Arizona safe driving practice questions
2 questions below test Arizona’s own safe driving law, each with the statute or Arizona Motor Vehicle Division handbook section it came from, plus 10 more on safe driving rules that apply in every state.
The Arizona permit knowledge test has 30 questions in total and needs 24 correct (80%) to pass.
Arizona law
2 questions on Arizona’s own safe driving rules
These differ from the rules that hold nationally — they are the ones that catch out drivers who studied another state’s handbook.
1. Arizona restraint law requires which occupants of a covered passenger motor vehicle to have a belt fastened while the vehicle is in motion?
- AOnly the driver
- Each front-seat occupant
- COnly passengers under 16
- DOnly rear-seat passengers
Answer: Each front-seat occupant. A.R.S. §28-909 requires each front seat occupant of a covered motor vehicle to have the lap and shoulder belt (or lap belt, if that is all that is installed) properly adjusted and fastened while the vehicle is in motion; the operator must also require passengers under sixteen to be belted.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes — §28-909
2. While driving on an Arizona street or highway, you generally may not:
- Physically hold a portable wireless communication device
- BUse the car radio
- CWear sunglasses
- DUse an earpiece for a voice call
Answer: Physically hold a portable wireless communication device. A.R.S. §28-914 prohibits physically holding or supporting a portable wireless communication device (with an exception allowing an earpiece, headphone, or wrist device for voice-based communication) and writing, sending, or reading text-based communications.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes — §28-914
Sources for the Arizona items above
Applies everywhere
Safe driving rules that hold in every state
A sample of the national safe driving bank. All 10 are in the practice run, combined with the Arizona items above for 12 questions in total.
1. How often should you check your mirrors in normal driving?
- AAbout once a minute
- BOnly when slowing down
- Every 5 to 8 seconds
- DOnly before changing lanes
Answer: Every 5 to 8 seconds. Frequent mirror checks keep you aware of vehicles approaching or sitting in your blind areas before a situation develops.
Source: Official state driver handbook — Safe driving — visual search
2. Another driver is following you far too closely. The safest response is to:
- ABrake sharply to warn them
- Increase your following distance and let them pass
- CSpeed up to outrun them
- DTurn on your hazard lights and stop
Answer: Increase your following distance and let them pass. Adding space ahead gives you room to slow gradually rather than brake hard. Move over when you safely can and let them by.
Source: Official state driver handbook — Safe driving — aggressive drivers
3. To reduce glare from an oncoming vehicle's headlights at night, you should look:
- AInto your rear-view mirror
- BDirectly at the oncoming headlights
- Toward the right edge of your lane
- DDown at your dashboard
Answer: Toward the right edge of your lane. Shifting your gaze to the right edge line keeps you oriented in your lane while the bright lights pass out of your direct vision.
Source: Official state driver handbook — Night driving — glare
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