North Dakota NDDOT License & Permit Practice Tests

If your accelerator pedal sticks, depress the clutch, or shift it into neutral. Apply the brakes carefully. Try to warn other drivers by honking and flashing your emergency lights. When you can do so safely, steer to the side of the road.

Never turn your vehicle’s ignition to the lock position while it is still in motion. This will cause the steering to lock if you try to turn the steering wheel.

Children under eight years of age must be properly secured in a child restraint (car seat or booster seat). A seat belt may be substituted for children who are at least 57 inches tall.

Unfortunately, there are many drivers who ignore the rules. For this reason, you must drive defensively. It means you must anticipate emergencies and actions of other drivers. Stay alert and keep eyes moving to keep track of what is happening around you at all times. Look for trouble spots developing all around. Have a plan of action if something happens.

The law requires drivers to protect each other from their own mistakes.

Shared center lanes are reserved for making left turns by vehicles traveling in both directions. On the pavement, left-turn arrows for traffic in one direction alternate with left-turn arrows for traffic coming from the other direction.

These lanes are marked on each side by a solid yellow and dashed yellow line.

Passing or overtaking is not permitted in the center lane.

Green means go, but only if the intersection is clear. Never block an intersection.

Headed downhill with no curb, turn the wheels to the right or side of the road, so the car will roll away from the center of the road if the brakes fail.

Remember, when you park on a hill, the general rule is to turn your wheels sharply toward the side of the road or curb. This way, if your vehicle starts to roll downhill, it will roll away from traffic. However, when headed uphill at a curb, you should turn the front wheels in the opposite direction, away from the curb and towards the road. Then, let your vehicle roll backwards until the back of your front wheel touches the curb. The curb will stop your car from rolling into traffic.

Study the diagram provided in your driver’s handbook.

Remember, it is your responsibility to slow down and give vehicles crossing your path the right-of-way. If the way is clear, you may move forward slowly without stopping. Yield signs are usually placed where auxiliary roads lead into major roads.

Giving an appropriate signal before stopping or suddenly decreasing the speed of a vehicle is required by law (39-10-38).

When approaching an intersection to make a right turn, stay as far to the right as possible. Make the turn close to the right curb.

If there are double turning lanes on a road with multiple lanes, they are indicated by regulatory signs and lane markings.

If more than one lane exists, use the left lane to turn left (or make a U-turn), the right lane to turn right, and all lanes to go through unless directed otherwise by signs and pavement markings

You may proceed if:

• the bus is moving, or
• the bus driver signals to let vehicles pass, or
• the red lights are no longer flashing.

Roundabout intersection is ahead. Slow down to recommended speed and yield to drivers already in the roundabout.

The extra space allows you to see around the vehicle and gives you a better view of the road ahead.

No left turn.

You cannot make a left turn at this intersection.

Remember, regulatory signs with a red circle with a red slash over a symbol prohibit certain actions.

The pentagon (five-sided) shape warns you of school zones and marks school crossings.

The donation process does not prevent an open-casket funeral. Donors are treated with great care and dignity and there is no charge for donation to the donor’s family.

Speed limit is 25 miles per hour in a business or residential district, unless otherwise posted.

Road curves gradually to the right. The sign gives you time to reduce your speed before you enter the curve. The sign is sometimes supplemented with an advisory speed sign showing the maximum recommended speed to negotiate the curve.

Time is the only way to eliminate alcohol from the blood stream. This process is relatively slow and will not be quickened by drinking coffee, taking cold showers, or exercising.

When an emergency vehicle is parked at the scene of a crash with its emergency lights flashing, you must drive to the right-hand side of the roadway and stop.

Once stopped, you may pass at your risk when the roadway is clear. If there is a police officer directing traffic at the scene, you must obey the officer’s instructions.

Use your mirrors so that you know what is behind you as well as what is in front of you. When changing lanes or entering a main roadway, use your turn signals and make sure the lane is clear. Look to the rear over your shoulder as well as in the rear-view mirror.

When the temperature is around the freezing point, ice can become wet. This makes it more slippery than at temperatures well below freezing.

When passing, go all the way into the other lane.

Respect the motorcycle and allow the motorcyclist a full lane width. Although it may seem as though there is enough room in the traffic lane for an automobile and a motorcycle, the motorcycle is entitled to a full lane and may need the room to maneuver safely.

Remember that road conditions which are minor annoyances to you pose major hazards to motorcyclists. Motorcyclists may change speed or adjust their position within a lane suddenly in reaction to road and traffic conditions such as potholes, gravel, wet or slippery surfaces, pavement seams, railroad crossings, and grooved pavement.

Use the low beams in fog or when it is snowing or raining. Light from high beams will reflect back, causing glare and making it more difficult to see ahead.

Some danger signs of fatigue are:

• Difficulty in focusing or keeping eyes open.
• Inability to recall the last few miles driven.
• Having the sense of being detached or watching the vehicle being driven rather than driving it.
• Crossing the center line or dropping off the edge of the pavement.
• Missing traffic signs or lights.
• Tailgating or following other vehicles more closely than you normally would.
• Forgetting to dim headlights.
• Excessive yawning.
• Inability to hold head up (nodding off).