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Prince Edward Island · Permit test

PEI driver’s test for a Class 7 Instruction Permit

Your first licence in Prince Edward Island (PEI) is a Class 7 Instruction Driver’s Permit. To get it, you pass tests on the rules of the road and on road signs, plus a vision test. This first PEI driver’s test is about what’s in the PEI Driver’s Handbook. The behind-the-wheel road test comes later, at the end of Stage 1.

  • 16Youngest age you can apply
  • $20Fee for the permit test
  • 2 yearsHow long the permit is valid
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Updated November 2026 · Written from the PEI Driver’s Handbook

Key facts

At a glance

Where
At Access PEI, by appointment
Under 18
A parent or legal guardian signs a consent form
Study book
The PEI Driver’s Handbook
Run by
Highway Safety, Government of Prince Edward Island, through Access PEI

How it works

How the PEI driver’s test works

  1. Study the handbook first, then contact Access PEI to book an appointment. You bring your documents and fees to it, and write the test there.
  2. One part asks about traffic laws and safe driving. The other is a road sign recognition test.
  3. Highway Safety staff also test your vision. The handbook (Spring 2011) says this includes colour vision, distance judgment and field of vision. It adds that if you need glasses or contact lenses to meet the standard, your permit will say you must wear them to drive.
  4. Pass all three and pay for the permit itself, which has its own fee, the same amount as the test. You’re then in Stage 1 of the Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) program.
  5. In a certified driver education program, you write the permit test in class, but the vision test is done at Access PEI.

Topics

What’s on the test

Nine topics from the first four chapters of the handbook, with the rules the test draws on. The points under each come from the handbook. Where its licensing rules differ from Highway Safety’s web pages, we follow the web pages.

01

Your Driver’s Licence and the Tests

Who may apply for an Instruction Permit, the knowledge and vision tests, the Graduated Driver Licensing restrictions and licence classes.

Key points (3)
  • A licence lets you drive only the classes of vehicle shown on it, and you must follow any conditions on it, such as wearing corrective lenses.
  • If your field of vision is very narrow, you may be refused a licence until it’s corrected.
  • Anyone who drives your vehicle needs a valid licence, or a permit and a supervisor who has held a licence for at least four years.
02

Seat Belts and Child Seats

Who must buckle up, child restraints by age and weight, how a belt should fit, and air bags.

Key points (4)
  • Everyone 16 and older must wear a seat belt where one is available. The driver makes sure passengers under 16 are belted.
  • Infants from birth to 10 kg (22 lb) must travel rear-facing.
  • Booster seats are for children of 18 to 36 kg (40 to 80 lb) who are shorter than 145 cm or under 10.
  • Never put a rear-facing infant seat in a seat with an air bag.
03

Right of Way and Pedestrians

Stop signs and four-way stops, left turns, driveways, emergency vehicles, funeral processions and pedestrians.

Key points (4)
  • When two vehicles reach a three-way or four-way stop at about the same time, the one on the left yields to the one on the right.
  • Turning left, yield to oncoming vehicles and pedestrians close enough to cause a collision.
  • For an emergency vehicle sounding a siren or warning signal, clear the intersection, pull close to the right edge and stop until it passes.
  • Never pass a vehicle that has stopped for a pedestrian.
04

Traffic Signals and Pavement Markings

Green, amber, red and flashing lights, school signals, crosswalks and the lines painted on the road.

Key points (4)
  • A green light is a qualified permission: yield to vehicles lawfully in the intersection and to pedestrians in the crosswalk.
  • Entering an intersection on an amber light breaks the Highway Traffic Act unless you can’t stop safely.
  • Solid yellow lines mean passing isn’t safe. Broken yellow lines mean you may pass if there’s no oncoming traffic.
  • Stop lines, crosswalk lines and intersection arrows are always white.
05

Traffic Signs

Sign shapes and colours, and the regulatory, warning, construction and information signs in chapter 3.

