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Texas driving lessons

Texas driving lessons.

Read 62 lessons across 12 course units, from licensing basics to the driving rules in Texas’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 License to Drive

Permits, GDL, classes, exams, renewals, suspensions

  1. Learner license, VOE & hardship license 4 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  2. GDL phases & provisional license 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. License classes A, B, C and M 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Who may drive in Texas, ID cards & veterans 4 min · 3 checkpoint questions
  5. Applying: documents, exams & the driving test 5 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  6. Renewal, replacement & address changes 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  7. Suspensions, revocations & cancellations 5 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  8. Denials, driving while invalid & occupational licenses 4 min · 4 checkpoint questions

Unit 2 · 4 lessons

Vehicle Requirements, Registration & Insurance

Equipment, inspection, registration, liability insurance

  1. Required equipment 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Prohibited equipment, optional equipment & the slow-moving vehicle emblem 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Inspection & registration 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Insurance & financial responsibility 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 3 · 5 lessons

Right-of-Way

Intersections, trains, emergency vehicles, school buses, pedestrians

  1. Right-of-way at intersections 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Railroad crossings 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Yielding to emergency vehicles 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  4. School buses 3 min · 3 checkpoint questions
  5. Pedestrians & crosswalk signals 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 4 · 8 lessons

Signals, Signs & Markings

Signals, sign colors and shapes, every sign table, markings, work zones

  1. Traffic signals 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Sign colors & shapes 2 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Warning signs I: signals, curves & road changes 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  4. Warning signs II: intersections, surfaces & hazards 4 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  5. Regulatory signs 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  6. Guide signs & lane-use signals 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  7. Railroad signs & pavement markings 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  8. Work zones & construction devices 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 5 · 3 lessons

Signaling, Passing & Turning

Signals, passing rules, turning steps

  1. Signaling 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  2. Passing 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Turning 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 6 · 4 lessons

Parking, Stopping & Standing

No-stop zones, distances, disabled parking, parallel and hill parking

  1. Where you can't stop, stand or park & leaving your car 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Parking distance rules 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Disabled parking 3 min · 3 checkpoint questions
  4. Parallel parking, hills & leaving a space 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions

Unit 7 · 3 lessons

Speed and Speed Limits

Following distance, stopping distance, limits, move over, racing

  1. Following distance, stopping distance & vision 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Speed limits 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Slow down or move over & street racing 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions

Unit 8 · 8 lessons

Special Driving Situations

Highways, night, emergencies, weather, sharing the road, distraction

  1. Highway driving & highway hypnosis 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Headlights & night driving 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  3. Breakdowns, skids & vehicle emergencies 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Winter driving, roundabouts & floods 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  5. Sharing the road with trucks 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  6. Sharing the road with motorcycles 3 min · 3 checkpoint questions
  7. Sharing the road with bicycles & light rail 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  8. Distracted driving & texting 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions

Unit 9 · 5 lessons

Alcohol and Drugs

Effects, BAC, implied consent, zero tolerance, DWI penalties

  1. How alcohol and drugs affect driving 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. BAC, legal limits & implied consent 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Zero tolerance & minors' non-driving alcohol offenses 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Minors: testing, DUI & DWI penalties 4 min · 3 checkpoint questions
  5. Open container & adult DWI penalties 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 10 · 3 lessons

Motor Vehicle Crashes

Duties at the scene, reports, penalties, first aid

  1. Duties after a crash with injury or death 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Property-damage crashes & written reports 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Hit-and-run, aiding the injured & insurance terms 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions

Unit 11 · 3 lessons

Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety

Pedestrian rules, bicycle laws, equipment

  1. Pedestrian laws & safety 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Bicycle traffic laws 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Bicycle equipment, shared lanes & safety 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 12 · 8 lessons

Additional Safety & Traffic Stops

Belts, open beds, traffic stops, road rage, cargo, glossary

  1. Safety belts, child seats & defensive driving 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Open beds, trailers & towed boats 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  3. When stopped by law enforcement 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Road rage & aggressive driving 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  5. Cargo, towing & carbon monoxide 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  6. Low-speed vehicles, scooters & driving with a disability 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  7. Key terms A to L 3 min · 3 checkpoint questions
  8. Key terms M to Z 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions