Illinois Permit Test: Safe Driving Practice Questions

Correct answer: Hands-free or Bluetooth

Handheld phones and texting are prohibited; hands-free devices are allowed for persons 19 and older. Holding a phone on speaker is not hands-free.

Source: Chapter 4: Traffic Laws – Distracted Driving

Correct answer: No, it is a violation

Using a cellphone while holding it on speaker is not hands-free and violates Illinois law.

Source: Chapter 4: Traffic Laws – Distracted Driving

Correct answer: While parked on the shoulder

Exceptions: reporting an emergency, while parked on the shoulder, or when stopped by obstructed traffic with the vehicle in neutral or park.

Source: Chapter 4: Traffic Laws – Distracted Driving

Correct answer: A single-sided headset or earpiece

Headsets are prohibited, but a single-sided headset or earpiece with a phone is permitted.

Source: Chapter 4: Traffic Laws – Distracted Driving

Correct answer: All drivers and passengers age 8 and older, front and back

Illinois requires all drivers and passengers 8 and older, in front and back seats, to buckle up even with air bags.

Source: Chapter 4: Traffic Laws – Safety Belt Law; Child Passenger Protection Act

Correct answer: Under 8

The Child Passenger Protection Act requires all children under 8 to use an appropriate child safety restraint, including boosters.

Source: Chapter 4: Traffic Laws – Safety Belt Law; Child Passenger Protection Act

Correct answer: Until age 2, unless over 40 pounds or 40 inches

Children must ride rear-facing until 2 unless they weigh more than 40 pounds or are taller than 40 inches.

Source: Chapter 4: Traffic Laws – Safety Belt Law; Child Passenger Protection Act

Correct answer: 10 to 12 inches

A distance of 10–12 inches is desirable, especially for short, elderly or pregnant drivers.

Source: Chapter 4: Traffic Laws – Safety Belt Law; Child Passenger Protection Act

Correct answer: Across the hip bones

The lap belt goes across the hip bones, never the stomach; the shoulder strap must never go behind the back or under the arm.

Source: Chapter 4: Traffic Laws – Safety Belt Law; Child Passenger Protection Act

Correct answer: The driver

It is the driver's responsibility to ensure all passengers obey the belt law and child restraint law.

Source: Chapter 4: Traffic Laws – Safety Belt Law; Child Passenger Protection Act

Correct answer: 75 feet or more

You may not operate a sound system at a volume that can be heard 75 feet or more from the vehicle.

Source: Chapter 4: Traffic Laws – Additional Laws

Correct answer: The three-second rule

Use the three-second rule in good conditions and increase the distance when road or weather conditions are poor.

Source: Chapter 11: Safe Driving Tips

Correct answer: Following too closely

Following too closely, or tailgating, is the cause of most rear-end crashes.

Source: Chapter 11: Safe Driving Tips

Correct answer: Pull off the roadway and stop

If the fog is too dense, pull off the roadway and stop; do not creep along at 5–10 mph.

Source: Chapter 11: Safe Driving Tips

Correct answer: Your windshield wipers

Illinois law requires headlights when operating windshield wipers.

Source: Chapter 11: Safe Driving Tips