North Carolina – NCDOT – Sample Test 1

Driving is a privilege and responsibility. It is against the law to drive a motor vehicle on streets and highways without a valid driver's license. It is also illegal to sit in the driver's seat of a motor vehicle while the engine is running or to steer a motor vehicle being pushed or towed without a valid license.

It can be dangerous and deadly to leave children in a vehicle. During the spring and summer, the temperature can rise rapidly inside a parked car.

Tires with worn tread or underinflated have less grip on the road surface, increasing your chance of hydroplaning and making it more difficult to control your vehicle.

More than one-third of fatal traffic crashes involving motor vehicles occur at intersections. They are considered the most dangerous places on a street or highway.

When approaching a traffic circle, slow down. You must yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk and traffic in the traffic circle.

The flashing red signal has the same meaning as the stop sign.

You are required to carry proof of liability insurance whenever you drive.

Alcohol affects most areas of your brain, so the effects are wide-ranging and impossible to compensate for.

Alcohol reduces your ability to drive safely. No one is a good driver after drinking alcohol.

You may not turn right or left against a red arrow. The red arrow means turning traffic must stop and remain stopped.

All traffic must stop for a school bus on a two-lane roadway with a center turning lane.

Slow down. Use your low-beam headlights, not your high beams.

Follow the flow of traffic if you can do so without speeding. Crashes are more likely to occur when a vehicle moves significantly slower than the traffic flow.

You must stop and yield when exiting an alley, building entrance, private road, or driveway.

The flashing yellow signal has the same meaning as a warning sign. Slow down and proceed with caution.

You may be assigned to a driver improvement clinic if you accumulate seven points. DMV can suspend your license if you get 12 points within three years.

Refusal to perform a required test will result in the immediate revocation of your driver's license for at least 30 days and an additional, minimum 12-month revocation by the DMV.

Driving slower than the surrounding traffic is a significant cause of rear-end crashes in work zones.

Experts recommend reducing speed by more than half for packed snow and slowing to a crawl on ice.

Unless otherwise posted, maximum speed limits are:

• In cities and towns: 35 mph
• For school buses: 45 mph
• For school activity buses: 55 mph
• Outside cities and towns 55 mph
• For interstates 70 mph

By law, you must stop when:

• There is a stop sign.
• A warning signal tells you a train is approaching.
• A crossing gate is lowered.
• A flag person signals the approach of a train.
• A railroad train emits a signal, indicating that the train is an immediate hazard.
• An approaching railroad train is visible and is in hazardous proximity to such crossing.

Do not drive or park closer than one block from fire trucks responding to a fire alarm.

Funeral processions have the right-of-way at intersections. Stop even if you have a green light while a funeral procession passes through.

Keep a safe following distance. If the vehicle ahead stops suddenly, you will need time to react.