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Washington driving lessons

Washington driving lessons.

Read 60 lessons across 12 course units, from licensing basics to the driving rules in Washington’s handbook. Every public lesson includes its full study text, examples, and source page references.

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Your course, in order

Start at the beginning or choose a topic you want to understand better. Open a lesson in the study app when you want to take its checkpoint and save your progress.

Unit 1 · 5 lessons

Getting Your License

WDL numbers, permits, residency, and the road to a full license

  1. Your WDL number, License Express, and the permit 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Residency, new residents, and REAL ID 4 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  3. First license: ages 16 to 17 4 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Ages 18+, the intermediate license, and farm permits 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  5. Exams, vision checks, and license designations 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 2 · 3 lessons

Keeping Your License

Renewals, DUI law, and losing driving privileges

  1. Renewing, replacing, and losing privileges 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. DUI: alcohol, cannabis, and test limits 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Open containers and underage violations 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 3 · 5 lessons

Vehicle Equipment

Registration, insurance, safety tech, lights, and occupant protection

  1. Title, registration, sale, plates, and insurance 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Know your vehicle and its safety technology 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  3. Maintenance and setting up the driver's seat 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  4. Lights, turn signals, and hand signals 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  5. Seat belts, child seats, and airbags 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 4 · 4 lessons

Handling Your Vehicle

Steering, braking, balance, and blind zones

  1. Steering: hand positions and three methods 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  2. Braking pressure, ABS, and accelerating 2 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  3. Balanced weight and reference points 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Blind zones, mirror checks, and before you go 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 5 · 8 lessons

The Driver

Fitness to drive, impairment, decisions, and staying focused

  1. Health, vision, and hearing 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Alcohol, cannabis, medications, and polydrug use 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Fatigue, drowsy driving, and emotions 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  4. Aggressive driving and road rage 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  5. Making informed decisions and solving problems 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  6. Distracted driving and paying attention 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  7. Searching and scanning around you 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  8. Respect, responsibility, and the environment 3 min · 3 checkpoint questions

Unit 6 · 6 lessons

Sharing the Road

Pedestrians, buses, large vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles, and trains

  1. Pedestrians and people you might not see 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. School buses and transit buses 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Large vehicles, snowplows, and farm vehicles 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Sharing the road with motorcycles 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  5. Sharing the road with bicyclists 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  6. Trains, light rail, and emergency vehicles 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 7 · 6 lessons

Signs and Signals

Rules of the road, traffic lights, sign colors, and the signs you must know

  1. Rules of the road and traffic control devices 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Traffic lights, arrows, and ramp meters 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Sign colors and guide signs 2 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Stop, yield, speed, and camera signs 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  5. No-go, lane, roundabout, and work zone signs 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  6. Warning signs and other signs to recognize 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions

Unit 8 · 4 lessons

Intersections and Turning

Right-of-way, turns, roundabouts, diverging diamonds, and uncontrolled intersections

  1. Entering intersections and right-of-way 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Turning, U-turns, and intersection types 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Roundabouts and traffic calming circles 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. Diverging diamonds and uncontrolled intersections 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions

Unit 9 · 4 lessons

Lane Markings and Special Zones

Lines, special lanes, crosswalks, bike markings, and school, work, and emergency zones

  1. Reading lane lines 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Turn lanes, HOV, reversible, and toll lanes 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Crosswalks, bike lanes, and other markings 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  4. School, work, and emergency zones 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions

Unit 10 · 5 lessons

Parking and Transporting

Where and how to park, hills, special spaces, loads, animals, ferries, and beaches

  1. Where you can't park 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Leaving your car: brake, doors, children, and animals 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  3. Parking techniques: angled, perpendicular, and parallel 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  4. Hills, disabled parking, and EV charging spaces 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  5. Towing, loads, animals, ferries, and beaches 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 11 · 4 lessons

Managing Risk

Hazards, speed, space, merging, timing, and focus

  1. Risk awareness and hazard management 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Speed and space 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Merging, zipper merging, and timing your turns 3 min · 5 checkpoint questions
  4. Focus, field of vision, and line of sight 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions

Unit 12 · 6 lessons

Conditions and Emergencies

Night, curves, slippery roads, breakdowns, collisions, and traffic stops

  1. Night driving and curves 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  2. Slippery roads, skids, and hydroplaning 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  3. Vehicle failures and breakdowns 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  4. Collisions: what to do, report, and 911 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions
  5. Power lines, witnessing a crash, and your emergency kit 3 min · 4 checkpoint questions
  6. Getting pulled over and getting a ticket 3 min · 6 checkpoint questions