Mineral Wells, Texas Online Driver's Ed

Eligible families follow current PTDE requirements.

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Block-method students complete all 24 classroom hours before obtaining the learner license.

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Applicable first-time applicants ages 18 through 24 generally complete the separate adult course.

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Important roads include:

• US 180
• US 281
• SH 337
• FM 1821
• FM 1195
• Local commercial streets

The 2026 Unified Transportation Program includes major US 180 passing-lane projects in Palo Pinto County.

One project near Mineral Wells extends from east of Ross Watson Road to Southwest 12th Avenue and carries an estimated construction cost of approximately $44.6 million with an FY 2026-2029 letting range.

Students should understand that a passing lane:

• Exists only for a limited distance
• Eventually merges back
• Requires early attention to lane-ending signs
• Can create speed differences among vehicles

When a passing lane ends:

• Maintain predictable speed
• Read signs early
• Allow traffic to merge
• Do not accelerate to block another driver

US 180 is one of Palo Pinto County's most important east-west routes.

Students should practice:

• Higher-speed traffic
• Truck spacing
• Rural intersections
• Speed transitions
• Passing-lane awareness
• City-to-rural driving

US 281 is another major regional route.

Students should practice:

• Highway-speed control
• Commercial-truck awareness
• Rural intersection judgment
• Passing decisions
• I-20 progression

The source identifies future widening:

• Erath County line to I-20
• I-20 to Dobbs Valley Road

with FY 2030-2035 letting ranges.

These are future projects.

SH 337 provides:

• Two-lane highway experience
• Curves
• Changing elevation
• Rural intersections
• Travel toward Graford and western county roads

Students should watch for:

• Turning vehicles
• Delivery trucks
• Commercial driveways
• Brake lights several vehicles ahead

Students should:

• Slow before curves
• Look through the turn
• Maintain lane position
• Avoid passing when sight distance is limited
• Adjust speed before downhill sections

Later-stage students can progress toward:

• Frontage roads
• Interstate ramps
• Multiple-lane freeway traffic
• Regional freight trucks

Texas DPS lists Mineral Wells as an active driver-license testing location.

DPS facilities records identify:

600 N. FM 1821 Mineral Wells, TX

as the Mineral Wells Sub-District Office, not explicitly as the Driver License Office.

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