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Texas Car / Permit: Penalties & Licensing practice test
The point system, license suspension, provisional-license rules, insurance requirements, and other licensing basics.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. How often must an adult Texas driver license normally be renewed?
Correct answer: Every 8 years
The standard adult license runs eight years. Separately, a driver has to appear at an office at least once every sixteen years so the vision test, photo, signature, and fingerprints can be brought up to date.
2. Texas requires drivers to carry at least the minimum liability insurance, commonly stated as 30/60/25. The '25' stands for:
Correct answer: $25,000 of coverage for others' property damage per crash
The 30/60/25 minimums are $30,000 for injuries to one person, $60,000 total per crash, and $25,000 for property damage — so the '25' is $25,000 of coverage for others' property damage per crash.
3. If you are lawfully arrested for DWI and refuse to give a breath or blood sample, Texas law provides for:
Correct answer: an automatic suspension of your driver license
Because of implied consent, refusing a lawful breath or blood test after a DWI arrest results in an automatic driver-license suspension.
4. After you move, how long do you have to report the new address to DPS?
Correct answer: 30 days
A change of address has to reach DPS within 30 days. Many drivers can handle it online, and the replacement card keeps whatever expiration date the old one had.
5. What score do you need to pass a Texas knowledge exam for a driver license?
Correct answer: 70 percent
Every knowledge exam is graded the same way, whether it is the Class C exam, the motorcycle exam, or the rules exam for Class A and B vehicles, and 70 percent is the lowest passing mark.
6. A Texas teen holding a provisional (under-18) license is restricted from:
Correct answer: driving from midnight to 5 a.m. and carrying more than one non-family passenger under 21
Provisional-license rules limit late-night driving (midnight to 5 a.m.) and passengers (no more than one under-21 non-family rider), among other restrictions.
7. Repeated traffic convictions can cost you your license. DPS may suspend after:
Correct answer: Four or more convictions from separate incidents within 12 months
Four or more separate convictions inside a single year, or seven inside two years, gives DPS grounds to suspend after a hearing. A driver under 18 faces that action at only two convictions in a year.
8. Who may legally supervise a Texas learner license holder who is out practicing?
Correct answer: A licensed driver 21 or older with at least a year of experience, sitting in the front passenger seat
The supervising driver has to be 21 or older, have a year or more behind the wheel, and occupy the seat next to the learner. They also have to be sober, awake, and watching what the learner is doing.
9. In a Texas work zone where workers are present, fines for speeding and other traffic violations are:
Correct answer: doubled
Fines for traffic offenses can double in a work zone when workers are present. Work zones are dangerous for crews, so slow down, obey the reduced limits, and watch for flaggers.
10. A driver who is involved in a crash and drives away without stopping to give information is committing:
Correct answer: the crime of leaving the scene, known as hit and run
The law requires you to stop, give your name and information, and help anyone who is injured. Leaving the scene of a crash — a hit and run — is a criminal offense with serious penalties.
11. What is the minimum age to apply for a learner license under the Texas Graduated Driver License program?
Correct answer: 15
Teens may apply for a learner license at 15. They must hold and practice with it under supervision before moving to the next license phase.
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