Earning your North Carolina driver license can help you travel to places of uncommon beauty and diversity across our state. It also comes with the added responsibility of following the rules of the road to protect your fellow travelers.
You’ll be joining 7.5 million licensed drivers throughout the state. When you are behind the wheel, we count on you to drive safely and be mindful of other road users.
We all have a responsibility to drive carefully. By doing so, you can help reduce the 276,000 crashes and more than 1,700 fatalities on our highways each year.
This handbook was written to help prepare you for your driver license examination and to reinforce safe and defensive driving techniques. You can find the locations of North Carolina driver license offices and other helpful information on our website at MyNCDMV.gov.
Remember, always drive safely and obey the rules of the road. With your help, we can keep North Carolina’s roadways safe.