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Oklahoma driver handbook guide

Oklahoma driver handbook guide.

Use this guide to navigate the 16 chapters in the handbook edition behind Roadwise’s Oklahoma course. Read the source, look up a rule in the study app, or work through 56 companion lessons.

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Handbook chapters
16
Source PDF pages
74
Companion lessons
56
Licensing agency
Service Oklahoma

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. Foreword Source p. 2
  2. Table of Contents Source p. 3
  3. Chapter 1: How to Apply for Your Oklahoma Driver License Source p. 4
  4. Vehicle Inspection Source p. 12
  5. Chapter 2: Your Driver License Restrictions and Renewals Source p. 13
  6. Chapter 3: Requirements for Oklahoma Drivers Source p. 16
  7. Chapter 4: Signs, Signals and Markings Source p. 19
  8. Chapter 5: Right-of-Way—When to Yield Source p. 28
  9. Chapter 6: Lane Usage and Maneuvers Source p. 32
  10. Chapter 7: The Basic Speed Rule Source p. 40
  11. Chapter 8: Stopping and Following Source p. 42
  12. Chapter 9: Parking Source p. 46
  13. Chapter 10: Sharing the Road Source p. 50
  14. Chapter 11: Driving Tips Source p. 59
  15. Chapter 12: Alcohol, Drugs and Driving—Oklahoma Is Tough on DUIs Source p. 64
  16. Chapter 13: Violations and Penalties Source p. 69

What you will find in each chapter

Chapter 1 · source p. 2

Foreword

This chapter’s sections include:

  • you qualify for an Oklahoma Driver privilege may result in the loss of your
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Chapter 2 · source p. 3

Table of Contents

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Oklahoma Driver License and Renewals
  • Oklahoma Drivers
  • CHAPTER 4: Signs, Signals and Markings
  • CHAPTER 5: Right-of-Way—When to Yield
  • CHAPTER 6: Lane Usage and Maneuvers
  • CHAPTER 7: The Basic Speed Rule
  • CHAPTER 8: Stopping and Following
  • CHAPTER 9: Parking
  • CHAPTER 10: Sharing the Road
  • CHAPTER 11: Driving Tips
  • Oklahoma Is Tough on DUIs
  • CHAPTER 13: Violations and Penalties
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Chapter 3 · source p. 4

Chapter 1: How to Apply for Your Oklahoma Driver License

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Oklahoma Driver License?
  • What To Bring With You
  • Oklahoma Driver License
  • Oklahoma driver’s education course approved by
  • Real Id
  • License
  • Learner Permit
  • Class D 18+
  • Permit
  • Table 1—Types Of Licenses
  • Endorsement
  • Only
  • Card
  • Driver Education
  • Q What is Parent-Taught Driver Education?
  • Q Is this type of driver education free? faster way to complete driver education?
  • go through a Commercial School?
  • Driver License (Gdl)
  • Q What is GDL?
  • Q Why do we need GDL?
  • Q Are other states passing GDL too? are convicted of a moving violation?
  • have to be given by a high school?
  • What To Expect
  • Table 2—Testing Requirements For Class D Licenses
  • Comments
  • Your License
  • Organ Donor Option
  • Veteran Logo Option
  • Sex And Violent Crime Offender Registration
  • Responsibilities
  • Fee
  • Fees
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Chapter 4 · source p. 12

Vehicle Inspection

This chapter’s sections include:

  • ▶ Rearview mirror
  • ▶Exhaust system
  • ▶Tires
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Chapter 5 · source p. 13

Chapter 2: Your Driver License Restrictions and Renewals

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Driving Privilege
  • If You Lose Your License And Renewal
  • Name And Address
  • Service Oklahoma
  • Probationary Period The Law Says
  • Driving
  • Restrictions And Endorsements Placed On Your License
  • License
  • Restriction
  • Restriction “T” = Graduated driver license
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Chapter 6 · source p. 16

Chapter 3: Requirements for Oklahoma Drivers

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Registration, Tag And Title
  • Insurance
  • Have On File.
  • Properly Insured
  • Counterfeit or Fraudulent Security
  • Seat Belts And Child Passenger Restraints
  • Restraint System
  • Helpful Hint!
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Chapter 7 · source p. 19

