To earn your School Permit or Provisional Operators Permit and eventually the Nebraska Operators License, everyone regardless of age must pass a written test on traffic laws and signs. 70% of test-takers fail on their first try and end up returning to the DMV.

A proven way to increase your chances of passing your learners permit written test is with up-to-date, online Nebraska DMV practice permit tests. Randomly generated questions test your driving knowledge and prepare you for the real deal.

Fifty online practice permit tests come free with our online Nebraska drivers safety course.

When you're ready, apply for one of the four Nebraska state driving permits at your local DMV office.

Nebraska has four types of permits that allow you to practice driving before getting a full unrestricted drivers license:

1. School Learners Permit (LPE) – An LPE lets you practice driving in order to earn a School Permit. To apply for an LPE, you must be eligible for a School Permit. You must be between 14 to 16 years old to apply for an LPE.
   
   The LPE is valid for three months and may be renewed. LPE holders must be accompanied by a licensed driver who is at least 21 years old. Applicants must pass the vision and written tests to earn an LPE.
   
   
2. School Permit (SCP) – An SCP can be issued if you live a distance of one and a half miles or more from your school and reside either outside a city of 5,000 or more or attend a school outside a city of 5,000 or more.
   
   Before you can apply for a SCP, you must do one of the following: 1) complete a DMV-approved drivers safety course or 2) present to the drivers license examiner a 50 Hour Certification form signed by a parent, guardian or licensed driver who is at least 21 years old.
   
   Applicants must pass the written and driving tests to earn an SCP. You can waive the required written and driving tests if you complete a DMV-approved drivers safety course and receive a waiver from the course instructor.
   
   You must hold an LPE for at least two months and be between 14 years and 2 months and 16 years and 3 months before you can apply for an SCP.
   
   With an SCP, you may operate a car: 1) unsupervised between home and school (including to scheduled classes and extracurricular or school-related activities), traveling only by the most direct route, transporting only yourself or family member who resides with you; or 2) any time when accompanied by a licensed driver who is at least 21 years old.
   
   
3. Learners Permit (LPD) – You can apply and take the written test 60 days prior to your 15th birthday. However, the LPD cannot be issued until you turn 15.
   
   LPD holders must be accompanied by a licensed driver who is at least 21 years old. You must pass the vision and written tests to earn an LPD. The LPD is valid for one year and may be renewed.



4. Provisional Operators Permit (POP) – You can apply and take the written test 60 days prior to your 16th birthday. However, the POP cannot be issued until you turn 16.
   
   Before you can apply for a POP, you must do one of the following: 1) complete a DMV-approved drivers safety course or 2) present to the drivers license examiner a 50 Hour Certification form signed by a parent, guardian, or licensed driver who is at least 21 years old.


Applicants must pass the written and driving tests to earn a POP. You can waive the required written and driving tests if you complete a DMV-approved drivers safety course and receive a waiver from the course instructor.

You must hold an LPD for at least six months and not accumulate three or more points on your driving record during the six month period immediately preceding the POP application date.

POP holders may drive unsupervised between 6 a.m. and midnight. When accompanied by a licensed driver who is at least 21, the POP holder may drive at any time.

1. Waive the DMV-required 50 hours of supervised driving.
2. Waive the written and driving test required for your School Permit or your Provisional Operators Permit. Instead the student takes these tests as part of the drivers safety course, which means less time waiting because you'll only have to take a vision test at the DMV!
   
   With quality drivers education, you can:
   

• Learn the most up-to-date driving techniques and essential safe driving skills.
• Qualify for up to 10% off your auto insurance. Speak to your insurance agent for details.
• Gain behind-the-wheel experience with a licensed, experienced driving instructor.
  

Apply for the Nebraska drivers license at a DMV location near you.

To be eligible for the Nebraska drivers license / operators license, you must:

1. Be at least 17 years old.
2. Have held a Provisional Operators Permit (POP) for at least twelve months and not accumulated three or more points on your driving record.
3. Present proof of age and identity. See the Nebraska Drivers Manual.
4. Have a Social Security number or valid U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services I-94 or I-94A document (in a valid foreign passport).
5. If you are under 18, do one of the following:
   • Successfully complete a DMV-approved drivers safety course, or
   • Present a 50-hour certification form signed by a parent, guardian or licensed driver who is at least 21.
     
6. Even if you have taken an approved drivers safety course, you must still pass a vision test. However, the written and drive tests are not required if you present a waiver form signed by the drivers safety course instructor.
7. If you are presenting a 50-hour certification form, you must pass the vision and driving tests. However, the written test will be waived if you have been issued a School Learners Permit (LPE) after January 1, 2006 or surrender a Learners Permit (LPD) that is valid or expired no more than one year.
8. If you have been issued a School Permit (SCP), you must pass a vision test. However, the written and driving tests will be waived as long as permit is valid or expired no more than one year. If you have a SCP issued before January 1, 2006, you will also need either:
1. A waiver form signed by a DMV-approved safety course instructor, or
2. A 50-hour certification form.
   
9. If you have not been issued a Learners Permit or if the permit has been expired for more than one year, you must pass a written test and a driving test at the DMV.
   
10. If you are 18 or older applying for a first time license and you have never held a POP, you must pass the vision, written, and driving tests. Individuals surrendering a valid or expired (no more than one year prior to surrender) Nebraska Learners Permit (LPD) will have the written test waived.
11. Pay the applicable fee.

• You can drive unsupervised in Nebraska from 6 a.m. to 12 midnight. You may only drive unsupervised between 12 midnight and 6 a.m. if driving to or from home to work or a school activity.
• You may drive anytime if you are accompanied by a parent, guardian or licensed driver who is at least 21.
• You must hold your POP for at least 12 months and have not accumulated three or more points on your driving record during the previous 12 month period, and be at least 16 years old before you can apply for your Operators Permit.
• During the first six months of the POP, you cannot drive more than one passenger who is not an immediate family member and who is under 19 years old.