Key points (4)
  • Stop signs are always eight-sided, yield signs triangular and speed limit signs vertical rectangles.
  • Red marks a move you mustn’t make, and green one you may.
  • Speed limits in construction zones apply at all times, even when no one is working.
  • Information signs are square and point to services such as gas, food and hospitals.
06

Speed, Following Distance and Passing

Basic speed limits, the time-interval method for following distance, signalling and the rules for passing.

Key points (4)
  • Unless a sign says otherwise, the limit is 50 km/h in urban areas and 60 km/h in a construction zone.
  • Follow at least three seconds behind in normal conditions, four when pulling a trailer, and a second or two more behind a motorcycle.
  • In the city, signal 30 metres before a turn or stop. On highways, signal at least 150 metres before.
  • Don’t pass in a school zone, or where a car has stopped for a pedestrian.
07

Turns, Roundabouts, School Buses and Parking

Turning and U-turns, roundabouts, school buses, trucks’ No-Zones and where you may not stop or park.

Key points (4)
  • Stop at least 6 metres from a school bus with its red lights flashing, and stay stopped until they stop.
  • In a roundabout, yield to traffic already in it and to pedestrians, and travel counterclockwise.
  • Don’t park within 2.5 metres of a fire hydrant, within 6 metres of a crosswalk approach, or within 12 metres of a stop sign or traffic signal.
  • When parallel parking, keep your wheels within 0.3 metres (12 inches) of the curb.
08

Night, Winter and Wet Roads

Headlights and high beams, winter driving and skids, rain, hydroplaning and poor visibility.

Key points (4)
  • Headlights go on from sunset to sunrise and when visibility is poor. Dim them within 150 metres of an oncoming vehicle, and within 60 metres of one you’re following.
  • Roads are especially slippery just after it begins to rain.
  • If you’re hydroplaning, take your foot off the accelerator and let the car slow down.
  • Stranded in winter? Stay with your vehicle, and open a window slightly while the engine runs.
09

Distractions and Impaired Driving

Driving distractions, the hand-held phone ban, drugs, alcohol and the penalties for impaired driving.

Key points (4)
  • It’s illegal to text, dial, chat, email or search on a hand-held device while driving. Hands-free use set off by a single touch is allowed.
  • Each of the three Graduated Driver Licensing stages requires a blood alcohol content of zero.
  • The handbook says a driver who has been drinking, but isn’t drunk, reacts about 20% more slowly.
  • Mixing alcohol with other drugs, even a common tranquilizer, can add up to far more impairment than the drinks alone.

Road signs

Road signs from the handbook

Twelve signs from chapter 3 of the handbook, with what each one tells you. The chapter shows more, sorted into regulatory, warning, construction and information signs.

  • Red octagon with a white border and the word STOP in white.Stop: come to a complete stop
  • Downward-pointing triangle with a wide red border and white centre, no text.Yield: let traffic and pedestrians go first
  • White square with a black border holding a red circle crossed by a white horizontal bar.Do not enter
  • White square with a black U-shaped arrow inside a red circle with a red slash.No U-turn permitted
  • White square with a black left-turn arrow inside a red circle with a red slash.No left turn permitted
  • White vertical sign with a black island shape on the left and a black arrow curving around it to the right.Keep to the right of the traffic island
  • Five-sided fluorescent yellow-green sign with a black border and two black schoolchildren walking.School zone
  • Yellow diamond: an arrow pointing up above the front of a school bus with a child on each side.School bus stop ahead
  • Yellow diamond with a black arrow pointing up above a red stop-sign octagon.Stop sign ahead
  • Yellow diamond with a black traffic-signal housing showing red, yellow and green lights.Traffic signal lights ahead
  • Yellow diamond with a black car and two wavy skid marks behind it.Slippery when wet
  • Fluorescent orange triangle with a dark red reflective border.Slow-moving vehicle, 40 km/h or less

Free practice test

20 practice questions from the PEI Driver’s Handbook

Seven of these 20 questions show a road sign or signal light, and the rest test the rules in the PEI Driver’s Handbook. Highway Safety doesn’t publish a pass mark for the real test, so 15 of 20 is our own target. After each answer, the tutor can explain it another way.

