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Georgia Car / Permit: Penalties & Licensing practice test
The point system, license suspension, provisional-license rules, insurance requirements, and other licensing basics.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. You have just moved to Georgia from another state and intend to drive here. How long do you have to obtain a Georgia license or permit?
Correct answer: 30 days
Georgia law gives a new resident who wants to drive on the roads of this state thirty days to get a Georgia license or permit.
Source: Georgia Driver's Manual — General Licensing Information
2. Your Georgia driver's license lapsed more than two years ago. What does renewing it now involve?
Correct answer: A vision screening, the exam on signs and rules, and a driving test
Once a license has been expired beyond two years, Georgia puts you back through the testing a new applicant faces: the eye screening, the written exam on signs and rules, and a driving test.
3. What happens if you refuse to take a chemical test after a lawful DUI arrest in Georgia?
Correct answer: Suspension of your driving privileges
Refusing the test under the implied consent law leads to suspension of your driving privileges, separate from the outcome of the DUI case itself.
4. Who has to be in the car with the holder of a Georgia Class C instructional permit?
Correct answer: A licensed driver at least 21 years old, riding in the seat beside the driver
A permit holder may drive a Class C vehicle only alongside a supervising adult who is 21 or older, is licensed for that class, is able to take control, and is sitting in the front passenger seat.
Source: Georgia Driver's Manual — Class C Instructional Permit
5. How can a licensed Georgia driver have points taken off a driving record?
Correct answer: By finishing a certified six-hour driver improvement course, worth up to 7 points once every five years
Finishing an approved defensive driving class and sending DDS the original certificate can knock as much as seven points off the record, and that reduction is available once in any five-year span.
6. Under Joshua's Law, what must most 16-year-olds do before getting a Georgia driver's license?
Correct answer: Complete driver education and supervised driving practice
Joshua's Law requires an approved driver education course plus supervised driving practice (40 hours, including some at night) for 16-year-olds.
7. A Georgia driver's license can be suspended for accumulating how many points within a 24-month period?
Correct answer: 15 points
Georgia suspends a license when a driver builds up 15 or more points in any 24-month period. Different violations add different point totals.
8. Which statement about Georgia's Class D provisional license (ages 16–17) is true?
Correct answer: It has late-night driving limits and passenger restrictions
A Class D license carries late-night driving limits and restrictions on the number of young passengers. It converts to a full Class C license at age 18 with a clean record.
9. Under Georgia's Graduated Driver License program, at what age can a teen get an instructional (learner's) permit?
Correct answer: 15
A teen may apply for an instructional permit at age 15 after passing the knowledge and vision tests.
10. After you move, how long does Georgia give you to report your new address to the Department of Driver Services?
Correct answer: Within 60 days
You must notify DDS of an address change within 60 days so your license and driving records stay current.
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