Vermont: Hazardous conditions and crashes — Part 1 Practice Test
Questions in this part include: “What should you never combine on the same vehicle?”
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Vermont Driver's Manual" (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles.
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If your wheels drop off the pavement onto a low shoulder, what should you do?
- Brake firmly and then steer sharply back onto the pavement right away
- Speed up and turn back onto the pavement at once to regain control of the vehicle
- Stop on the shoulder and wait for the road crew to help you
- Reduce speed without braking, then turn back onto the pavement carefully at a slow speed
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Correct answer: Reduce speed without braking, then turn back onto the pavement carefully at a slow speed
Slow down without braking and turn carefully back onto the pavement at a slow speed.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 37 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 37)
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When hazardous driving conditions are predicted, what is best to do?
- Stay home and avoid unnecessary travel
- Drive only after it gets dark outside
- Travel in a group of several vehicles
- Drive more slowly with the windows down
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Correct answer: Stay home and avoid unnecessary travel
The manual says it is best to stay home and avoid unnecessary travel when hazardous conditions are predicted.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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If you are caught out in a storm, what should you not use?
- Low beam headlights
- Windshield wipers
- Cruise control
- Your turn signals
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Correct answer: Cruise control
The manual says to reduce your speed, stay alert and not use cruise control in a storm.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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What should you do when you come upon a "road closed" sign or traffic barricades during a storm?
- Drive around them slowly and carefully
- Follow other vehicles that pass them
- Drive past them if the road looks dry
- Not drive around them and obey detour signs
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Correct answer: Not drive around them and obey detour signs
Bridges and roadbeds may be washed away or undermined, so you must not drive around barricades or past road closed signs.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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What may flood waters wash away or undermine?
- Bridges, culverts and roadbeds
- Only unpaved roads in rural areas
- Only traffic signs along the road
- Only the guardrails beside a road
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Correct answer: Bridges, culverts and roadbeds
Flood waters may wash away or undermine bridges, culverts and roadbeds.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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Why should you not drive where water is over the road?
- Water always makes the brakes lock up suddenly
- It is illegal to drive in the rain
- The depth is not always obvious and may hide washouts
- Wet roads cannot be seen at night
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Correct answer: The depth is not always obvious and may hide washouts
The depth of the water is hard to judge and it may hide washouts, and a vehicle's motor can stall in water.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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What can happen to a vehicle motor in water over the road?
- It runs more smoothly
- It can stall, leaving you stranded or trapped
- It cools faster and runs better
- It automatically turns on the hazard lights
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Correct answer: It can stall, leaving you stranded or trapped
Vehicle motors stall in water, and you could become stranded or trapped.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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If your vehicle stalls in a flooded area, what should you do?
- Stay inside until the water stops rising
- Try to restart it for several minutes
- Wait for the water to go down before leaving
- Abandon it as soon as possible
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Correct answer: Abandon it as soon as possible
Flood waters can rise rapidly and sweep away a car and its occupants, so you should abandon a stalled vehicle as soon as possible.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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As little as how much water can make it difficult to walk and can obstruct hazards from view?
- 4 inches
- 10 inches
- 1 foot
- 2 feet
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Correct answer: 4 inches
The manual warns that as little as 4 inches of flood water can make it hard to walk and hide hazards.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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Who is wind especially hazardous for?
- Only motorcyclists on a main road
- Only drivers who are on bridges
- Large vehicles and drivers towing trailers
- Only drivers of small passenger cars
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Correct answer: Large vehicles and drivers towing trailers
Wind is a problem for all motorists, but it is especially hazardous for large vehicles and drivers towing trailers.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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In high wind, what is the best practice?
- Driving at higher speeds to get through quickly
- Driving at slower speeds
- Driving in the left lane
- Following other vehicles closely
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Correct answer: Driving at slower speeds
The manual says driving at slower speeds is the best practice in wind.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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What should you never do about downed wires in the roadway?
- Slow down well before them
- Stay alert for them at night
- Check the weather warnings
- Get near or cross them
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Correct answer: Get near or cross them
Strong winds and heavy snow or ice may bring down trees and wires, and you should never get near or cross downed wires.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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When visibility is poor, such as in fog, heavy rain or heavy snow, which lights should you use?
- Low beam headlights
- High beam headlights
- Parking lights only
- Hazard lights only
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Correct answer: Low beam headlights
The manual says to use your low beam headlights when visibility is poor.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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The law requires headlights to be turned on if you cannot clearly see persons or vehicles at what distance ahead?
- 100 feet
- 300 feet
- 500 feet
- 1,000 feet
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Correct answer: 500 feet
If you cannot clearly see persons or vehicles 500 feet ahead, the law requires headlights to be on.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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Why does the manual call winter the most difficult driving season?
- Roads are always closed to traffic
- Snow, ice and fewer hours of daylight
- Drivers must always use tire chains
- Speed limits are higher in winter
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Correct answer: Snow, ice and fewer hours of daylight
Winter brings snow and ice to deal with and fewer hours of daylight.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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What should the windshield washer reservoir be filled with before winter?
- Plain tap water only
- Antifreeze made for engines
- Used motor oil from the engine
- A fluid made for winter use
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Correct answer: A fluid made for winter use
The manual says to fill the windshield washer reservoir with a fluid made for winter use.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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Where should you have good snow tires, and when should you put them on?
- On all four wheels, and early
- On the front wheels only, in the first snowfall
- On the drive wheels only, in January
- On the rear wheels only, after the first snow
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Correct answer: On all four wheels, and early
The manual advises good snow tires on all four wheels, put on early, so you are not caught without them in the first snowfall.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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What should you never combine on the same vehicle?
- Snow tires and a spare tire
- New tires and clean wipers
- Different types of tires
- Two different brands of antifreeze
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Correct answer: Different types of tires
The manual says never to combine different types of tires on the same vehicle.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)