US Permit Test — Safe Driving, Alcohol & Drugs flashcards
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Speed and stopping distance, following space, night and bad-weather driving, skids, blind spots, sharing the road, emergencies, distraction and fatigue, alcohol and drug impairment, seat belts and airbags, work zones; national rules only; state limits live in the state decks.
Practice deck · part of US driver's permit test — national core · written against: Signs per the FHWA MUTCD 11th Edition with Revision 1 (December 2025), whose figures for these signs are unchanged from December 2023; rules of the road common to every state handbook, cross-checked against the California (2025), Texas (January 2026) and Florida (08/2023) handbooks; figures that vary by state are left to the state folders. Updated 2026-10-10.
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The posted limit is 65 mph, but heavy rain has cut visibility. What does the basic speed rule require?
A) Drive slower than the limit
B) Hold the posted 65 mph
C) Go no more than 5 mph under
D) Match the fastest car nearbyA) Drive slower than the limitSpeed & Stopping Distance
A posted limit is a ceiling for good conditions, never a target: when conditions call for it, as here, you must drive slower, at a speed that is safe for the road, weather and traffic. -
You are driving in dense fog. Which headlights should you use?
A) High beams
B) Parking lights only
C) Hazard flashers only
D) Low beamsVisibility & Night
D) Low beams
High beams bounce off the water droplets straight back at you, so low beams actually let you see more of the road. -
What does it mean to 'look well ahead' while driving?
A) Watch only the car directly in front of you
B) Keep your eyes fixed on the center line
C) Glance down at the odometer frequently
D) Scan far down the road for troubleScanning Mirrors & Blind Spots
D) Scan far down the road for trouble
Scanning far enough down the road to spot trouble early turns an emergency stop into a gentle slowdown or a lane change. -
Why is texting among the most dangerous distractions?
A) It takes only your hands off the wheel
B) It takes your eyes, hands and mind at once
C) It affects only your driving on highways
D) It lasts much longer than other distractionsDistraction & Fatigue
B) It takes your eyes, hands and mind at once
Most distractions take your eyes, hands or mind off driving; texting takes all three at once. -
Can an over-the-counter medicine lead to a DUI charge?
A) No, only illegal drugs count
B) No, only prescriptions count
C) Yes, if it impairs your driving
D) Only if combined with alcoholDrugs & Medicines
C) Yes, if it impairs your driving
Cold remedies and allergy pills can cause drowsiness, and the law looks at impairment, not where the drug came from. -
What does roadside signage in this color signal?
A) A school zone
B) A hospital zone
C) A work zone ahead
D) A railroad crossingWork Zones & Other Hazards
C) A work zone ahead
Orange is reserved for temporary traffic control, so expect workers, lane shifts and sudden stops.
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Review status: Second-reader reviewed, with corrections applied.
Checked against:
- Checked against the safe-driving and impaired-driving chapters shared by the California Driver's Handbook (2025 online edition), the Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7, revised January 2026) and the Official Florida Driver License Handbook (rev. 08/2023); wording is original.
- Pictures (the folder's media/): road scenes, dashboard lights, gear selectors and occupant figures drawn by tools/diagrams/us_permit_test_core.py; the chart of effects by blood alcohol follows NHTSA's “The ABCs of BAC” (DOT HS 809 844), the standard drinks follow NIAAA's definition, and the medicine label quotes the Drug Facts warning of a diphenhydramine allergy product (DailyMed); the signs and the flagger are drawn after the MUTCD 11th Edition's figures by tools/draw_signs.mjs, to the FHWA Standard Highway Signs (public domain; mutcd-ts 0.2.5 vector sign data, MIT license; see media/sources.json).
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