Alabama driving practice tests

The real test

• ALEA does not publish a question count or a pass mark, in the manual or on alea.gov. The 30-question, 80% figure is what Alabama driving schools and testing offices consistently report; treat it as unconfirmed and aim well above it.
• The fee is $5.00 for each knowledge test, cash or card - the manual states plainly that no checks are accepted.
• The test covers Alabama traffic laws, road signs and rules of safe driving, and the manual states that every question comes from the booklet.
• Automated (computer) testing is available to everyone taking the knowledge test. Oral examinations are available if you cannot read and comprehend the written test.
• The written examination is offered in Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese as well as English.
• You take it at a Driver License Examining Office; a vision screening comes first, and failing that stops the rest of the testing until an eye specialist clears you.

Read the official handbook

This is the source everything on the real test comes from, and it is free. Practice questions find your gaps; the handbook fills them. Read it on the government's own site so you get the current version.

Questions written and checked 6 September 2026 against the November 2024 edition. Rules change; the link below is always the live version.

Watch out for

Rules that catch people out in Alabama specifically.

• Alabama's statutory speed limits are a six-step ladder, not one number: 30 in an urban district, 35 on an unpaved county road, 45 on a paved county road, 55 on other roads outside towns, 65 on a four-lane divided highway and 70 on an interstate. The 45 for paved county roads is the one people miss.
• You stop for a stopped school bus on a four-to-six lane UNDIVIDED highway in both directions. Only a divided highway releases oncoming traffic, and passing a stopped school bus is a 5-point offense with a fine starting at $150.
• The hands-free law took effect in June 2024 and is a primary offense - an officer can stop you for holding the phone alone. The GDL rules go further and ban any handheld device outright for a driver under 18.
• Four points on a GDL record, or two moving violations, suspends the license. For a full license the ladder does not start until 12 points in two years.
• A learner license holder aged 15 must have a licensed parent, guardian or someone 21 or older in the seat beside them. After the sixteenth birthday any licensed driver in that seat will do.
• Alabama law requires headlights any time your wipers are running for rain, sleet or snow, and forbids coasting downhill with the transmission in neutral.

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