Mandatory suspension — Texas Permit Test
Mandatory suspension on the Texas permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A conviction for driving while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs automatically suspends the driver license and driving privilege.
No hearing decides this one. The conviction itself is what takes the license away.
the following offenses will result in the automatic suspension of your license and driving privilege
A conviction for failure to stop and render aid automatically suspends the license.
Leaving somebody hurt at the roadside is the offense Texas treats least lightly. The license goes with the conviction.
Failure to stop and render aid
A subsequent conviction for overtaking and passing a school bus automatically suspends the license.
The first one is a heavy fine. Doing it again tells Texas the fine did not work.
Overtaking and passing a school bus (subsequent conviction)
Lending a driver license or identification card to someone else automatically suspends the license.
A borrowed card is how a minor buys alcohol and how a suspended driver keeps driving. Texas takes the real holder's license too.
Lending a driver license or ID card to someone
Racing a motor vehicle on a public highway or street automatically suspends the license.
A street race turns a public road into a track with traffic still on it. The conviction costs the license by itself.
Racing a motor vehicle on a public highway or street
On the test
What happens to a Texas license on conviction for driving while intoxicated?
It is automatically suspended. No hearing decides this one. The conviction itself is what takes the license away. Texas Driver Handbook, p.10: “the following offenses will result in the automatic suspension of your license and driving privilege”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Texas Driver Handbook, published by the Texas Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pdf (Texas Driver Handbook, form DL-7, Revised January 2026, Texas Department of Public Safety, retrieved 2026-09-14 from dps.texas.gov)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 6, nonLawPages, the four extraction traps and the extraction flag, each with its measured basis)
- docs/plans/texas-exam-shape.md (the search that established that no official source states the question count, and the two decoys it disposes of)