West Virginia Permit Test: Safe Driving Practice Questions

Correct answer: Three-to-four-second rule

Use the three-to-four-second rule: if you pass a fixed object before counting to "one thousand three," you are too close.

Source: Chapter VI: Traffic Laws and Rules of the Road – Following Distance

Correct answer: At least six seconds

In darkness or rain, allow at least four seconds; on ice or snow, stay at least six seconds behind the vehicle ahead.

Source: Chapter VI: Traffic Laws and Rules of the Road – Following Distance

Correct answer: Four seconds

If it is dark or raining, your following distance should be at least four seconds.

Source: Chapter VI: Traffic Laws and Rules of the Road – Following Distance

Correct answer: 500 feet

Dim your headlights within 500 feet of an approaching vehicle and within 200 feet of a vehicle you are following.

Source: Chapter VI: Traffic Laws and Rules of the Road – Headlights and Their Use

Correct answer: 200 feet

When following another vehicle, dim your headlights within 200 feet.

Source: Chapter VI: Traffic Laws and Rules of the Road – Headlights and Their Use

Correct answer: Sunset to sunrise, and when you can't see clearly at 500 feet

Turn on headlights from sunset to sunrise, in fog, smoke or rain, or any time people and vehicles cannot be seen clearly at 500 feet.

Source: Chapter VI: Traffic Laws and Rules of the Road – Headlights and Their Use

Correct answer: Low beams

Use low beams in fog; high beams reflect the light back into your eyes.

Source: Chapter VI: Traffic Laws and Rules of the Road – Headlights and Their Use

Correct answer: Look toward the right edge of the road

Avoid looking into oncoming lights by looking toward the right edge of the road, and slow down when facing glare.

Source: Chapter VI: Traffic Laws and Rules of the Road – Headlights and Their Use

Correct answer: Only when you are parked

Use your parking lights only when parked; when it gets dark or visibility drops, turn on your headlights, not just parking lights.

Source: Chapter VI: Traffic Laws and Rules of the Road – Headlights and Their Use

Correct answer: Persons 18 or older riding in the back seat

Everyone in a passenger vehicle must wear a belt; the only legal exception is for persons 18 or older in the back seat (plus some medical exceptions).

Source: Chapter VIII: Defensive Driving – Safety Equipment

Correct answer: The driver

It is the driver's responsibility to ensure all passengers are buckled into their safety belts.

Source: Chapter VIII: Defensive Driving – Safety Equipment

Correct answer: 8

Children under 8 must be secured in an approved child safety seat, but a child under 8 who is at least 4 feet 9 inches tall may use a safety belt.

Source: Chapter VIII: Defensive Driving – Child Safety Seats

Correct answer: In the front passenger seat with a passenger air bag

Under no circumstances should a rear-facing infant seat go in the front passenger seat if the vehicle has a passenger-side air bag; children 12 and under should ride in back.

Source: Chapter VIII: Defensive Driving – Risk Reduction for Infants and Toddlers

Correct answer: 8 and 4 o'clock

Place your left hand at about 8 o'clock and right hand at about 4 o'clock for control and to reduce the chance a deploying air bag knocks your hands away.

Source: Chapter VI: Traffic Laws and Rules of the Road – Driving Signals

Correct answer: Push hard on the brake and keep steering

With ABS, press hard on the brake and continue to steer; pumping ABS brakes reduces the system's ability to stop you quickly.

Source: Chapter VIII: Defensive Driving – Safety Equipment