DMV 1 to 50 Flashcards
(50 cards)
When in a motor vehicle on a highway, it is:
Illegal to either drink from or possess open containers of alcohol in the passenger
compartment.
A driver should be extra alert to motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians because:
They’re difficult to see in traffic.
When driving at high speeds, always allow enough room to safely stop in emergencies by staying
at least:
Four seconds behind the vehicle in front of you.
Any time you want to merge with other traffic, you should:
› Allow a gap of about four seconds.
At a school crossing sign, you should:
› Watch for children and be ready to stop.
At an intersection with a yield sign, you should:
Slow down and yield the right-of-way to other traffic.
Before you change directions, you must keep your turn signals on for at least:
100 feet.
By law, your vehicle’s headlights must be turned on from:
› 30 minutes after sunset until 30 minutes before sunrise.
If a transit vehicle is signaling to re-enter the main roadway following a stop, you must:
Yield.
If it causes an injury, a death, or $1,000 or more in damage to any one person’s property, you
must report an accident to law enforcement officials within ____ of the accident.
› Four days
If you operate a motor vehicle registered in Washington State, you must:
Have liability insurance and carry an ID card proving you have such insurance.
If you refuse to take a test determining your blood alcohol content (BAC), you will lose your
driver license for:
› At least one year.
If you stop along the road at night:
› Turn on your emergency flashers and leave your low beams turned on.
In Washington State, an adult above the age of 21 is legally drunk when their blood alcohol
content (BAC) is:
› At or above 0.08 percent.
If you are driving a slow-moving vehicle in a no passing zone on a road with two lanes traveling
in opposite directions, you should pull over to let others pass if:
› Five or more vehicles form a line behind you and it’s unsafe for them to pass.
On a roadway with three or more lanes, you must stop for a school bus with flashing red lights:
› Only if you’re traveling in the same direction as the bus.
The maximum speed limit on streets in cities and towns, unless otherwise posted, is :
› 25 mph.
To be parked legally on a street, a vehicle must be within:
› 12 inches of the curb.
To turn right at an intersection with a steady red light, you should:
Stop, signal, then turn when safe, if no sign prohibits the turn.
When driving on a road with two lanes traveling in opposite directions:
› Use the right lane, except when you’re legally passing another vehicle.
When parking uphill next to a curb, set the parking brake and:
› Turn your steering wheel away from the curb.
When the driver behind you wants to pass, you should:
Slow down to allow room in front of your vehicle for the other driver to complete the
pass easily.
When a two-way roadway has a shared center lane, you can:
› Drive in the lane for no more than 300 feet before turning left.
When you see a school bus traveling on the opposite side on a two-lane, two-way roadway,
you must stop:
If the red warning lights on the bus are flashing.
