Once you get a West Virginia driver’s license, you’ll be able to drive yourself to work in the coal mining, chemical, healthcare, or manufacturing sectors. Or take in the vistas along the Highland Scenic Highway or the New River Gorge Scenic Drive. You’ll have the freedom to go wherever you wish.
But what if you fail the knowledge test for an instruction permit? Then, compared with the freedom of a driver’s license, you’ll be effectively grounded. You won’t even be able to practice supervised driving. You’ll have to depend on others to drive you around when they can.
Some aspiring drivers think that to pass the permit test, all they have to do is read the official driver’s manual (West Virginia DMV Handbook (WV Driver's Manual) 2026) a few times shortly before the exam. But many of them end up failing the test.
We’ve always known that failing the permit test is a real possibility without adequate test preparation. (Nationwide, as many as half the applicants who take the knowledge test fail it on their first attempt.) Therefore, we provided you with various interactive test preparation resources to help you learn and memorize all the information you need to pass the knowledge test.