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Vermont Car / Permit: Safe Driving Practices practice test
Following distance, scanning, blind spots, using your lights, and the habits that prevent crashes and keep you in control.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. Why is the pavement especially slick when a rain shower first begins?
Correct answer: Water lifts oil, rubber and dirt off the surface
At the start of rainfall the mix of oil, rubber, grime and water leaves the road unusually slippery and stretches out braking distance.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Stopping Your Vehicle
2. You notice that you cannot remember the last few miles you drove. What should you do?
Correct answer: Pull off somewhere safe and rest
Losing track of the miles behind you signals drowsiness, and the only real fix is a stop somewhere safe, because fresh air and loud music do not keep a tired driver awake.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Drowsy Driving
3. At which of these places does the manual tell you not to pass?
Correct answer: On a hill or a curve
Passing is ruled out on hills and curves, at railroad crossings and intersections, and wherever a changed path is signed ahead.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Passing
4. Why should your front wheels stay straight while you wait to turn left?
Correct answer: A hit from behind will not push you into oncoming traffic
If someone strikes you from behind with the wheels already turned, your vehicle is shoved into the path of approaching traffic.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Left Turns
5. An aggressive driver cuts you off and gestures at you. What does the manual advise?
Correct answer: Stay calm and let them get away from you
Trying to settle the score makes matters worse, so keep your temper, give the other driver room and refuse the challenge.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Aggressive Drivers
6. How should a lap and shoulder belt sit on your body?
Correct answer: Lap belt low across the hips, shoulder belt over the chest
The lap portion belongs snugly on the hips rather than the belly, and the shoulder portion crosses the middle of the chest, never tucked under an arm or behind you.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Wearing Your Safety Belt
7. Which of these belongs to the readiness routine the manual lists before you drive away?
Correct answer: Adjusting the seat and every mirror
Before moving, set the seat, set the mirrors, check the foot and parking brakes, buckle up, lock the doors and switch on the headlights.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Driver readiness
8. When does Vermont law require your headlights to be on at night?
Correct answer: From a half hour after sunset until a half hour before sunrise
The law fixes the period as beginning thirty minutes past sunset and ending thirty minutes before the sun comes up.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Night Driving
9. Oncoming headlights are dazzling you. Where should you look?
Correct answer: Toward the right edge of the road
Shifting your gaze to the right edge protects your vision until the lights go by, and it also helps you spot riders or walkers near the roadside.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Approaching Headlights
10. How should you position your vehicle to make a right turn?
Correct answer: About three feet from the right edge of the road
Approach with roughly three feet between the vehicle and the right edge, and never swing left before turning right.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Right Turns
11. After passing another vehicle, how do you know you have room to move back in front of it?
Correct answer: You can see the whole front of it in your inside rearview mirror
Go far enough beyond the vehicle or bicycle that its entire front shows in the mirror inside your car, then signal right and return.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, Passing
12. Which hand positions on the steering wheel does the manual recommend?
Correct answer: Nine and three, or eight and four
Picturing the wheel as a clock face, keep your hands at nine and three or at eight and four, and steer hand over hand through turns.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual — Chapter 7, What should I practice first?
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