Indiana Driver’s Manual: 2025 Edition

DMV License Manual - Updated April 2025 - Official, Unchanged, Unabridged Driver Handbook. Printed in full color and full size. The primary purpose of this driver book: Help you qualify for a driver's license and Help you become a safer driver. Pass the exam Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE Obtaining a New Credential Credential Overview Credential Design Real ID Indiana Residency Requirements Applying for an Identification Card Learner’s Permits Vision Screening Knowledge Exam Driving Skills Exams Financial Liability for Injury or Damage Applying For a Driver’s License Commercial Learner’s Permit and Commercial Driver’s License Photo-Exempt Credentials Receiving Your Credential by Mail Public Safety Restrictions and Prohibitions CHAPTER TWO Restrictions and Endorsements Restrictions and Endorsements Special Needs Restrictions on a Credential Motorcycle Learner’s Permit Motorcycle Endorsement Motor Driven Cycle (MDC) Autocycles For-Hire Endorsement Chauffeur’s and Public Passenger Chauffeur’s Licenses CHAPTER THREE Indicators, Watercraft, and Parking Placards Organ Donation Active Duty and Veteran Military Indicator Watercraft Parking Placards CHAPTER FOUR Renewing, Amending, or Replacing a Credential Renewing a Credential Amending a Credential Replacing a Credential CHAPTER FIVE Points, Suspensions, and Insurance Requirements Point Values Driver Safety Program Insurance Requirements Suspensions Habitual Traffic Violators CHAPTER SIX Traffic Signs and Signals Traffic Sign Colors Traffic Sign Shapes Warning Signs Traffic Regulation Signs Traffic Guidance Signs Traffic Signals CHAPTER SEVEN Safe Vehicle Operation Lane Markings Changing Lanes and Passing Other Vehicles Rules for Safe and Legal Turning Speed Limits Braking and Following Distances Fuel Economy Tire Pressure and Tread Depth Driving in Uncertain Weather Conditions Driving at Night Impaired and Dangerous Driving Distracted Driving Aggressive Driving Driving on Rural Roads Driving on Interstate Highways Work Zones Railroad Crossings Safety at Railroad Crossings Sharing the Road with Tractor-Trailers Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles Parking and Reversing Pedestrian Safety Seat Belts and Child Safety Restraints Truck Equipment Requirements CHAPTER EIGHT Accidents and Emergency Situ View Less