Alabama Motorcycle Permit Practice Test

ALEA doesn't publish the number of questions or the passing score for the Class M knowledge test. Our practice exam uses 30 questions with 24 to pass (80%).

The Alabama Motorcycle Operator Manual (18th edition, October 2024): the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's rider text with Alabama's license requirements and riding laws, plus the three-wheel supplement, hand signals and the T-CLOCS checklist.

You need 24 of the 30 questions right (80%). Always confirm the current test with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Driver License Division. Compare every state →

You can miss up to 6 of the 30 questions: you need 24 right (80%) to pass.

16 for a Class M license covering any motorcycle. From 14 you can get a restricted license for motor-driven cycles only (5 horsepower or less), valid four years and carrying restriction B until you move up to the motorcycle class at 16. Alabama Motorcycle Operator Manual p. 3

Alabama treats a moped as a motor-driven cycle: up to 5 brake horsepower and 150 cc, weighing under 200 pounds, or a bicycle with a motor attached. ALEA issues a motor-driven cycle license to 14- and 15-year-olds; 15-year-olds must also show proof of school enrollment or graduation.

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Driver License Division lists the current fees for the motorcycle permit, tests and license on its official fee page.

No. An Alabama Class M license covers motorcycles only, so you need a license class for cars as well (Class D for a private passenger car) before you drive one. Like the other Alabama licenses, Class M is issued for four years.

Yes, but each comes with its own knowledge exam. The motor-driven cycle test is drawn from the Alabama Motorcycle Manual and the learner's license test from the Alabama Driver Manual, so a teen who wants both has to pass both tests.

A certified U.S. birth certificate (photocopies aren't accepted), or an Alabama non-driver ID or vessel license instead, plus a Social Security card and two proofs of your home address. Bring a third ID if the others have no photo; at 15 you also need proof of school enrollment or graduation.

Yes. Alabama law counts any motor vehicle with a seat or saddle for the rider that runs on no more than three wheels as a motorcycle, tractors aside. A trike therefore needs the same Class M license as a two-wheeler.

Not if your out-of-state license has been expired for one year or less: ALEA transfers it without a driver exam. Transfers are done at an ALEA office, and you must hand in every driver license you hold before Alabama issues yours.

Yes, as a non-resident aged 16 or older carrying a valid license from your home state or country. Military families stationed in Alabama and full-time students enrolled there may keep using their home license. Once you become a resident, you have 30 days to get an Alabama license.

You'll need an exam by a licensed eye specialist, whose report goes back to the driver license examiner. If it shows your sight is good enough to drive safely, you can finish the rest of the testing; if lenses are needed, your license will require them.

Yes, it can. Alabama law gives two routes to Class M: pass the written motorcycle test ALEA sets, or complete a Basic Rider Course or Basic Rider Course II through the Alabama Motorcycle Safety Program or the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.

Yes. Riders 17 and younger fall under the same graduated-license limits as new teen drivers: no riding between midnight and 6 a.m. unless an exception fits, such as going to or from work or a school or religious event. A second moving violation in that stage means an automatic 60-day suspension.

No. An autocycle has three wheels, a steering wheel, a roll cage, a belt for each seat and seats you don't straddle, so a regular driver's license is enough. It is titled and registered like a motorcycle, the driver must buckle up, and drivers 17 or younger follow the teen hour limits.