Virginia DMV permit practice test 5

C: Tow trucks. The rule applies to stationary emergency vehicles and tow trucks with flashing lights, and you must also change lanes for vehicles with hazard flashers, caution signs or flares. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Yielding to Vehicles with Flashing Lights: Stationary vehicles, page 18.

C: $3,000. Law enforcement forwards a crash report to DMV when there is injury or death or total property damage in excess of $3,000. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Traffic Crashes, page 27.

A: 20 to 30 seconds. Expert drivers try to look 20 to 30 seconds ahead, which in the city is about one block. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Searching, page 21.

B: $100. You are subject to an additional $100 fine for driving 81 to 85 mph in a 65-mph zone. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Speed Limits, page 16.

D: Cash only lanes. Drivers without a transponder should look for and follow signs for cash-only lanes. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Toll Plazas and Lanes, page 15.

C: Sunset to sunrise. You must use headlights from sunset to sunrise. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Night Driving, page 25.

B: Unlawful and unsafe. Passing is unlawful on hills, curves, at intersections or railroad crossings, except on roads with two or more lanes in the same direction. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Passing, page 19.

C: Right, toward the curb. Downhill with a curb, turn the front wheels right, toward the curb. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Parking on a hill, page 24.

B: Traffic already on the highway. Drivers entering an interstate from a ramp must yield to traffic already on the highway. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Yielding the Right-of-Way, page 18.

C: 60 days. The manual says applicants 18 or older must hold the permit 60 days before the first road skills test, or complete driver education. DMV has announced that from Jan. 1, 2027, applicants aged 18 to 20 must hold the permit 90 days and also complete driver education. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Road Skills Test, page 6.

D: The lane closest to the curb, unless markings direct otherwise. Turn into the lane closest to the curb unless pavement markings direct you otherwise, then change lanes if needed. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Turning, page 20.

B: No, it is still illegal. Although adult possession is legal, driving under the influence of marijuana is still illegal. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Drunk and Drugged Driving, page 27.

A: Go through the intersection cautiously. A yellow light warns that the signal is about to change. If it is unsafe to stop, go through cautiously; never speed up to beat the light. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Traffic Signals: Yellow light or arrow, page 7.

B: Its shape. In poor visibility such as heavy fog, you may be able to make out only the shape of a sign. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Traffic Signs, page 8.

A: Slow to 10 mph below the posted limit and pass at least 2 feet to the left. On highways with fewer than four lanes, or if you can't change lanes, slow to 10 mph below the limit and pass at least two feet to the left. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Yielding to Vehicles with Flashing Lights: Stationary vehicles, page 18.

B: Report the crash to police within 24 hours. Leave an easy-to-find note with your name, phone, date, time and damage description, and report the crash to police within 24 hours. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Traffic Crashes, page 27.

A: Left, right, then left again. Check left, then right, then left again; vehicles from the left are closer to you. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Searching, page 21.

B: No, it is illegal to use them. The manual states it is illegal to use radar detectors in Virginia. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Speed Limits, page 16.

A: Quickly glance over your shoulder to check your blind spot. Check mirrors, signal, check for others moving into the lane, and just before moving, glance over your shoulder for vehicles in your blind spot. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Changing Lanes, page 19.

B: 200 feet. When following, use low beams whenever you are within 200 feet of the vehicle ahead. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Night Driving, page 25.

B: No, passing off the pavement or on the shoulder is unlawful. Passing off the pavement or on the shoulder of the road is unlawful and unsafe. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Passing, page 19.

C: Right. Without a curb, turn the wheels right (uphill or downhill) so that if the car rolls, the rear rolls away from traffic. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Parking on a hill, page 24.

D: Stop and yield to all traffic and pedestrians. When entering a roadway from a private road or driveway, stop and yield to all traffic and pedestrians. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Yielding the Right-of-Way, page 18.

B: Two days. If you fail the road skills test, you must wait two days to take it again. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Road Skills Test, page 6.

D: The leftmost lane on the intersecting road. Turn from the furthest left lane into the leftmost lane on the intersecting road unless markings or multiple turn lanes direct otherwise. Virginia Driver's Manual (DMV 39): Turning, page 20.