You are having difficulty staying alert during a long trip. What is the safer response?
Correct answer: Stop in a safe place and rest rather than continue driving tired.
Fatigue can affect vision and decision time. Temporary stimulation does not replace adequate rest or remove the need to stop driving when too tired.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 65, physical PDF page 73: 5F Drowsy or Fatigue Driving ↗
Your eyes are on the road, but a demanding conversation occupies your thoughts. Can that still be a driving distraction?
Correct answer: Yes; mental activity that takes attention from driving can also be dangerous.
Driving requires attention as well as eyes and hands. A mentally absorbing task can delay recognition of hazards even without an obvious glance away.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 63, physical PDF page 71: 5E-1 Cognitive distraction ↗
Which seating location does Nebraska’s handbook recommend for children younger than 13?
Correct answer: The back seat.
The back seat is the handbook’s safety recommendation for younger children, separate from the current statutory child-restraint requirements.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 25, physical PDF page 33: 2B Rear-seat safety recommendation ↗
You are involved in a crash and someone appears injured. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop, provide appropriate help and call 911.
Stop and arrange emergency assistance. An injured person’s need for help is not dependent on fault or the condition of your vehicle.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 73, physical PDF page 81: 7A Stop and assist ↗
Which information should drivers exchange after a crash?
Correct answer: Names, addresses, license-plate information and insurance information.
The handbook identifies personal, vehicle and insurance information needed after a crash. Informal promises do not replace that exchange.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 73, physical PDF page 81: 7A Information exchange ↗
A prescribed medicine makes you drowsy and slows your reactions. Does the prescription make it safe to drive?
Correct answer: No; do not drive while the medicine impairs your ability.
Prescription and nonprescription drugs can affect driving. Read warnings and ask a doctor or pharmacist if their effects on driving are unclear.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 27, physical PDF page 35: 2E Prescription and over-the-counter medicines ↗
Which BAC reaches Nebraska’s ordinary adult per-se alcohol threshold for driving a personal car?
Correct answer: 0.08 percent.
The manual identifies 0.08 percent for the ordinary threshold. Impairment can occur below that number; it is not permission to drink and drive.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 24, physical PDF page 32: 2A Alcohol-concentration thresholds ↗
At what BAC does Nebraska’s separate under-21 alcohol prohibition begin below the ordinary 0.08 threshold?
Correct answer: 0.02 percent.
The under-21 threshold is lower than the ordinary adult threshold. Young drivers must not treat the adult figure as permission to drink and drive.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-6,211.01, subsection (1); current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
An officer lawfully requests an alcohol test under Nebraska’s implied-consent rules. Can refusal itself have driver-license consequences?
Correct answer: Yes; refusal can lead to loss of driving privileges.
Refusal is not a way to preserve driving privileges automatically. Nebraska’s handbook explains that refusal can result in administrative license revocation; this question does not assert one penalty for every case.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 24, physical PDF page 32: 2A Implied Consent Law ↗
You strike a parked car and cannot find its owner. What should you do after trying to locate them?
Correct answer: Contact the proper authorities and leave written identifying and contact information where the owner can find it.
The absent owner does not remove responsibility. The handbook directs both contact with authorities and written information for the owner.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 73, physical PDF page 81: 7A Unattended vehicle ↗
A one-year-old still fits within the child seat manufacturer’s rear-facing height and weight limits. In an ordinary modern car, which restraint direction is required?
Correct answer: Rear-facing.
The under-two provision requires rear-facing use until the child outgrows the manufacturer’s limits. This scenario excludes a medical waiver or other special exception.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-6,267, subsection (1), rear-facing requirement; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A six-year-old rides in a modern car with an available rear seat properly equipped for the child restraint. What is required?
Correct answer: Use a correctly installed approved child restraint in that rear seat.
For the described under-eight child, an available equipped non-front seat is required. The statute’s seat-availability conditions matter; this is not an unconditional rule for every vehicle design.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-6,267, subsection (1)(a)–(b); current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A 12-year-old is riding in the rear seat of a modern car. Does Nebraska’s child occupant-protection requirement still apply?
Correct answer: Yes; children age eight through under 18 must use an occupant protection system.
Moving beyond the child-seat age provision does not end the restraint duty. A suitable belt or other applicable occupant protection must still be used.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-6,267, subsection (2); current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
Which set matches Nebraska’s minimum liability amounts for one person’s injury/death, two or more persons’ injury/death, and other people’s property damage in one crash?
Correct answer: $25,000 / $50,000 / $25,000.
The three figures cover different loss categories. Do not substitute another state’s property-damage minimum.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-509, minimum liability limits; also Driver’s Manual printed page 28, section 2H; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
An adult with a regular Class O license reads a routine text on a handheld phone while the car is moving. No emergency applies. Is that allowed?
Correct answer: No; reading written communication on the handheld device while moving is prohibited.
The rule covers reading as well as manually typing or sending written communication. The question concerns ordinary noncommercial driving, not an emergency or official-duty exception.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-6,179.01, subsections (2), (3) and (6); current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
No officer investigated a crash. Nobody was injured, but one person’s vehicle has an apparent $2,200 in damage. What does current NDOT guidance require of each involved driver?
Correct answer: Submit the driver crash report within 10 days.
Current NDOT guidance uses at least $2,000 damage to any one person, or injury or death. It supersedes the older $1,500 figure printed in the manual.
Source: Nebraska Department of Transportation, Crash Reporting, Have you been in a crash? and Who is required to file?; current official page reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A law enforcement officer investigates the crash and completes an Investigator’s Crash Report. Must the involved drivers also file the same separate Driver’s Motor Vehicle Crash Report with NDOT?
Correct answer: No; NDOT says the separate driver report is not needed in that case.
This exception concerns the NDOT driver form. It does not remove duties to stop, help, identify yourself or cooperate with the investigation.
Source: Nebraska Department of Transportation, Crash Reporting, Have you been in a crash? and Who is required to file?; current official page reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
During a traffic stop, your registration is in the glove box. What should you do before reaching for it?
Correct answer: Keep your hands visible, tell the officer where it is and wait for instructions or acknowledgement.
Clear communication and visible hands reduce uncertainty. Follow instructions instead of making an unexplained reach.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 28, physical PDF page 36: 2G Police Stops, visible hands and document retrieval ↗
