The license tests — North Carolina Permit Test

For an original driver license, you may be tested on vision, traffic signs, knowledge of motor vehicle laws, and driving skill on the road.

Each test checks a different thing: that you can see, that you know the signs, that you know the rules, and that you can handle the car.

For an original driver license of any type, you may be tested on: • Vision; • Traffic signs; and • Knowledge of motor vehicle laws; • Driving skill (on-road test).

Each driver license test must be passed separately.

A driver who knows the rules but not the signs is still lost at the first intersection. Each test checks one skill on its own.

Each driver license test must be passed separately.

If you need corrective lenses to meet the vision standard, you must wear them at all times while driving, and your license will carry that restriction.

The vision test was passed with the lenses on. Driving without them means driving with eyesight the state never approved.

If you need corrective lenses to bring your vision up to the required standards, you must wear the lenses at all times while driving and your license will indicate a restriction that you must wear corrective lenses.

The penalty for driving without the corrective lenses your license requires is the same as the penalty for driving without a license.

A lenses restriction is a condition of the license. Break the condition and, in the law’s eyes, you are driving unlicensed.

The penalty for driving without the proper corrective lenses is the same as driving without a license.

To pass the traffic signs test, you must identify the signs by color and shape and explain what each one means.

On the road a sign is read from its shape and color long before its words. The test checks that you can do the same.

To pass the signs test, you must identify the traffic signs by color and shape and explain what each means.

The knowledge test is about traffic laws and safe driving practices, and an audio version is available on request for those who have difficulty reading.

The test measures what you know about driving, not how well you read. The audio version keeps those two things apart.

The knowledge test is about traffic laws and safe driving practices. Audio tests are available, upon request, for those who have difficulty reading.

The driving test is an on-the-road demonstration of your driving ability, taken after you have passed all the other tests; it is not required for a learner permit.

A road test only makes sense once the written tests show you know the rules. A permit holder drives supervised, so the road test waits for the license.

You must perform this test after you have passed all the other tests.

A person with a disability may be issued a restricted license, provided the condition does not keep them from driving safely.

The question is safety, not the disability itself. A restriction fits the license to what the driver can do safely.

A person with a disability may be issued a restricted license provided the condition does not keep them from driving safely.

Which four things may you be tested on for an original driver license?

Vision, traffic signs, motor vehicle laws, and driving skill. Each test checks a different thing: that you can see, that you know the signs, that you know the rules, and that you can handle the car. North Carolina Driver Handbook, p.8: “For an original driver license of any type, you may be tested on: • Vision; • Traffic signs; and • Knowledge of motor vehicle laws; • Driving skill (on-road test).”