Class D license — Connecticut Permit Test

Class D license on the Connecticut permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

A non-commercial Connecticut driver's license is a Class D license.

Class D is the ordinary license. Knowing its name is how you tell it from the ones a truck or a bus needs.

A non-commercial driver's license is known and designated as Class D.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.4

Unless the license itself carries a restriction, a Class D license covers any motor vehicle that is not a commercial motor vehicle.

The license is broad by default. What narrows it is a restriction printed on the card, not a rule you have to remember.

Unless restrictions appear on the license, a Class D license may be used to operate any motor vehicle except a commercial motor vehicle.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.4

A rider who wants a motorcycle endorsement has to read the Motorcycle Operator's manual as well as this one.

This book teaches the passenger-car paper. The motorcycle material is in a separate book and the endorsement is tested on it.

If you want an endorsement to drive a motorcycle, you need to read the Motorcycle Operator's manual.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.4

On the test

What class is an ordinary Connecticut non-commercial driver's license?

Class D. Class D is the ordinary license. Knowing its name is how you tell it from the ones a truck or a bus needs. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.4: “A non-commercial driver's license is known and designated as Class D.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Connecticut Driver's Manual, published by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.