Kansas safe driving practice questions
3 questions below test Kansas’s own safe driving law, each with the statute or Kansas Division of Vehicles handbook section it came from, plus 10 more on safe driving rules that apply in every state.
The Kansas permit knowledge test has 25 questions in total and needs 20 correct (80%) to pass.
Kansas law
3 questions on Kansas’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. Kansas law prohibits using any electronic device while driving to:
- Write, send, or read a written communication (including texting or email)
- BUse a GPS device
- CListen to weather reports
- DTalk on a phone
Answer: Write, send, or read a written communication (including texting or email). The Kansas Driving Handbook (K.S.A. 8-1598) states Kansas law prohibits the use of any electronic device to “write, send, or read” a written communication while driving, including texting, email, or any other writing; it does not include GPS devices or weather reports.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Cell Phones (K.S.A. 8-1598)
2. For Kansas restricted teen drivers, wireless communication devices while driving are:
- Prohibited except to report illegal activity or summon emergency help
- BAllowed for texting only
- CAllowed only on speakerphone
- DAllowed hands-free anytime
Answer: Prohibited except to report illegal activity or summon emergency help. The Kansas Driving Handbook repeatedly states NO wireless communication devices while driving except to report illegal activity or summon emergency help for restricted teen drivers.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Driving Restrictions (wireless devices)
3. Kansas seat-belt law requires safety restraints for:
- All occupants in passenger vehicles (primary violation)
- BOnly front-seat adults
- COnly passengers under 12
- DOnly the driver
Answer: All occupants in passenger vehicles (primary violation). The Kansas Driving Handbook (K.S.A. 8-2501) states Kansas law requires that all occupants use safety restraints in passenger vehicles, and seatbelt use is a primary violation.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Seatbelts (K.S.A. 8-2501)
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 Kansas items above for 13 questions in total.
1. Maintaining a space cushion around your vehicle mainly gives you:
- AFreedom from signalling
- BBetter fuel economy
- Time and room to react to a hazard
- DA higher legal speed limit
Answer: Time and room to react to a hazard. Open space on all sides means a sudden hazard can be met with a steering or braking option instead of a collision.
Source: Official state driver handbook — Space management — space cushion
2. 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
3. Under ideal driving conditions, what is the recommended minimum following distance?
- A10 seconds
- B1 second
- 3 seconds
- D5 seconds
Answer: 3 seconds. The 3-second rule provides a baseline buffer for reaction and stopping distance under normal, dry weather conditions.
Source: Official state driver handbook — Space management — following distance
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Safe driving elsewhere
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