Chapter 4: Signs, Signals and Markings

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Stop: Red Octagon—
  • Red Rectangle—
  • Yield: Red And White
  • A Line Through It—
  • Yield
  • Brown
  • Disabled
  • Black And White Rectangles
  • Lane 2
  • Black On A Yellow Background
  • Signs
  • Round Yellow & Black Sign Or Black & White Crossbucks
  • Tracks
  • Crossbuck With Flashing
  • Next 5 Miles
  • Quiet Zones
  • Maintenance Signs, Signals And Markings
  • Channeling Devices
  • Vehicle Emblem
  • Green, White Or Brown
  • Blue
  • Did You Know?
  • Flashing Yellow Arrow: Left
  • Signals
  • Markings
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Chapter 8 · source p. 28

Chapter 5: Right-of-Way—When to Yield

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Right-Of-Way
  • When to Yield
  • You Must Yield To Children Playing In The Streets
  • You Must Yield To Blind Persons
  • You Must Yield To A Funeral Procession
  • Right-Of-Way emergency vehicles
  • At Intersections
  • Crossing An Intersection crossing!
  • Church Bus
  • You must stop and remain stopped until—
  • Move Over Law Or Bernardo-Mills Law
  • Traffic Incident Management (Tim) Scene
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Chapter 9 · source p. 32

Chapter 6: Lane Usage and Maneuvers

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Traffic Incident Management Scene
  • Lane Usage and Maneuvers
  • Changing Lanes
  • Expressway Driving
  • Speed
  • Use the Proper Lane
  • Minimum
  • Avoid Collisions—Drive with Caution
  • Stopping
  • Entering the Expressway (See below)
  • Leaving the Expressway (See below)
  • Passing
  • Passing on the left
  • Passing on the right
  • No Passing Zones
  • Turning
  • Left Turn
  • Right Turn
  • Slow Or Stop
  • How To Make A Left Turn
  • How To Make A Right Turn
  • Vehicles
  • Turning On One-Way Streets
  • Turning On Intersecting One-Way Street
  • Backing
  • Safety Tip The Basic Speed Rule The Basic Speed Rule
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Chapter 10 · source p. 40

Chapter 7: The Basic Speed Rule

This chapter’s sections include:

  • The Law Says
  • Basic Speed Rule
  • Speed Limits
  • State Speed Limits
  • Very Important: Carefully Observe And Obey All Posted Speed Limits
  • Night Driving
  • Road Rage
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Chapter 11 · source p. 42

Chapter 8: Stopping and Following

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Stopping Distances
  • Explanation
  • Safety Tip
  • Braking
  • Braking Under Emergency Conditions
  • Rainy Conditions
  • Brakes
  • (Abs) the risk?
  • Following
  • How To Avoid Rear-End Collisions
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Chapter 12 · source p. 46

Chapter 9: Parking

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Parking
  • Parking On A Highway
  • Angle Parking
  • Parallel Parking
  • Parking And Starting On A Hill To Park on a Hill To Start on a Hill
  • Up Hill
  • Disabled Parking Placard
  • Unlawful Parking The Law Says
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Chapter 13 · source p. 50

Chapter 10: Sharing the Road

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Sharing the Road
  • Sharing The Road With Pedestrians
  • Help The Unseen Pedestrian
  • Sharing The Road With Bicycles
  • Bike Rider
  • Wrong Way
  • Sharing The Road With Motorcycles
  • Why Drivers Don’t See Motorcyclists
  • Techniques for Sharing the Road with Motorcycles
  • Sharing The Road With Trucks
  • Passing a Truck
  • Confidence
  • Risky Situations with Trucks
  • Sharing The Road With Trains
  • Look, Listen And Live The Law Says
  • Warning Devices for Highway-Rail Crossings
  • Tracks
  • Safety Rules for Highway-Railway Crossings your vehicle!
  • Slow-Moving Vehicles
  • Vehicle Emblem
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Chapter 14 · source p. 59

Chapter 11: Driving Tips

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Headlight Beams Properly
  • Using A Standard Transmission
  • Techniques for Smooth and Effective Shifting
  • Good Driving Posture
  • Avoid Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
  • Driving Out-Of-State
  • Car Phone Safety
  • Pay Attention – Be Alert
  • Animals
  • Traffic Facts
  • Flood Dynamics
  • Notes
  • Your Responsibilities After A Crash
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Chapter 15 · source p. 64

Chapter 12: Alcohol, Drugs and Driving—Oklahoma Is Tough on DUIs

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Drugs Affect Your Driving
  • Driving Is So Dangerous
  • Don’T Drive
  • Can Do You In The Law Says
  • But Less Than 0.08
  • Oklahoma Implied Consent Laws And Penalties
  • First offense
  • Second offense within 10 years
  • Second felony offense
  • Third or subsequent offense
  • Penalties For Dui—Bac .08 Or More
  • Other Drugs And Driving
  • “Zero Tolerance” For Drivers Under 21
  • Lengths of License Revocation
  • Fines and Penalties
  • Safety Tip
  • Additional Penalties For Persons Under 18
  • Persons Under 18
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Chapter 16 · source p. 69

