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21 Smart Driving Tips for New Drivers

You're biggest risk of having a bad accident is within the first two years of you passing your driving test. Follow these hints and you can reduce this risk.
After passing your test it will be strange to find an empty front passenger seat. The first time you drive take someone with you for support. Think seriously about displaying a `P' plate.
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elderly Safe Driving Tips

Parents, when your teen took on-the-road lessons, the instructor had his/her own rear view mirror. You can also get one for approximately $4 at any Wal-Mart, Target or baby supply store. They can be found in the baby section and were designed for looking at your baby in the rear seat. They work wonderfully for seeing traffic behind the car when driving with your teen.
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How to Prepare for Your Driving Test

DMV's Goal
One of the Department of Motor Vehicles’ (DMV) major goals is to keep all drivers licensed for as long as it is safe to do so. Along with that goal is the responsibility to enhance highway safety by increasing driver competency. DMV also recognizes that the independence and mobility that driving provides are important factors in the quality of life for most Californians.
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Motorcycle Drivers Written Test - #2

Upshifting or downshifting in a curve:

Should only be done if it can be done smoothly.
Is better than shifting before the curve.
Is the best way to control your speed.



2. To avoid confusing other drivers you should:

Increase the following distance between your motorcycle and the vehicle in front of you if you are being tailgated.
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Motorcycle Drivers Written Test - #1

What are the requirements for wearing a helmet?

Passengers only are required to wear helmets.
All motorcycle riders and passengers are required to wear helmets at all times.
Helmets are not required while driving on city streets.



2. Grabbing the front brake or jamming down on the rear brake:
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Class C Written Test - #5

You are driving on the freeway. The vehicle in front of you is a large truck. You should drive:

Closely behind the truck in bad weather because the driver can see farther ahead.
Farther behind the truck than you would for a passenger vehicle.
No more than one car length behind the truck so the driver can see you.
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Sample Class C Written Test - #4

It is a very windy day. You are driving and a dust storm blows across the freeway reducing your visibility. You should drive slower and turn on your:

Interior lights
Parking lights
Headlights.



2. If you plan to pass another vehicle, you should:

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Class C Written Test - #3

You may not park your vehicle:

On the side of the freeway in an emergency.
Next to a red painted curb.
Within 100 feet of an elementary school.



2. You must notify the DMV within 5 days if you:

Sell or transfer your vehicle.
Fail a smog test for your vehicle.
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Class C Written Test - #2

You are about to make a left turn. You must signal continuously during the last ____ feet before the turn.

50
75
100



2. Which of the following statements about blind spots is true?

They are eliminated if you have one outside mirror on each side of the vehicle.
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Sample C Driver Written Test - #1

You may drive off of the paved roadway to pass another vehicle:

If the shoulder is wide enough to accommodate your vehicle
If the vehicle ahead of you is turning left.
Under no circumstances



2. You are approaching a railroad crossing with no warning devices and are unable to see 400 feet down the tracks in one direction. The speed limit is:
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