Driver's Education 2021-2022 Note Cards

Note cards for the NJMVC 2021 Driver's manual.

All graduated driver license (GDL) permits are valid for how long?

1 year

When moving to NJ from out-of-state, how soon are you required to get a NJ driver’s license?

60 days

When operating a vehicle in NJ, you must carry what in addition to a valid driver’s license?

valid vehicle registration and insurance

To get a learner’s permit, you must be how old?

16 years old

To get a provisional license, you must:

• 6 hours of driving on the road

• get your permit

• 6 months of driving on the road WITH your permit

• 17 years old

• pass the road test

Which hours are a GDL examination permit and provisional license user restricted from driving?

11:01 PM ‘till 5:00 AM

A provisional driver is provisional for how long?

1 year

The holder of a provisional license is permitted to have how many non-household members in the car?

1 additional passenger

If you are under 18 years old, in order to apply for an examination permit or special learner’s permit, you must present:

A consent form with the parent’s signature

Are holders of a validated GDL permit, above the age of 21, restricted from driving from certain times?

No

If a passenger in the front seat over the age of 18 is caught not wearing a seatbelt, who is held responsible?

The passenger

What is the meaning of the “hand straight out” signal?

A left turn

What is the meaning of the “hand and arm upwards” is:

A right turn

What is the meaning of the “hand and arm downwards” is:

Stop

What is an acceleration lane?

Extra lanes at highway entrances used by motorists to speed up to join the flow of traffic.

What is a decelerartion lane?

A lane that allows you to slow down and drive at a safer speed.

if you miss your exit on an expressway, what should you do?

Get off at the next exit and find directions.

If you come to a four-way stop sign at the same time as another driver, you must:

Always try to yield to the right.

You may not park within how many feet of a fire hydrant?

10 feet

Headlights must be used when?

between sunset and sunrise.

The speed limit in a school zone, unless otherwise posted is:

25 mph (miles per hour)

If a person has been drinking, what can sober them up?

Time

The order of colors on a traffic light, top to bottom, are?

red, yellow, green

if you have a blowout (car tire blows out), you should:

Slow down gradually, firmly grasp the steering wheel, and call for help.

During the probationary two year period after receiving a special learner or examination permit, a motorist must enroll in a probationary driver program when:

convicted of 2 or more moving violations totaling 4 or more points.

The best way to reduce your chances of having alcohol related accident is to:

Not drive after drinking

High beams are used for:

• open country driving

• low visibility

• signaling

On a two-lane road not near a school. When a school bus is stopping and it’s red flashing lights are on, your must:

Stop

An eight-sided (an octagon) sign means what?

Stop

A triangle shaped sign means?

Yield

Driving privileges will be postponed or suspended to an unlicensed person aged 13-21 convicted of:

• buying alcohol

• graffiti

• setting false alarms

A special learner’s permit may be purchased by an approved instructor, when the applicant:

• at least 16 years old (younger than 17 years old)

• has signed parent’s consent form

• Child is enrolled in N.J.D.O.E.’s “behind the wheel” driving course

In the event of a crash or sudden stop, use of seatbelts may:

• Keep you from sliding off the seat

• Hitting the windshield

• Being ejected from the car.

If you approach an intersection and a large truck is stopped for the traffic, you should:

Stop with enough distance so you will not be in a blind spot and you can see the drivers in the mirror.

The Railroad (RR) crossing sign is:

a black and yellow circle.