Minnesota DMV practice test
Prepare for the Minnesota learner permit knowledge test with questions written from the official driver handbook, in English, Russian and Spanish.
Minnesota practice tests
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Full practice tests in the format of the real Minnesota knowledge test. Questions do not repeat between tests.
Road signs
Shapes, colors and meanings of the signs on the test.
Rules of the road
Right of way, turns, parking and sharing the road.
Minnesota laws
Rules that are specific to Minnesota.
Final exam prep
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Key rules from the Minnesota handbook
These numbers come straight from the official handbook. Each one is also a question in our tests.
Getting your permit and license
- Report crashes with injury or death, or with property damage of $1,000 or more.
- File the crash report within 10 days.
- Report an address change within 30 days.
- A standard license is usually valid for 4 years.
- You can apply for a learner's permit at 15 years old.
- Hold the permit at least 6 months before the road test.
- At least 15 hours of the practice must be at night.
- The night limit for provisional drivers starts at midnight (with listed exceptions).
- First six months: one passenger under 20 (unless a parent or guardian is present).
- Provisional drivers may not use or talk on a cell phone while driving, with or without hands-free.
- With the parent class: at least 40 hours, 15 of them at night (otherwise more hours are required).
- No more than three, unless they are immediate family.
Rules of the road
- Signal at least 100 feet before you turn or change lanes.
- Headlights must be turned on at sunset and used until sunrise.
- Headlights are required when visibility is less than 500 feet.
- Stop at least 20 feet from a school bus with flashing red lights.
- Drivers on the opposite side of a divided highway separated by a median do not have to stop; drivers behind the bus must stop.
- Keep at least 3 seconds behind the vehicle ahead; add more in bad weather.
- Move Over law: change lanes away from the stopped vehicle when safe; if you cannot, slow down.
- Give bicyclists at least 3 feet of space when passing.
- Do not make a U-turn unless you can see approaching traffic 1,000 feet away.
- Stay at least 500 feet behind a fire truck responding to an alarm.
- Do not pass within 100 feet of an intersection, underpass, tunnel or railroad crossing.
- Booster seat until at least 8 years old, or until the child fits the adult belt as the law describes.
- Sit at least 10 inches from the airbag cover (center of the wheel to your breastbone).
- Stop at least 10 feet from the nearest rail.
- High beams must show objects at least 350 feet ahead.
- At least 700 feet.
- Before coming within 100 feet of an oncoming vehicle.
- No more than 12 inches.
- Less than one-sixteenth of an inch.
Speed limits
- 55 mph on highways unless posted otherwise.
- Alleys: 10 mph; urban or town roads: 30 mph; other locations: 55 mph.
- Urban or town roads: 30 mph unless posted otherwise.
- At least six months.
Parking
- Do not park within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
- Do not park within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
- Do not park within 30 feet of a STOP sign.
- Do not park within 50 feet of a railroad crossing.
- Park with your wheels within 12 inches of the curb.
How to get a driver's license in Minnesota
- Pass the written knowledge test to get a learner's permit (minimum age 15 years old).
- Hold the permit for at least 6 months.
- Pass the road (driving) test.
- As a new provisional driver, follow the night limit that starts at Midnight.
Steps include only rules confirmed in the official handbook; your state may have more requirements (documents, fees, driver education).
Minnesota driving rules in numbers
Learner's permit and teen license rules by state
- Learner's permit from age
- 15 years old
- Hold the permit at least
- 6 months
- Of them at night
- 15 hours
- Night limit for new drivers from
- Midnight
Speed limits by state
- Other highways
- 55 mph
Parking distances by state
- Fire hydrant
- 10 feet
- Crosswalk at an intersection
- 20 feet
- STOP sign or signal
- 30 feet
- Railroad crossing
- 50 feet
- Wheels from the curb
- 12 inches
School bus, move over and bicycle passing laws by state
- Stop from a school bus at least
- 20 feet
- Bus on the other side of a divided highway
- Do not have to stop, but should watch for children
- Stopped emergency vehicle
- Move out of the lane next to it if safe, or slow down
- Passing a bicyclist
- 3 feet
Car seat and booster seat laws by state
- Booster seat until at least
- 8 years old
License renewal, insurance and points by state
- Crash must be reported if damage is
- $1,000
- Report a new address within
- 30 days
- License valid for
- 4 years
Sample questions
In Minnesota, you may not park within how many feet of a fire hydrant?
- 5 feet
- 10 feet
- 15 feet
- 20 feet
Minnesota: do not park within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
In Minnesota, you must signal at least how far before you turn or change lanes?
- 75 feet
- 100 feet
- 150 feet
- 200 feet
Minnesota: signal at least 100 feet before you turn or change lanes.
In Minnesota, unless otherwise posted, the maximum speed on highways outside cities is:
- 50 mph
- 55 mph
- 60 mph
- 65 mph
Minnesota: 55 mph on highways unless posted otherwise.
Minnesota permit test: questions and answers
According to the Minnesota driver handbook, the minimum age is 15.
Yes, as of our last check the Minnesota DMV offers the knowledge test in this language. Confirm with the DMV before your visit.
From the official Minnesota driver handbook (Minnesota Driver's Manual (02/2019)). We write our own questions; the DMV does not publish its real exam questions.