About Drive Permit Test

Drive Permit Test is a free DMV practice test platform built to help every US driver pass their permit test on the first try — without paywalls, signups, or aggressive ads.

What we cover

• All 50 states + DC — car permit and motorcycle (Class M) preparation for every state.
• 7,014 practice questions written from official state driver's handbooks.
• 770 DMV office locations with addresses, hours and services, plus a maps link for directions.
• 20 MUTCD road signs with shape, color, code, and meaning.

CDL preparation is currently withdrawn. The commercial question bank was too thin to fill the tests its cards advertised, so rather than serve short tests under full-length names we took it down until it is rebuilt.

How questions are written

Every question in our pool is written from the official state driver's handbook. We do not reproduce handbook text: we read the rule, then write an original question and explanation in our own words, so what we publish is our commentary on publicly published state driving rules rather than a copy of the manual. Facts themselves — a speed limit, a following distance — are not copyrightable.

To be clear about one thing we used to get wrong: state driver handbooks are not automatically public domain. 17 U.S.C. § 105 places federal government works in the public domain and does not extend to the states, several of which assert copyright in their manuals. Where we mirror a state PDF we do so because that state publishes it for free public distribution, copyright stays with the issuing agency, and we take it down on request — see contact for our DMCA address.

Why free?

Drive Permit Test exists because most "free" DMV test sites paywall the questions you actually need, sell your email to driving schools, or run misleading "official-looking" ads. We don't. The site is supported by banner ads and optional driving school partnerships — never by selling user data. Ad personalization follows the choice you make in the consent message; see our privacy policy.

Where our data comes from

• Office locations — © OpenStreetMap contributors, used under the ODbL.
• Road sign images — MUTCD artwork via Wikimedia Commons. The MUTCD is a US Federal Highway Administration publication, so this set genuinely is federal public domain.
• Handbook PDFs — published by each state licensing agency, which retains copyright. We mirror only the free public editions and link out for the rest.
• Test facts — checked against each agency's own site, per state and per licence class. Where we have verified a figure the page shows it and links to the source; where we have not, the page leaves it out rather than borrowing another class's number. Car exam facts are covered for all 51 jurisdictions; motorcycle facts are verified for 11 so far, so most motorcycle pages show fewer figures than the car pages do.

If you find a factual error, tell us — we update within 48 hours.

For driving schools

We offer a free embeddable practice quiz widget — copy one line of HTML to add real DMV-style questions to your school's site. No signup, no API key, no analytics on your visitors.

Get in touch

Bug reports, content corrections, partnership inquiries — see our contact page.