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Nebraska Car / Permit: Safe Driving Practices practice test
Following distance, scanning, blind spots, using your lights, and the habits that prevent crashes and keep you in control.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. How far ahead does Nebraska's defensive driving section tell you to take in the road situation?
Correct answer: Roughly 10 to 15 seconds ahead
The manual asks drivers to read the road roughly 10 to 15 seconds out in front of the vehicle.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 5G-1 Techniques
2. Nebraska names three kinds of driver distraction. What are they?
Correct answer: Visual, manual and cognitive
The manual sorts distractions into taking your eyes off the road, your hands off the wheel, and your mind off the driving.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 5E-1 Distracted Driving
3. Which behaviors does Nebraska give as examples of aggressive driving?
Correct answer: Tailgating, cutting others off, running red lights and refusing to yield
The manual lists following too closely, cutting other drivers off, running lights, and refusing to yield as behavior that frightens or offends others.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 5E-2 Aggressive Driving
4. How does Nebraska tell you to choose a speed for night driving?
Correct answer: Pick a speed that lets you stop within the lit area ahead
The manual says your speed should let you come to a stop inside the stretch of road your headlights light up.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 5B Driving at Night
5. How do you apply Nebraska's three-second rule for following distance?
Correct answer: Time yourself to a fixed object the vehicle ahead has just passed
You pick a fixed object the vehicle ahead passes, count the seconds until you reach the same place, and if you get there in under three you are too close.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 5G-1 Techniques
6. According to the studies Nebraska cites, how much does text messaging raise a driver's crash risk?
Correct answer: By about 23 times
The manual reports that texting multiplies the risk of a crash 23 times over.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 5E-1 Distracted Driving
7. How often should a Nebraska driver check what is happening behind the vehicle?
Correct answer: At least every 10 seconds
The manual asks for a look behind at least once every 10 seconds, and also when changing lanes, backing, slowing, or descending a steep hill.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 5G-1 Techniques
8. What is the recommended hand position for a Nebraska driver whose steering wheel contains an air bag?
Correct answer: Nine o'clock and three o'clock
The manual advises holding the wheel at the nine o'clock and three o'clock spots.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 2B Air Bags - Child Restraints and Seat Belts
9. Which of these is listed by Nebraska as a warning sign of driver fatigue?
Correct answer: Not remembering the last few miles you drove
Among the signs the manual names is being unable to recall the last stretch of road you covered.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 5F Drowsy or Fatigue Driving is Dangerous Driving
10. When must a Nebraska driver switch on the headlights?
Correct answer: From sunset until sunrise
The manual requires headlights between sunset and sunrise, and it makes clear that running on parking lights alone breaks the law.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 5B Driving at Night
11. Why does Nebraska say a hands-free phone still endangers a driver?
Correct answer: Because the conversation itself, not the handset, is what distracts
The manual explains that it is the conversation rather than the handset that creates the hazard, because the part of the brain handling moving visual information loses much of its capacity.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 5E-1 Distracted Driving
12. What does Nebraska say a driver should do with the three-second rule in rain or heavy traffic?
Correct answer: Add a second for each added difficulty
The manual calls three seconds the bare minimum and asks you to add another second for each hardship you meet.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 5G-1 Techniques
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