Texas DMV Driver's Handbook Q's 101-200

Practice for the Texas Permit Test with 325 Driving Questions and Answers

At an intersection, a pedestrian is crossing the road without a traffic signal. A driver is trying to make a right-hand turn. Who should yield in this situation?

The driver.

When the road is wet, your tires:

Are less effective.

When exiting parking spaces that lie parallel to the curb, make sure you first:

Check for traffic by looking.

When a sign says, “do not enter,” it means that the road:

Is a restricted roadway.

When are U-turns legal in residential areas?

When no vehicles are approaching.

When you are caught driving under the influence, you:

Have to attend Alcohol Highway Safety School.

On one-way streets, you can only turn left when:

Traffic moves to the left.

On wet roads, you should change your following distance:

To 6 seconds.

People under the age of 21 cannot:

Possess alcohol.

Double solid yellow lines can only be passed when:

You need to turn into a driveway.

When a sign says, “no stopping,” and there’s no police officer directing traffic, you can only stop:

If you need to avoid traffic.

When a car looks like it is going to hit you, get their attention with:

Your horn.

When driving on snow or ice:

Slow down to avoid sudden stops.

If you are underage and a police officer asks you to take a breath, blood, or urine test, you:

Must listen to the officer and take the test.

What happens when you tailgate other drivers?

You agitate other drivers.

Pentagonal signs (signs with five sides) with two people on them indicate:

A school crossing.

Taking your hands off the wheel:

Is never okay.

You should always keep your eyes straight ahead without moving when driving on a highway.

False.

When you cannot see other vehicles from ____ feet away, you have to turn on your headlights.

1000.

After passing a car, return to your original lane only when:

You can see their bumper in your rearview mirror.

When children are playing nearby, you can expect them to:

Run in front of your car.

Lack of sleep affects your driving similarly to:

Alcohol.

When taking medication while drinking alcohol, the combination can:

Increase the effects of the alcohol.

When you see a sign with a straight arrow pointing down next to a straight arrow pointing up, you know that the traffic ahead:

Is traveling in both directions.

Teenagers show a statistically higher chance of being in an accident when they drive:

With other teenagers.

When you see that a traffic light isn’t working, you should:

Stop, look around, and proceed cautiously.

When driving in rain, make sure you:

Increase your following distance.

What is the white line painted on the road at the intersection called?

Limit line.

The safest response to hydroplaning is to:

Gradually slow down.

At a through road, you come to an intersection without any signs telling you to stop or yield. You should:

Yield to traffic.

When the highway is marked by a solid white line, you should:

Stay in your lane.

Double yellow solid lines with more than two feet of space between them indicate:

A barrier.

When you hear an emergency vehicle’s siren while you’re passing through an intersection, what should you do?

Drive through the intersection normally, then pull to the right and stop.

Solid double white lines on the road indicate:

Lanes moving in the same direction where you cannot pass.

To see in intense fog, turn on your:

Low-beams.

When your car seems to be having mechanical trouble and you need to stop, first you should:

Pull off the road.

If you are involved in a collision with another car, what is the maximum amount of time you can wait to notify your local DMV?

10 days.

When the backseats of your car are occupied by children younger than 7, another young child may:

Sit in the front seat so long as they have a seat belt.

How many feet will your car continue to travel after slamming on the brake when you’re driving at 60 mph?

400.

If your parked car rolls and hits another car in the parking lot, what should you do?

Call the police.

Octagonal signs always mean you should:

Stop.

On a normal two-laned highway, how fast can you drive while towing a trailer?

55 mph.

Flashing yellow arrows mean you should:

Yield.

When an officer signals for you to pull over, what’s the first thing you should do?

Turn on your right turn signal.

If a crosswalk is unmarked, what should you do?

Yield to any pedestrians in the crosswalk.

When you see a sign with a black arrow pointing forward and another arrow curving to the left, this means you should:

Decide to turn left or go straight.

Before making a safe, legal turn, first you should:

Move into the proper lane.

Regulatory devices on the road always help you see:

Where to stop, where to turn, and what speed to drive.

If your car breaks down and you must leave it on the road, you should never:

Roll the windows down.

A diamond-shaped sign with the silhouette of one person on it indicates:

A crosswalk up ahead.

