Arkansas Car / Permit: Traffic Laws Practice Test

Question 1

What does the Arkansas distracted driving law say about drivers under eighteen?

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They may not use a cell phone at all, hands-free equipment included — The guide draws the strictest line at the youngest drivers: for them the ban covers hands-free gear as well as hand-held phones, apart from an emergency.

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They may use a hands-free device but not a hand-held one

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They may use a phone for navigation only

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They may use a phone once they hold an intermediate license

Question 2

A flagger is directing traffic through a work zone. How do the flagger's signals rank against the other traffic controls there?

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They take priority over the signals and devices already in place — The guide says flaggers are legally authorised to direct traffic through work zones and that their instructions override the other devices.

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They apply only to trucks and buses

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They may be disregarded once a green light shows

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They are advice rather than a binding instruction

Question 3

In Arkansas, driving after dark with only the parking lights lit is

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unlawful, since parking lights belong on a stopped car — The guide says parking lights exist for parked cars and that driving on them alone breaks Arkansas law.

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permitted on well-lit city streets

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permitted while following another vehicle

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permitted whenever fog is present

Question 4

Arkansas requires suitable safety restraints for every child below which age while the vehicle is moving?

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Fifteen — The guide sets the restraint requirement for all children under fifteen, a wider group than the seat rule that covers the smallest passengers.

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Ten

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Twelve

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Eighteen

Question 5

On a multilane highway you come upon a police car stopped on the shoulder with its lights on. Arkansas law tells you to

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shift, whenever it can be done safely, into the lane furthest from the stopped vehicle — The Move Over rule protects the officer and everyone involved in the stop from traffic passing too near the edge of the road, so drivers vacate the adjacent lane.

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hold your lane and speed so the traffic flow is not upset

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stop until the officer waves you past

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switch on your own hazard lights and carry on

Question 6

Arkansas bars a person from smoking tobacco in a vehicle whenever a passenger is younger than

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fourteen — The secondhand smoke statute quoted in the guide forbids knowingly smoking tobacco in any vehicle carrying a child below that age.

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eight

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sixteen

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eighteen

Question 7

Arkansas Code limits travel in the left lane of a multilane highway. Which situation does NOT allow a driver to stay there?

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Cruising at the limit because that lane has the smoothest surface — The statute reprinted in the guide lists overtaking, closed or unusable lanes, and a left-side exit as the only reasons to occupy that lane.

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Overtaking a vehicle heading the same way

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Getting ready to leave the highway by an exit on the left

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Finding every other same-direction lane closed for repairs

Question 8

Drivers traveling the opposite way are excused from stopping for a school bus only when a median separates them that is at least how wide?

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Twenty feet — The guide gives that width as the cut-off; below it every lane in both directions has to stop for the bus.

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Ten feet

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Fifteen feet

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Thirty feet

Question 9

Arkansas ties headlight use to another piece of equipment. Headlights must be switched on whenever

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the windshield wipers are running — The guide states plainly that state law pairs the wipers with the headlights, so rain heavy enough for the blades is rain heavy enough for lights.

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the defroster is running

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the radio antenna is raised

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a trailer is being towed

Question 10

A child who has not reached age six and weighs under sixty pounds must ride

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secured in a child passenger safety seat fastened to the vehicle — The Child Passenger Protection Act sets both an age and a weight threshold, and a youngster under either one belongs in a properly anchored safety seat.

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in the front seat wearing a lap belt

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on an adult's lap in the rear seat

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with only a shoulder belt across the chest

Question 11

Arkansas calls backing up in a travel lane both unsafe and unlawful. What should a driver do after missing a turn?

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Carry on until a place to turn around safely comes up — Because reversing in a travel lane is illegal, the guide tells a driver who misses an exit or turn to keep going to a safe turnaround instead.

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Reverse slowly with the hazard lights flashing

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Wait for a gap in traffic and then reverse

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Reverse along the shoulder back to the turn

Question 12

Which statement matches Arkansas rules on messaging behind the wheel?

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Sending text messages is barred for drivers of every age — The guide draws age lines for phone calls but not for texting: written messages are off limits no matter how old the driver is.

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Texting is allowed once a driver turns twenty-one

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Texting is allowed while stopped at a red light

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Texting is allowed at any age if the phone dictates the message

Arkansas Car / Permit: Traffic Laws practice test

Study questions with answers

1. What does the Arkansas distracted driving law say about drivers under eighteen?

2. A flagger is directing traffic through a work zone. How do the flagger's signals rank against the other traffic controls there?

3. In Arkansas, driving after dark with only the parking lights lit is

4. Arkansas requires suitable safety restraints for every child below which age while the vehicle is moving?

5. On a multilane highway you come upon a police car stopped on the shoulder with its lights on. Arkansas law tells you to

6. Arkansas bars a person from smoking tobacco in a vehicle whenever a passenger is younger than

7. Arkansas Code limits travel in the left lane of a multilane highway. Which situation does NOT allow a driver to stay there?

8. Drivers traveling the opposite way are excused from stopping for a school bus only when a median separates them that is at least how wide?

9. Arkansas ties headlight use to another piece of equipment. Headlights must be switched on whenever

10. A child who has not reached age six and weighs under sixty pounds must ride

11. Arkansas calls backing up in a travel lane both unsafe and unlawful. What should a driver do after missing a turn?

12. Which statement matches Arkansas rules on messaging behind the wheel?

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