What safe driving rules are on the Louisiana permit test?

Louisiana's safe driving questions come from its own statutes and the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles handbook. QuizLane covers 4 Louisiana-specific safe driving items, drawn from 4 distinct source sections, alongside 10 questions on rules that apply in every state.

How many safe driving questions are on the Louisiana permit test?

Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles does not publish a per-topic breakdown. The test as a whole has 40 questions and you need 32 correct (80%) to pass, so safe driving is worth studying alongside every other topic rather than in isolation.

Are these official Louisiana DMV safe driving questions?

No. These are original study questions written against Louisiana law and the official handbook, each carrying the section it came from. They are not endorsed by Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles and are not copies of the real exam.

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While operating a motor vehicle on a Louisiana public road or highway, you generally may not:

Operate a wireless telecommunications device unless the vehicle is lawfully stationary

View navigation on a hands-free GPS

Use a hands-free wireless telephone for a call

In a covered Louisiana passenger vehicle in forward motion, who must have a properly fastened safety belt?

The driver and each occupant (with child-restraint rules for younger passengers)

Louisiana generally requires a child restraint system or booster seat for children who are:

Under the age of 6 years or less than 60 pounds

Under 12 years regardless of size

Under Louisiana’s hands-free law, “lawfully stationary” generally includes a vehicle that has stopped, is in park or neutral, or is standing while in gear and not moving:

In a travel lane or on the shoulder, including when complying with a traffic control device or officer

Only when completely off state property

Anytime the brake lights are on at a green light

LASafe driving

Louisiana safe driving practice questions

4 questions below test Louisiana’s own safe driving law, each with the statute or Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles handbook section it came from, plus 10 more on safe driving rules that apply in every state.

The Louisiana permit knowledge test has 40 questions in total and needs 32 correct (80%) to pass.

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Louisiana law

4 questions on Louisiana’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. While operating a motor vehicle on a Louisiana public road or highway, you generally may not:
- AView navigation on a hands-free GPS
- BUse the vehicle radio
- CUse a hands-free wireless telephone for a call
- Operate a wireless telecommunications device unless the vehicle is lawfully stationary
Answer: Operate a wireless telecommunications device unless the vehicle is lawfully stationary. Louisiana R.S. 32:59 prohibits operating any wireless telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle upon a public road or highway unless the vehicle is lawfully stationary (with listed exceptions such as emergencies, hands-free calls, and hands-free GPS navigation).
Source: Louisiana Revised Statutes — R.S. 32:59
2. In a covered Louisiana passenger vehicle in forward motion, who must have a properly fastened safety belt?
- AOnly front-seat passengers
- BOnly passengers under 17
- COnly the driver
- The driver and each occupant (with child-restraint rules for younger passengers)
Answer: The driver and each occupant (with child-restraint rules for younger passengers). Louisiana R.S. 32:295.1 requires the driver and each occupant of a covered passenger car, van, SUV, or truck of 26,000 pounds or less to have a safety belt properly fastened when the vehicle is in forward motion (subject to child-restraint rules in R.S. 32:295).
Source: Louisiana Revised Statutes — R.S. 32:295.1
3. Louisiana generally requires a child restraint system or booster seat for children who are:
- AUnder 4 years only
- Under the age of 6 years or less than 60 pounds
- CUnder 12 years regardless of size
- DOnly in the front seat
Answer: Under the age of 6 years or less than 60 pounds. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission summarizes R.S. 32:295: children under the age of 6 years or less than 60 lbs. must be in an age- and size-appropriate child restraint system or booster seat.
Source: Louisiana Highway Safety Commission — Traffic Safety Laws — Child Occupant Seatbelt (R.S. 32:295)
4. Under Louisiana’s hands-free law, “lawfully stationary” generally includes a vehicle that has stopped, is in park or neutral, or is standing while in gear and not moving:
- AOnly when completely off state property
- BAnytime the brake lights are on at a green light
- COnly in a private driveway
- In a travel lane or on the shoulder, including when complying with a traffic control device or officer
Answer: In a travel lane or on the shoulder, including when complying with a traffic control device or officer. Louisiana R.S. 32:59 defines “lawfully stationary” as a motor vehicle that has stopped, is in park or neutral, or is standing while in gear and not moving, while also in a travel lane or on the shoulder, including when necessary to observe or avoid conflict with traffic or in compliance with law enforcement or a traffic control device or signal.
Source: Louisiana Revised Statutes — R.S. 32:59(A)(3)

Sources for the Louisiana 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 Louisiana items above for 14 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 rules in other states

Safe driving law is set state by state — compare how another state handles it.

AlabamaAL · 2 questions ArkansasAR · 3 questions DelawareDE · 5 questions District of ColumbiaDC · 6 questions KentuckyKY · 2 questions MarylandMD · 3 questions MississippiMS · 4 questions South CarolinaSC · 3 questions

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Statutes and handbooks change. Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles is authoritative for Louisiana safe driving rules and for the permit test itself.

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