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Safe Driving Practices
Following distance, scanning, blind spots, using your lights, and the habits that prevent crashes and keep you in control.
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Study questions with answers
12 sample Safe Driving Practices questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.
1. Which of the following is an example of aggressive driving?
Correct answer: Following another vehicle too closely
Behaviors counted as aggressive driving include going too fast, tailgating, changing lanes unsafely, signaling improperly, and disregarding signals and warning signs.
Source: Section 3: Be Alert — Aggressive Driving
2. Where should your hands be placed on the steering wheel for good control?
Correct answer: About the 4 and 8 o'clock spots
Grip the rim with both hands set across from each other, roughly where 4 and 8 would sit on a clock, for control and airbag clearance.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Steering
3. You come upon a roadway covered by a large area of standing water. What should you do?
Correct answer: Turn around and find another route
Never attempt to cross a wide stretch of standing water; when a road ahead is flooded, choose a different way around instead.
Source: Section 8: Safe Driving Tips — Speed Management (Flooded Roadways)
4. When should you begin reducing your speed on a road that is starting to get wet or icy?
Correct answer: At the first sign of rain, snow, or ice
Ease off the gas as soon as you notice rain, snow, sleet, or ice; wet or frozen surfaces cut your traction and lengthen how far you need to stop.
Source: Section 8: Safe Driving Tips — Speed Management (Slippery Roads)
5. Before you get into your vehicle to back up, what should you do?
Correct answer: Walk around and check the area behind the vehicle
Walk around and inspect the area to the rear before climbing in, since small kids and low objects stay hidden from where you sit.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Backing Up
6. If your vehicle begins to skid, what is the correct response?
Correct answer: Ease off the gas and steer in the direction of the skid
As a skid starts, lift off the gas and steer toward the way the rear is sliding; braking during a skid is exactly what you must not do.
Source: Section 7: Special Driving Situations — Winter Driving
7. How does fatigue affect a driver?
Correct answer: It can impair vision and slow reaction time
Being fatigued means your body or mind is worn out, which can blur what you see and make you slower to react.
Source: Section 3: Be Alert — Fatigue
8. When may you use your high beam headlights at night?
Correct answer: Whenever there are no oncoming vehicles
Switch to high beams only when no cars are coming toward you; state law says you must lower them as other traffic nears.
Source: Section 7: Special Driving Situations — Night Driving
9. At night, an oncoming vehicle's bright headlights are about to blind you. Where should you direct your eyes?
Correct answer: Toward the right edge of the road
If a car coming the other way has blinding headlights, shift your gaze to the road's right edge until it passes.
Source: Section 7: Special Driving Situations — Night Driving
10. When fog rolls in, which setting of your headlights is the right choice?
Correct answer: Low beam headlights
In fog, use low beam headlights rather than high beams, because high beams reflect off the fog and reduce visibility.
Source: Section 7: Special Driving Situations — Driving in Fog
11. Ideally, how far ahead of your vehicle should you be looking as you drive?
Correct answer: About 20 to 30 seconds ahead
A good visual search means looking at what is happening 20 to 30 seconds down your planned path of travel, giving you time to spot problems early.
Source: Section 8: Safe Driving Tips — Visual Search (Look Ahead)
12. In winter, which parts of the roadway tend to freeze before the rest?
Correct answer: Bridges, overpasses, and shaded areas
On a highway, the surfaces that freeze soonest are bridges, overpasses, and areas kept in shade, so slow down near them.
Source: Section 7: Special Driving Situations — Winter Driving