Question 1 of 20

You hold a Class 7 Instruction Permit. Who must sit in the seat beside you when you drive?

20 practice questions we wrote from the PEI Driver’s Handbook.

Test day

What to bring to your Access PEI appointment

  • Valid ID, such as a birth certificate, passport or immigration papers (a Canadian Immigration Identification Record of Entry)
  • Two documents with your name and PEI address, such as utility bills, a lease, a pay stub, bank documents or government mail
  • If you’re under 18, the parent or guardian consent form from the Co-Pilot brochure, signed
  • The fees for the test and the permit

Before you go

  1. Read the whole handbook, signs chapter included.
  2. Check that both proofs of address show your name and a PEI address before you book.
Book your test with Access PEIHighway Safety’s page on the Instruction Driver’s Permit, with the documents and the road test steps.

Study options

Where to study

The handbook is the study book Highway Safety names for this test. The driving schools page lists the schools licensed to teach driver education, and what a course changes on the way to a licence.

OptionPriceFree to useLinks
Official sources
Government of Prince Edward Island: PEI Driver’s HandbookOfficial · PDFThe study book for the Class 7 tests, from Highway Safety. It also comes in Arabic, Chinese and French.
Free download, or $20 printedThe whole handbook
Download the handbook ↗
Highway Safety: Novice Driver CourseOfficial · courseFor permit holders who aren’t in a driver education program. You need it before the road test.
$100No
See who needs the course ↗
Highway Safety: Licensed Driver Training SchoolsOfficial · listTable A names the schools licensed to teach driver education for graduated licensing; Table B, the commercial truck programs.
Each school sets its ownThe list
See the school list ↗

Prices and ratings checked November 2026.

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FAQ

Common questions

How many questions are on the PEI driver’s test?

Highway Safety doesn’t publish the number of questions or a pass mark. The handbook says the test covers traffic laws, safe driving practices and standard road signs, and that you’ll find all of it in the handbook.

What happens if you fail the permit test?

You wait at least seven days before you write it again. There’s no extra fee for the rewrite.

Can you take the test orally?

The handbook says that if you can’t read and understand the written test, you may ask for an oral test, on the same rules and signs.

Is the Class 7 permit the same as a beginner’s permit?

Yes. Highway Safety calls it the Instruction Driver’s Permit, or Class 7 licence, and says it’s sometimes called a beginner’s permit. The handbook also calls it a Stage 1 licence.

Can you drive alone once you pass?

No. In Stage 1 you drive with a supervisor beside you, and other limits apply. The driver’s licence page sets them out.

All 20 practice questions with answersA printable list of the practice test above

  1. You hold a Class 7 Instruction Permit. Who must sit in the seat beside you when you drive?

    A driver licensed for at least four years Your supervisor must have held a valid driver’s licence for at least four years. They sit in the front seat whenever you drive, and their blood alcohol content must be under .05.

  2. You’re 17 and in Stage 1. When are you not allowed to drive at all?

    Between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. Stage 1 drivers under 21 may not drive between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. At other times you can drive, as long as your supervisor is beside you and you follow the other Stage 1 rules.

  3. In Stage 1, who may ride in the car with you?

    Your supervisor and their immediate family Only the driving supervisor and that person’s immediate family are allowed in the vehicle in Stage 1. A passenger from outside the family comes later, in Stage 2.

  4. What blood alcohol content may you have while driving on a Stage 1 permit?

    Zero, every time you drive A driver in Stage 1 must have a blood alcohol content of zero. The .05 figure is the limit for your supervisor, who can’t have a blood alcohol content of .05 or more.

  5. Two cars reach a four-way stop at about the same time, from different directions. Which one goes first?

    The car on the right When two or more vehicles enter a three-way or four-way stop from different directions at about the same time, the vehicle on the left yields to the vehicle on the right. Both cars make a full stop first.

