{"id":19892,"date":"2023-02-24T13:56:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T13:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=19892"},"modified":"2023-03-01T01:09:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T01:09:49","slug":"how-to-get-a-drivers-license-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/drivers-ed\/how-to-get-a-drivers-license-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get a Driver&#039;s License in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Getting your driver&#8217;s license is a big step towards independence and adulthood. And though the path to an unrestricted Texas driver&#8217;s license might seem like a long and complicated one, we&#8217;re here to help you decipher the&nbsp;qualifications for a learner&#8217;s permit,&nbsp;how to land a provisional license, and everything in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[ Read Next: <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/sat\/sat-vs-act\" target=\"_blank\">SAT vs. ACT: Which Test Should You Take?<\/a> <strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4    avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Qualifications for a Driving Permit<\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br>You have to be 15 years old to get your driver&#8217;s permit in Texas. While you can start taking driver&#8217;s education when you&#8217;re 14, you can&#8217;t take the actual DMV written exam to get your driving permit, sometimes called a learner&#8217;s license, until you&#8217;re 15. Second, you must have completed the classroom portion of an approved driver&#8217;s education class. These classes come in several forms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>A traditional classroom setting, offered at your public school<\/li><li>A certified driver&#8217;s training school<\/li><li>At home with a parent-taught driver education online course <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver&#8217;s education classes consist of two sections&#8211; an in-classroom&nbsp;section and an in-car section. You only need to complete the classroom portion before you take the learner&#8217;s permit exam. This classroom portion of the driver&#8217;s education class will consist of at least 32 hours of classroom instruction, completed over the course of at least 16 days.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll also want to take some time to study for the test outside of what you&#8217;ve learned in your driver&#8217;s ed class. Check out the <a title=\"Texas Drivers Ed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.org\/tx-texas\/driver-handbook.php\">Texas Driver Handbook<\/a>&nbsp;and take an <a title=\"Driver's License Practice Test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.org\/tx-texas\/practice-tests\/\">online practice test<\/a>&nbsp;to check your readiness for the DPS-issued written permit test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4    avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The Day of the Driving Permit Written Exam<\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve taken the driving permit written exam as part of your driver&#8217;s ed course, you don&#8217;t need to worry about this step. For everyone else, though, it&#8217;s time to make your way down to the&nbsp;DMV&nbsp;for the permit and vision tests. According to the Texas DMV website, you&#8217;ll need to bring the following things with you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Proof of identity<\/li><li>Proof of your Social Security number<\/li><li>2 documents proving <a title=\"proof of residency\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dps.texas.gov\/DriverLicense\/residencyReqNonCDL.htm\">Texas residency or lawful presence<\/a> in&nbsp;the state and country<\/li><li>Your Texas Driver Education Certificate (DE-964). You&#8217;ll get this when you complete driver&#8217;s education.&nbsp;If you did driver\u2019s ed with a parent, bring the completed Classroom Instruction Driver Education Affidavit (DL-90A) and a Classroom Instruction Log (DL-91A)<\/li><li>Proof of enrollment in school (you can get this from the front office at your school), high school diploma, or GED<\/li><li>A completed Application for a Texas Driver&#8217;s License (DL-14A) signed by a parent<\/li><li>$16 for the exam fee<\/li><li>A parent or guardian to sign paperwork<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you submit your paperwork, you&#8217;ll take the written permit test and a vision exam. If you pass, you get your learner&#8217;s permit! That means you&#8217;re allowed to drive, as long as a licensed driver of over 21 is with you in the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4    avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Qualifications for an Intermediate License<\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve passed your driving permit exam, you&#8217;re allowed to start preparing&nbsp;to receive your intermediate, or provisional, driver&#8217;s license. The qualifications for receiving your intermediate license are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>You must be at least 16 years old<\/li><li>You must have had a learner&#8217;s permit for at least 6 months<\/li><li>You must have completed the 30 hours of behind-the-wheel training included in your driver&#8217;s ed course. These hours must include 7 hours of in-car observation and 10 hours of night driving.<\/li><li>You must fulfill the Impact Texas Teen Driving requirement by watching an informational video about distracted driving. When you finish watching the video, you&#8217;ll get a certificate of completion. You must present the certificate at your driving skills test.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4    avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The Intermediate License<\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you pass&nbsp;the driving skills test, you&#8217;ll receive your intermediate driver&#8217;s license. Congratulations! This means that you&#8217;re a licensed driver! Something to keep in mind, though, is that your license is marked &#8220;provisional&#8221; until you turn 18. This means that there are still a few restrictions on your license:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>You can&#8217;t drive between midnight and 5 am<\/li><li>You can&#8217;t have more than one passenger under 21 years old who is not a family member<\/li><li>You can&#8217;t communicate wirelessly, hands-free or not, unless it&#8217;s an emergency<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you turn 18 years old, these restrictions will be lifted and you&#8217;ll be free to drive whenever and with whomever you choose. Best of luck on your&nbsp;path to getting your Texas driver&#8217;s license!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting your driver&#8217;s license is a big step towards independence and adulthood. And though the path to an unrestricted Texas driver&#8217;s license might seem like a long and complicated one, we&#8217;re here to help you decipher the&nbsp;qualifications for a learner&#8217;s permit,&nbsp;how to land a provisional license, and everything in between. 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