Connecticut Permit Test: Safe Driving Practice Questions

Correct answer: $75 for each person not belted

If either the driver or passenger fails to wear the seat belt, each could be cited and fined $75.

Source: Chapter 2: Before You Get Behind the Wheel – Connecticut Seat Belt Laws

Correct answer: Yes

State law requires belts even with air bags, which do not protect you in side, rear or rollover crashes.

Source: Chapter 2: Before You Get Behind the Wheel – Connecticut Seat Belt Laws

Correct answer: A rear-facing seat with a 5-point harness

Children under 2, or under 30 pounds, must ride in a rear-facing-only or rear-facing convertible seat with a 5-point harness.

Source: Chapter 2: Before You Get Behind the Wheel – Child Safety Requirements

Correct answer: A booster seat or a seat belt

A child 8 or older weighing 60 pounds or more may use a booster seat or seat belt.

Source: Chapter 2: Before You Get Behind the Wheel – Child Safety Requirements

Correct answer: The more restrictive requirement

If age and weight fall in two categories, the more restrictive requirement applies, such as a rear-facing seat.

Source: Chapter 2: Before You Get Behind the Wheel – Child Safety Requirements

Correct answer: In a front seat with an active passenger air bag

The law prohibits a rear-facing child restraint in the front seat of a vehicle with a functional passenger-side air bag.

Source: Chapter 2: Before You Get Behind the Wheel – Child Safety Requirements

Correct answer: 16

State law requires children under 16 to be secured in proper child restraint and safety systems.

Source: Chapter 2: Before You Get Behind the Wheel – Child Safety Requirements

Correct answer: Over half

Over half of all traffic deaths happen within 25 miles of home, many on roads posted under 45 mph, so buckle up on every trip.

Source: Chapter 2: Before You Get Behind the Wheel – Connecticut Seat Belt Laws

Correct answer: No; the ban applies while temporarily stopped

State law prohibits using hand-held devices even when temporarily stopped for traffic, road conditions or a signal; only hands-free use is allowed for adults.

Source: Chapter 2: Before You Get Behind the Wheel – Connecticut Cell Phone Laws

Correct answer: In an emergency, to contact police, fire or medical help

Any driver may use a device in an emergency to contact an emergency operator, hospital, doctor's office, ambulance, fire or police department.

Source: Chapter 2: Before You Get Behind the Wheel – Connecticut Cell Phone Laws

Correct answer: They are doubled

Distracted driving fines are doubled for anyone convicted of illegally using a hand-held device while driving in a work zone.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Work Zones

Correct answer: Left hand 8–10 o'clock, right hand 2–4 o'clock

Hands go on opposite sides of the wheel: left between 8 and 10 o'clock and right between 2 and 4 o'clock.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Steering

Correct answer: At least 12 seconds

Safer drivers look at least 12 seconds ahead: about one block in the city and about a quarter mile on the highway.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Scanning

Correct answer: About one block

In the city, 12 seconds is about one block; on the highway it is about four city blocks, or a quarter mile.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Scanning

Correct answer: Three seconds

Use the three-second rule at any speed; increase to four seconds on slippery roads, behind motorcycles and in low visibility.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Maintaining a Space Cushion