Oklahoma permit test: safe driver habits
Seat belts and child restraints, road rage, driving posture, carbon monoxide and phone safety. 14 questions, 10 at a time, starting with ones you haven't seen.
Rules to remember9 key safe driver habits rulesShow the rules
- A child restraint must face the rear until the child is 2 years old or reaches the seat maker's weight or height limit. (p. 17, Oklahoma Driver Manual (No edition date printed on cover) (opens the handbook))
- Every driver and front-seat passenger must wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt. (p. 17, Oklahoma Driver Manual (No edition date printed on cover) (opens the handbook))
- Drivers must protect any child under 8 by properly using a child passenger restraint system. (p. 17, Oklahoma Driver Manual (No edition date printed on cover) (opens the handbook))
- Seat belts reduce the force against the car's interior, keep you inside the vehicle and keep you in position to control the car. (p. 17, Oklahoma Driver Manual (No edition date printed on cover) (opens the handbook))
- The back seat is at least 26 percent safer than the front because most serious crashes involve the front of the vehicle. (p. 17, Oklahoma Driver Manual (No edition date printed on cover) (opens the handbook))
- At night your eyes already take longer to adjust to glare, and colored lenses make them adjust even more slowly and can reduce vision. (p. 41, Oklahoma Driver Manual (No edition date printed on cover) (opens the handbook))
- Coasting downhill with the clutch pushed in or the car in neutral is a violation of Oklahoma law. (p. 59, Oklahoma Driver Manual (No edition date printed on cover) (opens the handbook))
- Drowsiness, dizziness, lights seeming brighter, blue lips and a tight forehead are signs of carbon monoxide poisoning. (p. 60, Oklahoma Driver Manual (No edition date printed on cover) (opens the handbook))
- Before an out-of-state trip, make sure you have a physical copy of your vehicle insurance and registration in the car, as Oklahoma law requires. (p. 60, Oklahoma Driver Manual (No edition date printed on cover) (opens the handbook))
Taken from the explanations to checked practice questions; page numbers link to the official handbook.
Sample safe driver habits questions
1.Before a road trip to another state, what does Oklahoma law require you to have in the car?
- AA printed state road map
- BA spare tire and a jack
- CYour title and the bill of sale
- DA physical insurance and registration copy
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✓ D. A physical insurance and registration copy
Before an out-of-state trip, make sure you have a physical copy of your vehicle insurance and registration in the car, as Oklahoma law requires.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (No edition date printed on cover), page 60
2.Under Oklahoma law, who in a car must wear a seat belt?
- AOnly passengers under 18
- BOnly the driver
- COnly people in the back seat
- DEvery driver and front-seat passenger
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✓ D. Every driver and front-seat passenger
Every driver and front-seat passenger must wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (No edition date printed on cover), page 17
3.About how much safer is the back seat than the front, even without air bags?
- AAt least 10 percent
- BAt least 50 percent
- CAt least 26 percent
- DAt least 75 percent
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✓ C. At least 26 percent
The back seat is at least 26 percent safer than the front because most serious crashes involve the front of the vehicle.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (No edition date printed on cover), page 17
4.Why should you NOT wear sunglasses when driving at night?
- AThey cause glare on the windshield
- BThey make headlights look dim
- CThey are illegal after dark
- DColored lenses slow your eyes' adjustment
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✓ D. Colored lenses slow your eyes' adjustment
At night your eyes already take longer to adjust to glare, and colored lenses make them adjust even more slowly and can reduce vision.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (No edition date printed on cover), page 41