permit practice

Drivers are responsible for any littering from their vehicles. You are littering

• If you throw out trash or litter bags. But cigarettes are not considered

  litter

• If you throw out any cigarettes, trash, or litter bags.

• Only if you throw out more than 20 pounds of trash at one time.

When approached by an emergency vehicle using sirens and / or flashing lights,

• Drivers and bicyclists must pull over and stop for the emergency vehicle, but emergency vehicles must yield to pedestrians.

• Drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians in the roadway must move to

  the nearest edge of the road and stop, without blocking any

  intersection or driveway.

• Drivers must pull over and stop for the emergency vehicle, but emergency vehicles must yield to bicyclists and pedestrians.

You are driving on a highway, and your gas pedal gets jammed. You cannot

reduce engine power. You should keep your eyes on the road and

• Shift into neutral. Then turn off the ignition without locking the

  steering, and use your brakes to stop.

• Shift your vehicle into top gear. Then apply the parking brake as hard as you can.

• Put your vehicle in low gear. Then brake as hard as possible until the

  vehicle comes to a stop.

When you are driving on a rural road, if your right wheels run off the pavement, you should hold the steering wheel firmly and

• Push the gas pedal further, to get more power. Then steer back onto the paved surface of the road.

• Keep the gas pedal where it is, and steer back onto the paved surface of the road.

• Take your foot off the gas pedal. Then brake lightly until you are

  moving at low speed.

You are getting ready to drive your car. You must fasten your seat belt

• Only if you are 17 years of age or younger.

• With the lap belt around your stomach.

• With the lap belt snugly around your hips.

Any driver who is stopped by a law enforcement officer and found to have a breath or blood alcohol level of .08 or higher will, at the time of arrest,

• Have their motor vehicle insurance canceled by the State.

• Be assigned to 50 hours of community service.

• Have their driving privilege suspended.

You have a pick-up truck and want to haul a load of trash or garbage in the back. You must

• Use a close-fitting cover over the load to prevent anything from

  falling or blowing onto the roadway

• Have extra insurance to cover the risk of something falling off your truck

  onto the roadway.

• Get a trash-hauling permit from your local police or county Sheriff’s office.

You are driving on a multi-lane road, and you are feeling thirsty;

• It is okay to drink any kind of drink while driving, as long as you always have one hand on the steering wheel.

• It’s okay to drink bottled drinks while driving, but you should not drink from cups even if they have lids.

• It is recommended that you stop and have something to drink.

  You should not try to drink anything while driving.

When driving in heavy rain, or on a flooded road, your tires can ride on a thin film of water like skis;

• If you are an average driver, you can safely drive at the speed limit in these conditions.

• If you don’t slow down, you can easily lose control and skid.

• If you are driving a full-size vehicle, this will not happen unless you are driving much faster than the speed limit.

More than any other place, crashes happen,

• At intersections.

• On expressways.

• In no-passing zones on two-lane highways.