  6. An ambulance with its siren on comes toward you as you near an intersection. What should you do?

    Clear the intersection, then pull right and stop You yield to an emergency vehicle by moving clear of the intersection, driving as close as you can to the right-hand curb or edge, and stopping. Stay stopped until it has passed.

  7. A car ahead of you has stopped at a crosswalk to let a pedestrian cross. What should you do?

    Stop too, and don’t pass it The law says that when a vehicle has stopped for a pedestrian, a driver coming from behind must not pass it. The stopped driver has a clearer view of the crosswalk than you do.

  8. Traffic-signal head with the red light lit and short rays showing it is flashing.

    You come to an intersection with this signal. What must you do?

    Stop fully, then go when it’s safe A flashing red light means you must bring your vehicle to a complete stop, and go only when it’s safe. Pedestrians may cross with caution, and they have the right of way over vehicles.

  9. Traffic-signal head with the yellow light lit and rays showing it is flashing.

    What does this signal tell you to do?

    Slow down and be prepared to stop A flashing amber light means caution: slow down and be prepared to stop. At an intersection you also yield to any pedestrians in the crosswalks.

  10. Your 14-year-old cousin is riding in your car. Who must make sure they wear a seat belt?

    You, as the driver of the car The driver is responsible for making sure every passenger under 16 is wearing a seat belt, where a seat with one is available. Everyone 16 and older must wear one too.

  11. You’re stopped at a red light and want to turn right. No sign forbids it. What may you do?

    Turn after a full stop, yielding first A right turn is permitted on a red light after a complete stop, unless a sign prohibits it. You must yield to pedestrians and other traffic in or approaching the intersection.

  12. Downward-pointing triangle with a wide red border and white centre, no text.

    What must you do when you come to this sign?

    Slow down, yield, and stop if needed At this sign you slow down, look left, right and ahead, and yield to traffic and pedestrians. You stop when you need to, to avoid them.

  13. White vertical sign with a black island shape on the left and a black arrow curving around it to the right.

    What does this sign tell you?

    Keep to the right of the island This sign means the road is divided by an island, and approaching vehicles must keep to the right of it. Passing on its left would put you on the wrong side of the road.

  14. Yellow diamond: an arrow pointing up above the front of a school bus with a child on each side.

    What does this sign warn you about?

    A school bus stop ahead This sign warns of a school bus stop ahead. Be ready for a bus that slows or stops, and for children near the road.

  15. Fluorescent orange triangle with a dark red reflective border.

    You see this sign on the back of a vehicle ahead. What does it tell you?

    It can’t go faster than 40 km/h This sign goes on the back of every farm tractor and any vehicle that can’t keep up a speed over 40 km/h. Expect to slow down, and pass only when it’s safe.

  16. Yellow diamond: a black median shape at the top with an up arrow curving right and a down arrow on the left.

    What does this sign tell you?

    A divided highway begins This warning sign means a divided highway is ahead. Get ready for the road to split, and keep to the right.

  17. In normal conditions, how far behind the vehicle ahead should you follow?

    At least three seconds The handbook’s time-interval method says to follow at least three seconds behind in normal conditions. Allow more when you pull a trailer, follow a motorcycle, or drive in bad weather.

  18. A school bus ahead of you has stopped with its red lights flashing. What must you do?

    Stop, and wait until the red lights stop You must stop for a school bus with its red lights flashing, whether you’re behind it or coming toward it. Stay stopped until the red lights stop flashing, because passing it then is illegal.

  19. In a single-lane roundabout, you’re going straight through. How do you signal?

    No signal to enter; signal right to exit Vehicles going straight must not signal before entering a roundabout. They should signal right before exiting.

  20. Your car starts to skid because you braked too hard. What should you do?

    Ease off the brakes and steer into the skid If a skid is caused by slamming on the brakes, ease off the brakes and steer in the direction the rear end is skidding. Don’t oversteer.

Sources: Government of Prince Edward Island and 4 more. Checked November 2026.

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

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