What is the usual minimum age for the Texas teen learner license, after completing the required classroom instruction?
Correct answer: 15
The ordinary teen learner stage begins at 15. This is not the same as being eligible to drive alone, and special hardship licensing is a separate process.
Source: DPS — Learner license requirements and restrictions ↗
Which set describes Texas minimum automobile liability coverage limits?
Correct answer: $30,000 per injured person, $60,000 per accident for injuries, $25,000 property damage
Texas minimum liability coverage is commonly written 30/60/25. The final number is $25,000 for property damage per accident.
Source: TDI — Types of auto coverages; liability coverage ↗
Your street ends at an uncontrolled T-intersection. A vehicle is approaching on the through street. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop and yield to traffic on the through street
The driver approaching from the terminating street must stop and yield to hazardous approaching traffic on the through street.
Source: §545.151(e) ↗
After stopping at a stop sign, you see cross traffic close enough to make entry unsafe. What is the correct action?
Correct answer: Remain stopped until a safe gap is available
Completing the stop does not give automatic priority. You must still yield to traffic in the intersection or approaching as an immediate hazard.
Source: §545.153(b) ↗
You face a steady red light and want to turn right. No sign prohibits the turn. What is required first?
Correct answer: Stop, yield, and wait until the turn can be made safely
A permitted right on red is conditional on a complete stop, yielding to lawful users and entering safely. A prohibitory sign removes this permission.
Source: §544.007(d), (f) ↗
You are choosing an ordinary parking space near a crosswalk at an intersection. What is the state minimum clearance?
Correct answer: 20 feet
Texas prohibits standing or parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, subject to the statute’s limited exceptions. Additional signs can also restrict parking.
Source: §545.302(b)(3) ↗
You want to leave your car parked in front of a private driveway while shopping. Is that allowed under the ordinary rule?
Correct answer: No; parking in front of the driveway is prohibited
The rule covers occupied as well as unoccupied vehicles. A private driveway does not need a special painted curb to be protected.
Source: §545.302(b)(1) ↗
A driver signals from the left window with the hand and arm pointing upward. What does it mean?
Correct answer: A right turn
For a motorist using a permitted hand signal, the upward left arm indicates a right turn.
Source: §545.107(2) ↗
A stationary police vehicle with emergency lights is beside a highway with two lanes in your direction. The adjacent lane is clear. What should you do?
Correct answer: Safely move out of the lane closest to the police vehicle
Move over a full lane when it is safe. If moving over is not possible, the law provides the required reduced-speed alternative.
Source: Texas Transportation Code §545.157 — Move Over or Slow Down ↗
A school bus stops ahead on your two-way, undivided road with flashing red lights. You are approaching from the opposite direction. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop for the bus
On an undivided road, drivers approaching from either direction must stop for the bus’s flashing red lights or stop sign.
Source: TxDOT — Tips for drivers sharing the road with school buses ↗
A highway is posted at 75 mph, but dense fog limits your view. Which is the safer choice?
Correct answer: Reduce speed to suit the conditions, even well below the posted limit
A posted maximum is not a target for every condition. TxDOT advises adjusting for fog, rain, ice, traffic and road work.
Source: TxDOT Texas Road Tips 2024 — Highway Driving, printed pages 10–11 (PDF page 8) ↗
When passing a motorcycle, how much lane space should you give the rider?
Correct answer: A full lane
TxDOT advises giving a motorcyclist a full lane when passing. A narrow vehicle still needs maneuvering space.
Source: TxDOT Texas Road Tips 2024 — Motorcycles and Bicycles, printed pages 12–13 (PDF page 9) ↗
A driver has taken a drug that impairs normal driving abilities but has consumed no alcohol. Is driving automatically safe and lawful?
Correct answer: No; impairment from drugs also matters
The Texas intoxication definition is not restricted to alcohol. Medication and other drugs can affect driving ability even when no alcohol was consumed.
Source: TxDOT Texas Road Tips 2024 — Driving While Intoxicated, printed pages 8–9; Underage Drinking, pages 18–19 ↗
You keep yawning, lose focus and drift within your lane on a long trip. What do these signs suggest?
Correct answer: Drowsiness that calls for a safe stop and rest
Those are warning signs of drowsy driving. Stop somewhere safe and rest rather than trying to push through them.
Source: TxDOT Texas Road Tips 2024 — Violations and Cautions, printed pages 20–21 (PDF page 13) ↗
Dense fog makes your high beams reflect back toward you. What lighting is the better choice?
Correct answer: Low-beam headlights, with fog lights if equipped
Low beams reduce the glare produced by light reflecting from fog. Headlights also help other road users see your vehicle.
Source: National Weather Service — Driving in Fog ↗
Where should the lap portion of a seat belt fit?
Correct answer: Snugly across the hips, low on the body
A lap belt should sit snugly across the hips, not the soft abdomen. Proper belt placement matters as well as fastening it.
Source: TxDOT Texas Road Tips 2024 — Safety Seats and Seat Belts, printed pages 16–17 (PDF page 11) ↗
What change in available road width should you expect?
Correct answer: A narrower roadway ahead
This warning concerns the width of the road ahead, not vehicle height or a complete closure.
Source: FHWA MUTCD 2009 Figure 2C-5 — W5-1 Road narrows ↗
What road classification change is approaching?
Correct answer: The freeway ends one mile ahead
Read both the road-status message and the distance. The one-mile wording is an example of an advance warning, not a universal distance.
Source: FHWA MUTCD 2009 Figure 2C-5 — W19-1 Freeway ends ahead ↗
What change in road surfacing should you expect?
Correct answer: A transition away from a paved surface
The message concerns the road surface. Do not confuse the end of pavement with a DEAD END warning.
Source: FHWA MUTCD 2009 Figure 2C-6 — W8-3 Pavement ends ↗
What lane change should you anticipate ahead?
Correct answer: One lane ends instead of continuing separately
The taper shows a lane ending. On the added-lane symbol, the incoming path continues as a separate lane alongside the through lane.
Source: FHWA MUTCD 2009 Figure 2C-8 — W4-2 Lane ends ↗
