2025 Alabama Permit Test 15
The following questions are from real DMV written tests. These are some of the actual permit questions you will face in Alabama. Each permit practice test question has three answer choices. Select one answer for each question and select "grade this section." You can find this button at the bottom of the drivers license quiz. For a complete list of questions and answers for Alabama please visit https://cheat-sheets.dmv-written-test.com/en/alabama/car.
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1. What is the purpose of rumble strips?
Explanation
Rumble strips create noise and vibrations to warn drowsy or inattentive drivers that they are straying off of the road or are approaching a stop sign or signal.
2. If worried, nervous, or angry, drivers:
Explanation
If worried, ill, nervous, frightened, angry, or depressed, let someone else drive. Driving while your mind is occupied by distracting thoughts is never safe.
3. To see objects in their blind spot when changing lanes, drivers should check:
Explanation
Your vehicle's blind spots are the areas that you cannot see in your mirrors. Look over the appropriate shoulder to check your blind spot when changing lanes.
4. Water on the road can cause a vehicle to hydroplane. Your car may hydroplane at speeds as low as:
Explanation
Hydroplaning occurs when there is standing water on a roadway. At speeds up to 35 mph, most tires will channel water away from the tire. As your speed increases past 35 mph, tires cannot channel the water as well and your tires may start to lose contact with the road and ride over the water like a set of water skis.
5. You should signal continuously while turning because it:
Explanation
You should always signal when turning, changing lanes, slowing down, or stopping so that other drivers, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians will know your intentions.
6. If you approach a traffic light with a red signal and a police officer directs you to go through the intersection without stopping, you should:
Explanation
Instructions given by police officers directing traffic always override posted traffic signals and signs. Follow the officer's instructions.
7. Yellow lines separate:
Explanation
Yellow lines mark the center of a road used for two-way traffic. A solid yellow centerline indicates that drivers may not cross the line to pass. A broken yellow centerline indicates that drivers may cross the line to pass, but only if passing would not interfere with traffic.
8. When driving on a slippery surface, such as snow or ice:
Explanation
To prevent skidding on slippery surfaces, you should shift to a low gear before going down a steep hill. You should also follow farther behind the vehicle in front of you than you normally would. Quick stops should be avoided. Unless you have antilock brakes, pump the brakes to slow or stop.
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