Free Louisiana DMV permit practice test online
Free Louisiana permit practice for road signs, right-of-way, safe driving, and more—with explanations that point back to the official Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles handbook.
The Louisiana permit knowledge test has 40 questions; you need 32 correct (80%) to pass. That is above the median of 30 questions across the 51 states QuizLane tracks, so budget more study time than a shorter state would need.
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These figures reflect the standard Louisiana Class D permit knowledge test and can change. Always confirm current requirements with Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles (official source).
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5 Louisiana DMV permit practice questions
Try these Louisiana sample questions now — each shows the correct answer with a plain-language explanation and a source section. The full 171-question bank is in the practice run, including 10 items that test Louisiana law specifically.
1. Louisiana generally requires a child restraint system or booster seat for children who are:
- AUnder 4 years only
- Under the age of 6 years or less than 60 pounds
- CUnder 12 years regardless of size
- DOnly in the front seat
Answer: Under the age of 6 years or less than 60 pounds. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission summarizes R.S. 32:295: children under the age of 6 years or less than 60 lbs. must be in an age- and size-appropriate child restraint system or booster seat.
Source: Louisiana Highway Safety Commission — Traffic Safety Laws — Child Occupant Seatbelt (R.S. 32:295)
2. On a Louisiana highway with separate roadways, a driver meeting a school bus on a different roadway:
- AMust always stop
- Need not stop
- CMust slow to 10 mph only
- DMust stop only at night
Answer: Need not stop. Louisiana R.S. 32:80(C)(1) provides that the driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different roadway (with a further rule that a one-lane-each-way road with a dedicated two-way left-turn lane is not treated as divided for this purpose).
Source: Louisiana Revised Statutes — R.S. 32:80(C)
3. In Louisiana, a required turn signal for leaving the highway must be given continuously during not less than the last:
- 100 feet
- B200 feet
- C300 feet
- D50 feet
Answer: 100 feet. Louisiana R.S. 32:104(B) requires a signal of intention to turn continuously during not less than the last one hundred (100) feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.
Source: Louisiana Revised Statutes — R.S. 32:104(B)
4. Under Louisiana’s hands-free law, “lawfully stationary” generally includes a vehicle that has stopped, is in park or neutral, or is standing while in gear and not moving:
- AOnly when completely off state property
- BAnytime the brake lights are on at a green light
- COnly in a private driveway
- In a travel lane or on the shoulder, including when complying with a traffic control device or officer
Answer: In a travel lane or on the shoulder, including when complying with a traffic control device or officer. Louisiana R.S. 32:59 defines “lawfully stationary” as a motor vehicle that has stopped, is in park or neutral, or is standing while in gear and not moving, while also in a travel lane or on the shoulder, including when necessary to observe or avoid conflict with traffic or in compliance with law enforcement or a traffic control device or signal.
Source: Louisiana Revised Statutes — R.S. 32:59(A)(3)
5. In a covered Louisiana passenger vehicle in forward motion, who must have a properly fastened safety belt?
- AOnly front-seat passengers
- BOnly passengers under 17
- COnly the driver
- The driver and each occupant (with child-restraint rules for younger passengers)
Answer: The driver and each occupant (with child-restraint rules for younger passengers). Louisiana R.S. 32:295.1 requires the driver and each occupant of a covered passenger car, van, SUV, or truck of 26,000 pounds or less to have a safety belt properly fastened when the vehicle is in forward motion (subject to child-restraint rules in R.S. 32:295).
Source: Louisiana Revised Statutes — R.S. 32:295.1
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