NL Driver’s Handbook 2026: The Free PDF, Chapter by Chapter

Where can you get the NL driver’s handbook?

Download it from Motor Registration’s Driver’s Handbook page, which says the copy is free. The licence application steps link the same PDF, and so do the road test pages, for what counts as a vehicle in good working condition.

What each chapter covers

Here’s what’s in each chapter, with the page it starts on:

Licensing and Registration, page 1: licence classes, graduated licensing, the written and road tests, and renewing your licence
Road Safety, page 27: seatbelts, speeding, impaired and distracted driving, fatigue, vehicle care and emergencies
Traffic Signs and Pavement Markings, page 64: sign shapes and colours, traffic lights and road markings
Rules of the Road, page 81: right of way, turns, lanes, parking, following distance and sharing the road
Motorcycle Safety, page 136: riding skills and the motorcycle balance test
Information for Commercial Drivers, page 155: the commercial licence classes, the commercial road test and the National Safety Code

The handbook says the Class 5 test covers the three subjects on the overview “and more”, so read beyond the signs.

See the road signs →

Where the handbook and the web pages differ

Proof of identity is set out differently. The handbook sorts ID into primary and secondary documents. Motor Registration’s Identification Documentation page uses its own test instead, and that’s the page the licence application steps link to, so go by it. The overview’s list of what to bring follows that page.