space
This chapter’s sections include:
- Space Ahead
- Space Behind
- Space to the Side
- Space to Merge
- Space to Cross or Enter
- Space to Pass
Chapter 15 · source p. 28
Sharing the Road: Bicycles
This chapter’s sections include:
- SHARING THE ROAD
- 3. What are sharrows?
Chapter 16 · source p. 30
Large Trucks and RVs
This chapter’s sections include:
- Trucker's Blind Spots
Chapter 17 · source p. 31
Be in Shape to Drive
This chapter’s sections include:
- BE IN SHAPE TO DRIVE
- Why is Drinking and Driving So Dangerous?
- Effects of Alcohol
- Alcohol and The Law
- Other Drugs And Driving
Chapter 18 · source p. 34
Emergencies
This chapter’s sections include:
- Vehicle Emergencies
- Brake Failure
- Tire Blowout
- Power Failure
- Headlight Failure
- Gas Pedal Sticks
- Stopping Quickly
- Turning Quickly
- Speeding Up
Chapter 19 · source p. 36
Accidents and the Financial Responsibility Law
This chapter’s sections include:
- Hit From the Rear
- Hit From the Side
- Hit From the Front
- At the accident scene
- If someone is injured
- Report the Accident
- Financial Responsibility Law (66-5-205/208)— Motor Vehicle Insurance
Chapter 20 · source p. 38
Motorcycles
This chapter’s sections include:
- Passing
- Cars Alongside
- Braking
- Passing Parked Cars
- Lane Sharing
- Lane Positions
- Signals
- Helmet Requirements
- Using Your Mirrors
- Riding At Night
- Keep Your Distance
- Animals
- Intersections
- Blind Intersections
- Wobble
- Being Passed
Turn the reading into a study routine
The New Mexico course groups the source material into 10 units. Each lesson includes handbook page references, examples, and a checkpoint in the study app.
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Your License
GDL permit and provisional rules, renewal, losing your license, safety belts
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Traffic Control Devices
Signals, signs, pavement markings and special lanes
Unit 3 · 6 lessons
Right-of-Way, Speed & Parking
Lane rules, who yields, speed limits, parking and points
Unit 4 · 5 lessons
Basic Driving Skills
Starting, steering, scanning, looking behind and headlights
Unit 5 · 7 lessons
Communicating & Managing Space
Lights, horn, signals, road conditions and space cushions
Unit 6 · 4 lessons
Sharing the Road
Passing, bicycles, sharrows, trucks and RVs
Unit 7 · 4 lessons
Fit to Drive
Vision, fatigue, alcohol, drugs, health and distractions
Unit 8 · 3 lessons
Emergencies & Collisions
Vehicle failures, avoiding crashes, skids and crash protection
Unit 9 · 2 lessons
Accidents & Insurance
What to do at a crash, reporting it, and insurance minimums
Unit 10 · 4 lessons
Motorcycles
Braking, lane position, helmets, group riding and hazards