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Colorado permit test: conditions and emergencies

Hills, curves, night, snow and ice, mountain, rural and construction-zone driving, vehicle emergencies and crashes. 32 questions, 10 at a time, starting with ones you haven't seen.

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  1. Colorado law requires headlights from sunset to sunrise, and whenever visibility is less than 1,000 feet. (p. 19)
  2. Always slow down before entering a curve. (p. 19)
  3. In bad weather, the two most important actions are to slow your speed and increase your following distance. (p. 19)
  4. Dim high beams, or low beams with fog lights, before you come within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle. (p. 19)
  5. Never look directly into oncoming headlights. (p. 19)
  6. Do not drive through large bodies of standing water. (p. 19)
  7. When following another vehicle, use low beams with fog lights off if you are within 200 feet of the vehicle ahead. (p. 19)
  8. Four-wheel drive gives more traction for going, but it cannot stop any sooner than a conventional car. (p. 20)
  9. Stop immediately and never leave the scene. (p. 29)
  10. About 90% of crashes with deer and elk happen between dusk and dawn, mostly in rural and mountain areas. (p. 29)

Taken from the explanations to checked practice questions; page numbers link to the official handbook.

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Sample conditions and emergencies questions

  1. 1.You must stop quickly in a car with anti-lock brakes, and the pedal pulses under your foot. What should you do?

    • AKeep firm pressure; don't let up
    • BShift the car into park
    • CTake your foot off the brake
    • DLet up and pump the pedal
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    ✓ A. Keep firm pressure; don't let up

    With ABS, apply the brakes with hard, firm pressure. The pedal may push back, but don't let up; ABS only works with the pedal pushed down.

    Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337) (DR 2337), page 28

  2. 2.Your high beams are on and a car is coming toward you. When must you dim them?

    • ABefore it comes within 100 feet
    • BBefore it comes within 200 feet
    • COnly if it flashes its lights
    • DBefore it comes within 500 feet
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    ✓ D. Before it comes within 500 feet

    Dim high beams, or low beams with fog lights, before you come within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle.

    Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337) (DR 2337), page 19

  3. 3.Deep standing water covers the road ahead. What should you do?

    • AFind another route
    • BFollow another car through
    • CDrive through it slowly
    • DDrive through it quickly
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    ✓ A. Find another route

    Do not drive through large bodies of standing water. If you see a flooded road, find another route.

    Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337) (DR 2337), page 19

  4. 4.During Accident Alert status you have a minor crash. No one is hurt, no alcohol or drugs are involved, and all cars can still be driven. What must you do?

    • AWait at the scene until police arrive
    • BNothing, since no report is needed
    • CSwap information; report within 30 days
    • DSwap information; report within 24 hours
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    ✓ D. Swap information; report within 24 hours

    Accident Alert status applies when weather is so severe that police can't respond to every crash. If there are no injuries, no alcohol or drugs, and all vehicles can be driven, exchange information and report the crash within 24 hours.

    Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337) (DR 2337), page 29