Alabama permit test: crashes, conditions and emergencies
What to do after a crash, reporting crashes, railroad crossings, night and winter driving, skids, fog, hills, carbon monoxide and driving emergencies. 34 questions, 10 at a time, starting with ones you haven't seen.
Rules to remember10 key crashes, conditions and emergencies rulesShow the rules
- If you are in a crash you must stop at once and aid any injured persons, calling for medical help if needed. (p. 39, Alabama Driver Manual (November 2024) (opens the handbook))
- Alabama drivers in a crash must give their name, address and registration number and show their driver license to the others involved. (p. 39, Alabama Driver Manual (November 2024) (opens the handbook))
- When stopping for a railroad crossing, stop within 15 to 50 feet of the tracks. (p. 41, Alabama Driver Manual (November 2024) (opens the handbook))
- Dim your headlights within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle and within 200 feet when following another vehicle. (p. 71, Alabama Driver Manual (November 2024) (opens the handbook))
- High beams normally light the road about 350 feet ahead. (p. 71, Alabama Driver Manual (November 2024) (opens the handbook))
- Headlights must be on from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise, and whenever you cannot see clearly for at least 500 feet. (p. 71, Alabama Driver Manual (November 2024) (opens the handbook))
- Place flares or reflectors 100 to 500 feet behind your vehicle on the right-hand edge of the highway to warn other traffic. (p. 72, Alabama Driver Manual (November 2024) (opens the handbook))
- Alabama law requires headlights whenever your wipers are in use because of rain, sleet or snow. (p. 73, Alabama Driver Manual (November 2024) (opens the handbook))
- Partial hydroplaning starts at about 35 mph and increases with speed; around 55 mph the tires may be riding entirely on water. (p. 74, Alabama Driver Manual (November 2024) (opens the handbook))
- The law forbids coasting downhill with the transmission in neutral. (p. 75, Alabama Driver Manual (November 2024) (opens the handbook))
Taken from the explanations to checked practice questions; page numbers link to the official handbook.
Sample crashes, conditions and emergencies questions
1.Which vehicle is required to stop before crossing any railroad crossing?
- AA car towing a small boat
- BA passenger bus
- CA pickup truck
- DA motorcycle
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✓ B. A passenger bus
School buses, church buses, any passenger bus, and trucks carrying flammables, explosives or other hazardous materials must stop before crossing any railroad crossing.
2.Your car begins to hydroplane on a flooded highway. What should you do?
- ABrake hard to stop the slide
- BSteer sharply toward the shoulder
- CTake your foot off the gas and slow
- DSpeed up to push through the water
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✓ C. Take your foot off the gas and slow
The best response is to take your foot off the accelerator and let the car slow down. If fully hydroplaning, release the gas and ride out the skid.
3.Your car starts to skid. When should you use the brakes?
- AOnly with the parking brake
- BHard, right away
- CNot until you regain control of direction
- DOnly while turning the wheel sharply
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✓ C. Not until you regain control of direction
Braking during a skid makes it worse and can lock the front wheels. Don't brake until you regain control of your forward direction, then brake carefully if needed.
4.You have a minor crash with another car. What must you give the other driver?
- ANothing at all until the police arrive
- BOnly your phone number and your insurer's name
- CYour name and the name of your employer
- DName, address, registration number; show your license
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✓ D. Name, address, registration number; show your license
Alabama drivers in a crash must give their name, address and registration number and show their driver license to the others involved.