Mississippi Driver’s License Manual: Full Color and Size, Revised December 2024 (If Testing on March 3, 2025 or After)

In this manual, you will find the rules that govern the operation of motor vehicles on our roadways. This manual will also help you prepare for the required examination.

As a licensed driver, you will be able to travel freely and enjoy our great state and nation. However, driving is a privilege and should be taken very seriously. Lives are saved each day when drivers follow the rules of the road and practice safe driving habits. We encourage you to learn and obey the rules outlined in this manual. Table of Contents LICENSE REQUIREMENTS MILITARY PERSONNEL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TYPES OF LICENSES & PERMITS REGULAR LEARNER’S PERMIT REGULAR DRIVER’S LICENSE (CLASS R) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS THE EXAMINATION COMMON TERMS VEHICLE EQUIPMENT SQUATTED VEHICLE LAW SAFE DRIVING BASICS BEFORE YOU DRIVE PAVEMENT MARKINGS TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS RAILROAD CROSSINGS TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHTS RULES OF THE ROAD & SAFE DRIVING LEGAL SPEEDS SIGNAL LIGHTS ARM SIGNALS FOLLOWING BRAKING TRAFFIC LANES PASSING OTHER VEHICLES TURNING AROUND TURNING AT INTERSECTIONS INTERSECTIONS AND RIGHT-OF-WAY YIELDING RIGHT-OF-WAY TO SCHOOL BUSES YIELDING RIGHT-OF-WAY TO PEDESTRIANS PARKING PARALLEL PARKING PARKING ON A HILL DRIVING AT NIGHT USING YOUR HEADLIGHTS SEAT BELTS, CAR SEATS, AND CHILD RESTRAINTS HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS & EMERGENCIES IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT YIELDING RIGHT OF WAY TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES WHAT TO DO AND EXPECT WHEN PULLED OVER BY LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY DRIVING LANE USE, PASSING, AND CHANGING LANES SPEED LIMITS & FOLLOWING DISTANCE ACCIDENTS & BREAKDOWNS INTERSTATE INTERCHANGES (EXITS & ENTRANCES) ROAD SAFETY WITH LARGE VEHICLES SHARING THE ROAD WITH BICYCLES REQUIRED VEHICLE DOCUMENTATION CERTIFICATE OF TITLE (CERTIFIED TITLE) WINDOW TINT CERTIFICATE & DECAL PROOF OF INSURANCE & SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY ACT DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE & IMPLIED CONSENT LICENSE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, & REINSTATEMENT LITTERING CLASS D LICENSE APPENDIX A: ORGAN DONATION APPENDIX B: THE NATCHEZ TRACE APPENDIX C: SHARE THE ROAD