Missouri Permit Test: Safe Driving Practice Questions

Correct answer: Three seconds

Use the three-second rule: when the vehicle ahead passes a fixed object, you should not reach it before counting three seconds.

Source: Chapter 8: Safe Driving Tips For Everyday Driving – Three Second Rule

Correct answer: About eight to ten seconds

It takes longer to stop on snow or ice, so leave about eight to ten seconds between you and the vehicle ahead.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Winter Driving

Correct answer: 500 feet

Use low beams within 500 feet (about one block) of an oncoming vehicle, and within 300 feet when following another vehicle.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Night Driving

Correct answer: 300 feet

Use your low beams when you are following another vehicle within 300 feet.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Night Driving

Correct answer: About 350 feet

Headlights let you see only about 350 feet ahead, so do not overdrive them; drive slowly enough to stop within that distance.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Night Driving

Correct answer: ½ hour after sunset to ½ hour before sunrise

Turn on your headlights from one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Night Driving

Correct answer: When weather requires your wipers

You must use your headlights any time weather conditions require the use of your windshield wipers.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Headlight Use

Correct answer: Low beams

Keep your headlights on low beam in fog; high beams reflect off the fog and you see less.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Fog

Correct answer: 35 mph

Hydroplaning can happen at any speed over 35 mph; in a severe storm tires can lose all contact with the road at 55 mph.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Hydroplaning

Correct answer: Ease off the gas and slow down; do not brake

Take your foot off the accelerator and slow down; hitting the brakes may cause a skid.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Hydroplaning

Correct answer: It keeps powering the tires if traction is lost

Cruise control keeps sending power to the tires if you lose traction, which may cause you to lose control.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Wet Pavement

Correct answer: Bridges and overpasses

Bridges and overpasses freeze before other parts of the road, and ice patches can remain even on cleared roads.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Winter Driving

Correct answer: Press firmly and continuously and steer

With ABS, keep firm, continuous pressure on the brake while steering; pedal pulsing and noises are normal. Do not pump.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS)

Correct answer: Gently to the right

Take your foot off the gas, do not brake, and gently steer in the direction the rear wheels are sliding.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Skidding

Correct answer: Do not use four-wheel drive on ice

Four-wheel-drive vehicles can easily overturn on ice; do not use it there, and if you hit ice in 4WD, take your foot off the accelerator.

Source: Chapter 9: Safe Driving Tips For Special Driving Conditions – Winter Driving