Texas Written Driving Test
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, first time drivers between the ages of 14 and 17 must complete an approved Texas drivers education course before receiving a drivers license. During the course, teens can apply for their learners permit after passing the written Texas written driving test.
If you are between the ages of 18 and 24 and have not an approved driver education course as a teen, you must complete a six hour adult drivers ed course and pass the Texas written driving test to receive a permit or license.
Taking the Written Test for Learners Permit
Students in either the parent taught or adult driving course must complete the first six hours of online training. They must then pass the Texas written driving test before applying for a Texas learners permit. For adults, the course consists of six hours, so the student simply takes the written test in the online course.
The first six hours of both courses cover everything found in the Texas drivers handbook. This includes rules of the road, driving situations and road signs. With our online drivers ed courses, there is no need to study the handbook. Our course has the same material in digital format that you can review as needed.
In our adult and parent taught course, the Texas driving test is taken in the course. There is no additional trips to your local DPS office. Once you complete and pass the Texas DPS driving test, there is an option in the course to print your driver education certificate, which will be needed when you apply for your Texas learners permit. Present the certificate to your local DPS office along with identification documents and apply for your Texas learners permit.
Taking the Texas DPS Driving Test for Drivers License
The Texas DPS driving test is the same whether you are applying for a learners permit or a drivers license. Adults who complete the online drivers ed Texas over 18 course have the option of applying for a learners permit. Then they may legally practice driving with a licensed adult in the passenger seat. Once that is done, they are ready to take the DPS road test. Please visit the Texas DPS site in order to schedule your driving time.
Texas DPS Driving Test for New to State Drivers
If you have recently move to Texas, or are planning to move here soon, the Texas DPS may require you to take the Texas driving test before issuing a new Texas drivers license. We recommend downloading the Texas Drivers Handbook (DL-7) and familiarizing yourself as a refresher.
Many of our customers are from out of state and prefer to go ahead and enroll in our adult course because the training is more than simply reading a book. It’s engaging and there are practice tests to gauge who well you are retaining the knowledge. The biggest benefit is, the final test in our Adult course *is* the Texas driving license test. Would you rather drive across town, wait an hour or two in a noisy building until your number is called, or, take the test online, in the comfort of your home or office, when you have control over the serenity needed to effectively pass the course? Alternatively, if you do plan to take the driving exam at your local DPS office, our Texas drivers license practice tests will get you prepared to ace the test.
Texas Written Driving Test for Expired Drivers License
If you do it once, you will never do it again. Let your Texas drivers license expire. If your license expires before you renew it, the DPS office will require you to take the Texas written driving test before re-issuing your drivers license. There’s no way of getting around it. Drivers license expires, you will have to take the written driving test again. Age doesn’t matter. 24, 39, 57, 63. If the license expires, the Texas driving test shall transpire.
How Many Questions are on the Texas DPS Driving Test?
The Texas DPS driving test is composed of 40 multiple choice questions that cover rules of the road and traffic-signs. All of these are derived solely from Texas drivers handbook. If you know the handbook, you will do fine. Of the 40 questions, the student must accurately answer at least 32 correctly, in order to pass the test.
How Difficult is the Written Texas Driving Test?
The difficulty of the Texas written driving test is relative to the amount of time and effort you put forth in studying. If you are taking our adult course or the Texas teen drivers ed course, the difficult is substantially reduced. For those using the handbook and traditional study, just go over the material as much as you can before you are called into the testing room. You will not be allowed to take the handbook into the testing area.
Here’s the bottom line: The DPS office is not trying to trick you, or throw in trick questions so you will get a lower score. So set that possibility aside. It’s a 40 question, multiple choice test. There is one correct answer. It’s a common sense answer. The other answer options may seem so out of place in the question, that it’s simple to focus on the right answer, or, eliminate the ones you know are not correct and work from there. Think about the scenario the question asks, put yourself mentally in that scene, then review the options to determine what you would do. Be calm, take your time and think!
Taking the Written Driving Test Online in Texas
Taking the written driving test online in Texas is the most convenient way to take the exam. Virtual Drive offers an approved six hour course that includes the Texas Driving Test Online, as the final test. The six hours of training includes everything you will need to know, to pass the written Texas driving test. Once you complete the six hours of training, you can begin the driving test in the course with three attempts to pass.
After passing the Texas driving test online, simply print your ADE-1317 certificate, take it to your DPS office as proof that you have completed an approved driver education course and taken the Texas written driving test online. You will not have to take the written driving test at the DPS office.
