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South Australian road rules: where to learn them for your L’s

Start with The Driver’s Handbook, the Government of South Australia’s free guide. It explains the South Australian road rules the learner’s test asks about, and you can read it online or buy a printed copy. If you take the myLs course instead, it teaches the same content.

  • FreeThe handbook as a PDF ($10 printed)
  • 14Questions per official practice test
  • Pages 42 to 107The road rules part of the handbook
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Updated November 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

Official study materials

OptionPriceFree to useLinks
Official and free
The Driver’s HandbookOfficial handbookThe Government of South Australia’s book on road safety, road rules, licences and registration, February 2026 edition. Printed copies are sold at Service SA centres and some newsagents.
Free PDF, or $10 printedThe full handbook as a PDF
Download the handbook ↗
myLsOfficial online courseThe online course with the learner’s test built in. You enrol in person at a Service SA centre, then study and sit the test online.
$44, paid once when you enrolRetries of the test for 12 months
See the myLs steps ↗
Practice Learner’s Theory TestOfficial practice testOn My Licence. Its questions come at random from the real test, give-way questions included.
FreeUnlimited goes
Try the practice test ↗
The Driving CompanionOfficial learner’s guideYour log book, the competency tasks and the steps to your P’s. You need it once you have your L’s.
$5 printed, or a free PDFThe PDF version
Read about the Companion ↗

Prices and ratings checked November 2026.

Where can you learn the South Australian road rules?

The handbook has four parts: road safety, the road rules, drivers and licensing, and vehicles and registration. The road rules part, pages 42 to 107, covers:

  • Speed limits and driving on the road
  • Signs, driving signals and traffic lights
  • Crossings and giving way
  • Roundabouts, freeways and expressways
  • Towing, night driving and motor bikes
  • Bicycle riders, parking and mobile phones

The handbook says it’s a plain-English overview, not a precise reading of the law, and that its diagrams aren’t to scale. It’s published under a Creative Commons licence.

Studying with myLs

myLs is an online course with the learner’s test as its final stage. My Licence says the handbook’s content is covered in it and the test questions come from that content, so you don’t need to study the handbook as well.

See how myLs works →

A study plan for the test at Service SA

Each attempt at a centre costs a fee, so it pays to be ready before you book. You could work through it like this:

  1. Read the road safety section first. My Licence picks it out as the part to read.
  2. Learn the giving way pages until you can explain each example, because Part A needs every diagram right.
  3. Go through speed limits, signs, traffic lights, crossings and parking.
  4. Take the official practice test, 14 random questions a go, until you pass it a few times in a row, then book.
Learn the give way rules →Take the practice test →

Once you have your L’s

You’ll use The Driving Companion, which holds your log book and the competency tasks for your P’s.

Anyone who charges you for driving lessons must hold a driving instructor’s licence. The handbook also suggests checking that the instructor has professional indemnity and public liability insurance.

See the L plate rules →
Sources: Government of South Australia · My Licence and 2 more. Checked November 2026.

Rules and fees can change, so check the official site before your test.

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