Chapter 13: Violations and Penalties

This chapter’s sections include:

  • Violations and Penalties
  • Unlawful Use Of License And/Or Identification Card
  • Driver’S Record
  • Compliance Division
  • Probationary License
  • Mandatory Revocation Of Your License
  • Oklahoma Mandatory Point System
  • Point Reduction
  • Liability Insurance Requirements
  • Important
  • Having Insurance
  • Testing Locations www.service.ok.gov
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Turn the reading into a study routine

The Oklahoma course groups the source material into 12 units. Each lesson includes handbook page references, examples, and a checkpoint in the study app.

Unit 1 · 6 lessons

Getting Your Oklahoma License

Who needs one, ID, license classes, permits, GDL, tests

  1. Who needs a license, ID documents and REAL ID
  2. License classes and learner permits
  3. Driver education and the GDL law
  4. Motorcycle licenses and ID cards
  5. Taking your tests
  6. Donor, veteran logo, responsibilities and fees

Unit 2 · 3 lessons

Keeping Your License Valid

Renewals, address changes, restriction codes, vehicle inspection

  1. Renewals, name and address changes
  2. Restriction and endorsement codes
  3. Vehicle inspection before your driving test

Unit 3 · 2 lessons

Registration, Insurance and Occupant Protection

Tags, title, liability insurance, seat belts, child restraints

  1. Registration and liability insurance
  2. Seat belts and child passenger restraints

Unit 4 · 8 lessons

Signs, Signals and Markings

Shapes, colors, regulatory, warning, railroad, work zone and guide signs, signals, lines

  1. Sign shapes and colors
  2. Regulatory signs
  3. Warning signs and object markers
  4. Railroad crossing signs and Quiet Zones
  5. Work zones and flaggers
  6. Guide and service signs
  7. Traffic signals and pedestrian signals
  8. Pavement markings and lane control signals

Unit 5 · 3 lessons

Right-of-Way

Pedestrians, emergency vehicles, intersections, school buses, Move Over law

  1. Who you must always yield to
  2. Intersections and school buses
  3. Move Over law and TIM scenes

Unit 6 · 7 lessons

Lane Usage and Maneuvers

Lanes, expressways, passing, turning, backing

  1. Lanes and changing lanes
  2. Expressway speed and lane use
  3. Entering, leaving and stopping on the expressway
  4. Passing
  5. Turn signals and the six steps of turning
  6. Right turns, left turns and one-way streets
  7. Backing

Unit 7 · 2 lessons

Speed Rules and Night Driving

The Basic Speed Rule, state limits, night driving, road rage

  1. The Basic Speed Rule and posted limits
  2. Night driving and road rage

Unit 8 · 4 lessons

Stopping and Following

Stopping distances, braking, slick roads, following distance

  1. Stopping distances
  2. Braking and emergencies
  3. Ice, rain, skids and hydroplaning
  4. Following distance and rear-end collisions

Unit 9 · 3 lessons

Parking

Securing your car, angle, parallel and hill parking, no-parking zones

  1. Securing your car, angle and parallel parking
  2. Parking and starting on a hill
  3. Disabled parking and no-parking zones

Unit 10 · 7 lessons

Sharing the Road

Pedestrians, bicycles, motorcycles, trucks, trains, slow-moving vehicles

  1. Pedestrians
  2. Bicycles
  3. Motorcycles
  4. Trucks
  5. Trains: why you always yield
  6. Crossing tracks safely and escaping a stalled car
  7. Slow-moving and animal-drawn vehicles

Unit 11 · 4 lessons

Driving Tips and Emergencies

Headlights, carbon monoxide, distraction, animals, floods, crashes

  1. Headlights, standard transmission and posture
  2. Carbon monoxide, trips and your emergency kit
  3. Distracted driving and animals
  4. Floods and what to do after a crash

Unit 12 · 7 lessons

DUI, Violations and Penalties

Alcohol and drugs, implied consent, DUI penalties, revocation, points, fake IDs

  1. How alcohol and drugs affect your driving
  2. Implied consent and BAC limits
  3. DUI penalties and suspensions
  4. Zero tolerance and under-18 penalties
  5. Suspension, probation and mandatory revocation
  6. The point system
  7. License misuse, fake IDs and your driving record