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Georgia Driver Handbook Guide

The official Georgia driver's handbook covers a lot of ground — not all of it tested. This page maps its actual chapter structure, straight from the handbook's own table of contents, so you know what's in there before deciding whether to read the whole thing or lean on our cheat sheet instead. Prefer the source? Download the full Georgia handbook (PDF).

Chapters at a glance

  1. Section 1: General Licensing Information — Covers who must get a Georgia license (new residents have 30 days under O.C.G.A. Section 40-5-1), the five license classes and restriction codes, and the minimum vision standard: 20/60 in one eye with a 140-degree horizontal field of vision.
  2. Section 2: Obtaining a License, Permit or Identification Card — Walks through each license type for current Georgia residents — the Class C Instructional Permit (age 15, $10 test fee, valid up to 2 years), the Class D Provisional License (age 16, after holding a permit one year and one day), and the full Class C license ($32 for 8 years at age 18).
  3. Section 3: Testing Information — Explains Georgia's unusual two-part knowledge exam — a separately-scored 20-question Road Signs test and 20-question Road Rules test, each requiring 15 correct (75%) — plus the road test's specific maneuvers, including a 22-foot by 10-foot parallel parking space and a minimum passing score of 75%.
  4. Section 4: Other Services & Information — Administrative DDS services: mail-in renewal for residents temporarily out of state, voter registration transmission to the Secretary of State, lost/stolen license replacement ($5.00), and Motor Vehicle Report pricing ($6-$8 depending on the report length).
  5. Section 5: Traffic Laws — The largest chapter and the core of the knowledge test — right-of-way rules, the Move Over Law ($500 fine for a first offense), passing rules (3 feet minimum for bicyclists, 100 feet from a railroad crossing), Georgia's Super Speeder law ($200 fee for 75+ mph on a two-lane road), work zone penalties, DUI thresholds, and the Hands Free Law (HB 673).
  6. Section 6: Teen Driving Laws — Details Georgia's graduated licensing program under the Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act (TADRA) and Joshua's Law's driver-education mandate, plus the Class D Provisional License's passenger and curfew restrictions and the escalating suspension penalties for a minor's traffic convictions.
  7. Section 7: Signs, Signals & Markings — Explains Georgia's seven standard sign shapes (octagon = stop, triangle = yield, pentagon = school zone) and notes that pentagon school-zone signs are posted 150 to 700 feet in advance of school grounds or a school crossing.
  8. Section 8: Safety Guidelines — General crash-avoidance techniques — hydroplaning can begin at speeds as low as 35 mph and cause total loss of road contact by 55 mph, plus guidance on skids, tire blow-outs, winter driving, and checking tire tread with the penny test (replace below about 2/32 of an inch).
  9. Section 9: Sharing the Road — Covers pedestrians (stop at least 10 feet before a crosswalk on a multi-lane road so adjacent drivers can see a crossing pedestrian), bicyclists (3-foot minimum passing clearance, full-lane rights), motorcyclists, school buses, and the 'No-Zone' blind spots around commercial trucks.
  10. Section 10: Losing Your Driving Privileges — Covers Georgia's points system (15+ points within 24 months triggers suspension), the DUI suspension ladder for drivers under 21, implied consent's one-year minimum suspension for test refusal, and the Habitual Violator designation after a third qualifying conviction within 5 years.
  11. Section 11: Crashes — Practical post-crash steps — law enforcement must be notified if injury, death, or property damage over $500 occurs — plus Georgia's Good Samaritan Law and specific guidance on deer-vehicle crashes, which still account for under 6% of the state's reported crashes each year.

What's actually tested

The knowledge exam draws most heavily from Section 5 (Traffic Laws — right-of-way, passing, DUI, speed, work zones), Section 1/2/6 (licensing requirements, GDL rules, and Joshua's Law driver-education requirements), Section 7 (sign shapes and meanings), and Section 9 (sharing the road with pedestrians, bicyclists, and school buses).

Section 4 (Other Services & Information — MVR pricing, voter registration, mail-in renewal) and Section 11 (Crashes) are useful administrative and post-crash background but rarely show up as knowledge-exam questions, which focus on the rules of driving rather than DDS paperwork or crash-reporting procedure.

Want to drill exactly those topics? Try the Georgia practice test or the condensed cheat sheet.

Chapter titles and structure reflect the handbook version current as of 2026-07-27 — always confirm you're studying the latest edition on Georgia DDS's own site.