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Idaho Car / Permit: Handling Emergencies practice test
What to do when things go wrong — brake failure, tire blowouts, skids, and stalling on railroad tracks.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. What does Idaho's Quick Clearance law require after a minor crash on an interstate?
Correct answer: Move the vehicles safely to a shoulder, median, or emergency lane
When nobody is killed or injured, drivers involved on an interstate or major divided highway must move the vehicles safely off the travel lanes onto a shoulder, median, or emergency lane.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook — Crashes & the Law
2. Your rear wheels start sliding to the right on an icy Idaho road. What is the correct recovery?
Correct answer: Take your foot off the gas and steer the front wheels toward the right
You lift off the accelerator without touching the brake and steer the front wheels the same way the back of the car is sliding, which in this case means steering right.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook — Skidding
3. You back into a parked car in an Idaho lot and cannot find the owner. What must you do?
Correct answer: Leave behind a note explaining what happened, along with your name and a telephone number
Once a genuine effort to track down the owner has failed, you write out what happened and add your name plus a telephone number; police must also be told if anyone was hurt or the damage runs past fifteen hundred dollars.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook — If You Hit an Unattended Vehicle
4. A car is coming straight at you in your own lane on an Idaho highway. Which way should you go?
Correct answer: As far right as you can get
You steer right rather than left, because the other driver may correct at the last moment and swing back into the lane you would have moved into.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook — Oncoming Car in Your Lane
5. What does an anti-lock braking system actually give an Idaho driver during hard braking?
Correct answer: Retained steering control, though stopping distance is not reduced
The benefit is that you keep steering control on slick pavement; the handbook is explicit that the system does not shorten how far the vehicle needs to stop.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook — Stopping Quickly
6. A tire blows out while you are driving in Idaho. What should you do first?
Correct answer: Hold the wheel firmly, keep going straight, and ease off the accelerator
Grip the wheel and keep the car pointed down the road while easing off the gas; braking comes only once you have the vehicle fully under control.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook — Tire Blowouts
7. Your right wheels drop off the pavement onto an Idaho shoulder. What is the correct sequence?
Correct answer: Steer straight, ease off the gas, brake gently, then return to the pavement when it is safe
Hold the wheel and stay straight on the shoulder if nothing blocks it, come off the accelerator and brake gently, and only steer back onto the pavement once you have slowed and traffic allows.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook — Running Off the Road
8. Your car stalls on an Idaho roadway. Which set of actions does the handbook recommend?
Correct answer: Pull off the road, turn on the flashers, and lift the hood
Get the vehicle completely clear of the travel lanes if you can, switch on the four-way flashers, and raise the hood so other drivers understand something is wrong.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook — If You Have Car Trouble
9. Your vehicle becomes stranded during heavy Idaho snowfall. What is the safest choice?
Correct answer: Stay with the vehicle
Most deaths in that situation happen to people who set out on foot and get lost, so you stay with the vehicle and make sure the exhaust pipe is not packed with snow if you run the engine for heat.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook — Getting Stranded During Winter Weather
10. When must an Idaho driver report a crash to police?
Correct answer: Whenever someone is injured or property damage exceeds $1,500
Notification is required whenever anyone is hurt or the property damage tops fifteen hundred dollars.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook — Crashes & the Law
11. You come to a flooded stretch of road in Idaho during a storm. What should you do?
Correct answer: Turn around and take a different route
Water hides damage to the roadbed and only a couple of feet of moving water can carry a car away, so the handbook says to turn around and find another way rather than attempting the crossing.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook — Flash Floods
12. Where should emergency flares be placed if your car breaks down on an Idaho highway?
Correct answer: Between 200 and 300 feet behind the vehicle
Setting them two hundred to three hundred feet back gives approaching drivers time to see the hazard and move over.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook — If You Have Car Trouble
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