Pennsylvania permit practice test 2026

The rule applies even when you are moving out of Pennsylvania.

Most interstates are posted at 65 or 70 mph. Speed in a work zone is enforced with automated cameras on some corridors.

Exceeding the school-zone limit also adds three points to your record.

The refusal suspension is imposed by PennDOT regardless of what happens in court, and a second refusal brings 18 months.

Keep your speed until you are on the deceleration ramp, then slow. Braking in the travel lane surprises the traffic behind you.

A red arrow prohibits that movement entirely. Wait for a green or flashing yellow arrow, even if no traffic is coming.

The under-21 threshold is 0.02%, and a conviction brings a license suspension plus mandatory alcohol highway safety school.

Daytime running lights are not enough on their own, because they do not switch on the tail lights.

Secure pets in a carrier or harness. Several states treat an animal in your lap as distracted driving.

Exit numbers usually match the nearest mile marker, which makes it easy to judge how far away your exit still is.

Children are unpredictable right after they get off a bus. Move off slowly and keep scanning both sides.

If you cannot leave four feet safely, wait behind the cyclist until you can.

Kinetic energy rises with the square of speed, so a small increase in speed is a large increase in damage and stopping distance.

Off the road, hazards on, and out of the traffic side of the car. Standing beside a disabled vehicle on the traffic side is one of the most dangerous places on a highway.

Children under 2 must ride in a rear-facing seat, and under 4 in an approved restraint anywhere in the vehicle.

Legal to possess does not mean legal to drive on. Impaired driving laws cover cannabis the same way they cover alcohol.

A blind crest hides an oncoming vehicle until it is far too late to abort the pass.

Fifteen feet keeps you clear of the train's overhang and of the gate arm. Most states also say to stop no farther than 50 feet back, so you can still see the tracks.

States teach 9 and 3, 8 and 4, or lower still. Each gives good control and keeps your arms out of the airbag's path; 10 and 2 puts them where it deploys.

Driving without carrying the license is a separate violation in most states, even if you are licensed.

Neutral disconnects the engine from the wheels so you keep power steering and brakes. Once stopped, shut the engine off.

Pennsylvania moved to a hands-free standard for all drivers. Texting was already banned as a primary offense.

Parking as close as possible keeps your car out of the travel lane and your doors out of passing traffic.

Financial responsibility is a condition of driving. The penalties apply whether or not you have a crash.

Cameras miss low objects and fast-moving children. Look behind the vehicle before you get in, then back slowly while checking all around.