Many traffic lanes have a wide white line marked on the road just before an intersection. This is called the limit line and tells you where you must:

Stop for a signal or stop sign.

When using your headlights, you should never:

Use high-beams while driving close behind other cars.

If a car driving toward you has its high-beam headlights on, you could become temporarily blinded. This is why you should look toward:

The right edge of the road.

Yielding on a road means:

Slowing down and being prepared to stop.

What kind of road is the most dangerous in terms of collisions between cars and motorcycles?

Intersections.

As you enter a roundabout, you will always enter the circle to the:

Right.

Use high-beam headlights:

Whenever it is dark on country or city roads.

If your car breaks down on a narrow highway that has no side of the road to turn off onto, what should you do?

Get out on the passenger’s side and walk to safety.

If you see a high-occupancy vehicle lane, you can only use it when:

You are driving a carpool.

If you see another driver using their cellphone wile at the wheel, what should you do?

Increase your following distance.

On a two-lane road, what should you do when you try to pass a bicycle at the same time an oncoming car is approaching?

Slow down and let the car pass first.

A sign with an arrow and the word “only” is a reminder that:

You can only go straight.

Low-beams are useful in fog while high-beams are not.

True.

When traffic moves in opposite directions, the lanes are divided by:

Yellow lines.

When traffic moves in the same direction, the lanes are divided by:

White lines.

When you want to pass a vehicle, when should you signal?

When you’re ready to pass.

When you see signs with electronic arrows on them, a work zone is telling you to:

Drive in the lanes it’s pointing to.

When traffic travels in opposite directions, what is a center lane used for?

Making left turns.

Tailgating while driving means:

Driving too close to other cars.

As you back up your car, make sure to look in front of you, behind, and to the sides. Then, while backing up, you should keep looking:

To the back.

Airbags are always:

Intended to add to the safety of seatbelts.

When you exit a high-speed highway onto a slower road with traffic behind you:

Try not to slow down too quickly.

If another driver is tailgating you, you should:

Change lanes to let them pass.

Use high-beam headlights:

To navigate construction areas.

You must stop before hitting the limit line when approaching a stop sign. This line is:

Solid white and crosses your driving lane.

When you pass other cars on a three-lane highway, which lane should you use?

The left lane.

When should you NEVER pass another car?

When you enter an intersection.

When you feel that your tire pops or has gone flat, what should you do first?

Keep straight.

When you see a triangular orange sign on the back of another vehicle, what does this mean?

That vehicle can only travel under 25 mph.

Which line on the road tells that you can pass on two-lane highways?

Broken yellow line.

Flashing arrow signs indicate:

Closures.

Double solid yellow lines mean that passing on this road:

Is never allowed.

Traffic in roundabouts always travel:

Counterclockwise.

You should use your horn:

To alert other drivers.

When a driver signals with their hand and arm straight out, what does this mean?

They’re about to turn left.

Flag persons on highways:

Direct traffic through work zones.

What is it called when your tires begin to drive on the surface of the water rather than on cement when driving on wet roads?

Hydroplaning.

When turning right onto a two-laned road, make sure you enter the road:

On the right lane.

When a driver signals with their palm flat and their arm and hand pointed down, they are about to:

Slow down.

When making a right turn at an intersection, approach the turn:

From the right lane.

When on a one-way road, a solid yellow line is a:

Left-edge line.

When entering a curve, you need to watch for oncoming cars. Make sure you:

Slow down and move to the right side.

On two-way roads with center lanes, cars can use the center lane to:

Turn left and make U-turns.

With any turning vehicle, the rear wheels follow a ______ than the front wheels.

shorter path

Right of way does NOT mean that you should:

Yield to vehicles coming from the left at an unmarked intersection.

When signaling a right-hand turn with your arm, you must put your:

Arm bent and hand extended up.

When approaching pedestrians using unmarked crosswalks, you should:

Yield to the person in the road.

Divided highways use _____ lines as the left edge of the road.

single solid yellow

At unmarked T-intersections, cars on terminating roads must yield.

True.

At near-freezing temperatures, road surfaces can become slippery. Which freezes first: roads, bridges, or slopes?

Bridges.