Road Skills Flashcards

During your Alabama road test it starts raining lightly. What should you do first?

Answer: Turn on your windshield wipers and headlights and reduce speed

Rain requires wipers, headlights, and reduced speed since roads are slick and visibility drops.

You are asked to back around a corner to the right during the test. You should:

Answer: Back slowly, looking over your right shoulder, staying close to the curb

Backing around a corner requires slow speed, looking over the right shoulder, and staying near the curb.

While driving the test route, you approach a railroad crossing with no gates or signals. You should:

Answer: Slow down, look both ways, and listen before crossing

At uncontrolled railroad crossings, drivers must slow, look both directions, and listen for trains before crossing.

The examiner asks you to make a left turn at a two-way street intersection. You should turn into:

Answer: The lane just right of the center line of the cross street

A left turn should finish in the lane immediately to the right of the center line of the road you enter.

If your vehicle starts to skid on a wet road during the test, you should:

Answer: Ease off the accelerator and steer in the direction you want to go

Correcting a skid means easing off the gas and steering toward your intended path without hard braking.

During the test you approach a roundabout. What is the correct procedure?

Answer: Yield to traffic already in the roundabout and enter to the right (counterclockwise)

Drivers entering a roundabout must yield to circulating traffic and travel counterclockwise.

Which habit should you demonstrate continuously throughout the entire Alabama road skills test?

Answer: Regularly checking mirrors and scanning intersections

Consistent mirror checks and intersection scanning show the ongoing awareness examiners score throughout the drive.