FREE NEW YORK ROAD RULES TEST 1 - NEW YORK PERMIT TEST

This online New York Permit Test, with multiple choice questions, is intended to help you prepare for the New York written test that is required before you can get your driver’s license.

Rules 1

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When backing up:

Using your mirrors is sufficient to back up safely

Look over your left shoulder when backing

Back up slowly

Sound your horn while backing up

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Two parallel lines painted across the road indicate:

A crosswalk for police vehicles

An ambulance lane

A railroad track

A crosswalk for pedestrians

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If you want to turn right to a driveway directly after crossing an intersection, when should you begin signaling?

After you have entered the intersection

Before you enter the intersection

All answers are correct

Do not signal at all

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The safest way to enter the flow of traffic on a highway with a very short entrance lane is to:

Slow down, and then enter the freeway at a sharp angle

Drive slowly and be prepared to stop for freeway traffic

Use the left lane of the highway to get up to cruising speed

Wait for a large gap in traffic then speed up quickly

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When approaching a yield sign:

Oncoming traffic must yield to you

Pedestrians must yield to you

You must slow down and be prepared to stop

You are required to come to a full stop

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When you planning to leave the highway and you miss your exit:

Continue to the next exit and make plans to return to your route

Stop and back up on the highway

Cross the median to turn around

Make a U-turn and try again

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On approaching an intersection where a traffic signal light is red and a policeman motions you to go through, you should:

Stop to make sure he wants you to go through

Call the policeman's attention to the red light

Wait for the light to turns green

Obey the policeman's signal and proceed

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Under what circumstances can you drive across the solid white line on the right side of a highway?

If you want to pass someone who is waiting to turn left

If your car breaks down and needs to pull off the road

Only if other cars cross

Never

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When looking ahead of your vehicle while driving, you should:

Look straight ahead at all times

Look right side at all times

Scan your surroundings

Look only at the car ahead of you

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If your vehicle starts to hydroplane, you should:

Increased speed

Slow down gradually and don’t apply the brakes

Drive at a constant speed

Apply the brakes firmly

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To help prevent collision with an animal you should:

Scan the sides of the roadway ahead for animals

All answers are correct

Be extra cautious at dusk and dawn

Watch for animal crossing signs

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Where there is no bicycle lane, on what portion of the road must a bicyclist ride?

Ride as close to the right curb as possible

In the middle of the lane

Left curb or edge of the road facing traffic

Bicyclists cannot ride on roads where there is no bicycle lane

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You may legally park in front of a driveway:

If the driveway is in front of your house

As long as it is parked for no longer than 15 minutes

At night

Never

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When entering a freeway you should:

Stop on acceleration lane, wait for an opening, and then enter the freeway rapidly

Slow down, and then enter the freeway at a sharp angle

Signal and increase your speed to merge smoothly with traffic

Drive slowly and be prepared to stop for freeway traffic

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In to which lane should you turn if you are turning left onto a one way road?

Turn into the right lane

Into the closest lane

Turn into the center lane

Turn into either of the lanes that are safely open

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A single broken line means:

You must stop under any circumstances

All answers are correct

You must change lane after making a complete stop

You may change lane if you can do it safely

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If a tire blows out:

Apply heavy braking

Keep the foot on the brake and steer to the right

Use your horn to warn other vehicles

Concentrate on steering

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Which of the following statements is true?

Fasten your safety belt snugly

All answers are correct

Use your safety belt only on highways

Wear a lap belt around your stomach, not your hips

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Driving only with parking lights:

Cannot be done, it is illegal

Is allowed in funeral processions

Always legal

Is advisable when dark

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Yellow lines are used to separate:

Lanes traffic moving in same directions

Bicycle lanes from regular traffic

Traffic lanes on one-way streets

Lanes traffic moving in opposite directions

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When you have three lanes of traffic all going in the same direction which lane is best for passing?

None of them

The far left lane

The center lane

The far right lane

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A red light means:

You may turn right or left

You must stop

You may proceed

All answers are correct

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Who has the right-of-way at an intersection with no crosswalk?

Pedestrians always have the right-of-way

Vehicles turning right

Pedestrians, but only with the green walk signal

Vehicles turning left

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Before turning left, the right-of-way should be given to oncoming cars:

None of them

Until most cars have passed

Until it is safe to turn

Unless they are turning right

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In most situations, you should pass another vehicle that is going in the same direction:

On the left

Either side is fine

On the right

None of them

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Receiving a driver's license is a privilege, not a right

TRUE

FALSE

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Before you make a left hand turn you must signal continuously during the last ____ feet before the turn

100

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Which of the following is true about double parking?

It is allowed if you are making a delivery

It is illegal under any circumstances

It is legal if you wait in the vehicle

It is always legal

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When you have the right of way you should:

Sound you horn then proceed

Wait until everyone has gone to avoid an accident

Stop for 3 seconds then proceed

Proceed carefully

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What is true about large trucks?

They have smaller blind spots than most passenger vehicles

When turning, the rear wheels follow a longer path than the front wheels

They take longer to stop than a car traveling at the same speed

All answers are correct

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If you have completed a defensive driving course, you may be able to save on your auto insurance premiums when buying a new or used car either by financing, leasing or through bank car loan.

Regulatory traffic signs instruct drivers what they should, or should not do, in certain circumstances. You will be asked to identify roadway signs on the NY Permit Test.

Essential Information for Passing the New York Permit Test

Turning 16 and getting your permit to drive is your first step towards adulthood. Driving provides you with an independence that you haven’t had yet. The New York DMV allows 16-year-olds to apply for a permit to learn how to drive before qualifying for an unrestricted driver’s license.

Before you can get your permit to learn to drive with a parent or guardian, you must provide paperwork, pass a vision test and pass a written test. The written permit test covers the basic rules of driving, road signs and laws specific to New York motor vehicles.

Questions

The questions for the permit test come directly from the New York Driver’s Manual and cover anything from speed limits in a school zone to laws and ramifications for drunk driving.

When you arrive to take your test, you’ll be happy to find that the test is multiple choice. However, along with the correct answer, there are similar answers, so you need to know the information to pass the test.

Score Needed to Pass the Permit Test

As within any test, you’re probably wondering how many questions you need to answer correctly to pass. The test features 20 questions, and you must answer 14 questions.

However, four of the questions pertain information on road signs. You must get at least two of these questions right as part of the total 14 correctly answered questions. So it’s possible to answer 14 questions correctly and still fail.

The Easy Way to Pass the Test

After downloading the driver’s manual, take some time to read it and go back to any sections you might feel like you didn’t understand or don’t remember. Then visit the Driver Knowledge website to take a couple of the practice tests for the New York permit test. The website offers practice tests in both English and Spanish.

Taking a practice test helps build confidence and ace the test. You can go back and study the sections in the manual of any questions that you missed on the practice test.

Safe driving!