Driver License Exam BrainDumps

• In parallel parking, the wheels should be... 18 inches from the curb.
• "Double parking" is... never permitted.
• Unless otherwise posted, the speed limit on primary and secondary state and federal highways is 55 mph.
• By law, the brakes on every vehicle (other than a motorcycle) must have a good foot brake and an emergency or parking brake.
• It is illegal to park within 15 feet of a fire hydrant and 50 feet of a railroad crossing.
• Slow moving vehicles must turn or pull off the roadway when there are... five or more vehicles in line behind them.
• If you change your address, Tennessee law requires you to notify the Department of Safety within... 10 days.
• An advisory letter is mailed to a licensee having... 6 to 11 points on a driving record within any 12 months.
• If you meet a stopped school bus with the lights flashing and the signal arm extended, you should... come to a complete stop.
• Children under must be placed in an approved child restraint device if they are... 3 years of age or younger.
• Before making a turn, the driver should use the turn signal at least... 50 feet before the turn.
• The only vehicles not required to stop before crossing a railroad grade crossing are... farm trucks hauling produce.
• If involved in a reportable accident, the operator of the vehicle must file an accident report to the Department of Safety within... 10 days.
• Vehicles stopped behind a school bus when the red lights are flashing must remain stopped until... the stop arm is retracted and the bus resumes motion.
• It is illegal to turn around near a curve or hill when the driver cannot... see at least 500 feet in each direction.
• If the light turns red when you are in the middle of an intersection about to turn left, you should... complete the turn when traffic clears
• If your car becomes disabled on the highway, you should... park with all four wheels off the traveled highway, if possible
• In 50-55 mph traffic you are least likely to have an accident if you... stay within that speed range
• Continuous hard braking on ice... locks the front wheels causing loss of steering.
• When turning left from a two-way street onto a one-way street, you should... sharply turn into the first lane.
• If you are driving and the rear end of your car starts skidding to the left, you should... steer to the left. Always steer in the same direction as a skid.
• Changing from one lane to another is best done... gradually and carefully
• A major cause of fatal traffic accidents in Tennessee is...speeding
• At an intersection with traffic signals, if you are not in the proper lane to make a right or left turn you should... continue to the next intersection to make the desired turn when not in the correct lane.
• A defensive driver... considers what other drivers might do and is prepared.
• If you are continually being passed on the right and the left while driving in the center lane of an expressway, you should... move to the right lane.
• You are preparing to exit an expressway. You should start reducing your speed... immediately upon entering the deceleration lane when exiting an expressway.
• On the interstate, you should... signal before changing lanes.
• Before changing lanes or attempting to pass another vehicle, you should... check your blind spots, mirrors, and look over shoulder toward the rear
• If you have had several beers before driving, the effects of alcohol will be reduced only by... waiting several hours
• When taking any medicine, you should... consult your doctor about the effects before driving
• The amount of alcohol in the blood is referred to as... blood alcohol concentration (BAC)
• Drivers are considered to be under the influence (DUI) for a first conviction at a blood alcohol concentration of... .08% or more.
• Alcohol, in any concentration, is... a depressant.
• All of the following substances can affect the ability to drive: Ttranquilizers, marijuana, sedatives, cough syrups and cold tablets containing codeine or antihistamines
• The DUI law states that upon a second conviction the violator will serve not less than... 45 days in jail.
• If you have a BAC of .10%, you are... 7 times more likely to cause a crash than if you were sober.
• Statistics reveal that over the past few years Tennessee's rate of fatal crashes involving alcohol has decreased to... about one-third.
• The DUI law states that upon first conviction the penalty will be... a $350.00 fine, 48 hours in jail and 1 year revocation
• Skills affected by the use of alcohol and/or drugs are... alertness and coordination
• If you are operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a drug or alcohol and you are involved in a crash that results in a death of another person(s), you may be... charged with vehicular homicide and be fined and sentenced to a term in prison
• The more you drink in a fixed amount of time, the higher the BAC. Thus three drinks in one hour will affect you... more than three drinks in three hours.
• Driving while under the influence of drugs carries... the same penalty as for alcohol
• If you have had three beers in the past hour, for all the alcohol to leave your blood stream will take about... three hours

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