Rain has just begun after a dry period. What should you anticipate?
Correct answer: A slippery surface as water mixes with accumulated oil and dirt, requiring lower speed and more space.
The first part of a rain can loosen accumulated material on the road. Reduce speed and avoid sudden braking or steering.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 41: Wet Roads: first rain and accumulated oil ↗
Water covers a road ahead, and you cannot judge its depth or whether pavement remains underneath. What should you do?
Correct answer: Turn back or choose a safe alternate route.
Floodwater can hide washed-out pavement and strong currents. An uncertain flooded crossing should not be treated as an ordinary puddle.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 59: Flooded Roads: do not enter uncertain water ↗
You are driving on snow-covered pavement. Which control style is safest?
Correct answer: Use lower speed, more following room, and gentle acceleration, braking and steering.
Reduced traction leaves less margin for sudden demands. Smooth actions and extra space make it easier to retain control.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 57: Winter Driving: slow, smooth control and more space ↗
An oncoming vehicle's bright headlights interfere with your vision. What should you do?
Correct answer: Avoid staring into the lights, use the right edge of the road as a guide, and adjust speed safely.
Protect your vision and keep a usable reference for your path. Retaliating with bright lights can make the situation worse for both drivers.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 56: Night Driving: oncoming glare ↗
Your car has four-wheel antilock brakes. In an emergency stop, the pedal pulses. What should you generally do, consistent with the vehicle instructions?
Correct answer: Maintain firm brake pressure and steer as needed rather than pumping the pedal.
Four-wheel ABS may produce pedal pulsation while controlling wheel lock. Apply firm continuous pressure and steer as needed rather than pumping; follow the vehicle's instructions.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 40: Antilock Brake Systems: four-wheel ABS ↗
Your right wheels drop onto a lower shoulder. What should you do first?
Correct answer: Keep control, ease off the accelerator, and slow before returning carefully when safe.
A sudden high-speed return can send the vehicle across the road. Stabilize and reduce speed before making a controlled reentry.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 59: Running Off the Pavement ↗
A tire suddenly blows out at road speed. What should you do?
Correct answer: Hold the steering wheel firmly, keep the vehicle as straight as possible, and slow gradually.
A blowout can pull the vehicle sideways. Control its direction and avoid sudden braking until speed is reduced and a safe pull-off is possible.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 59: Tire Blowouts ↗
The brake pedal suddenly goes to the floor and the normal brakes do not slow the car. Which response fits the handbook's emergency guidance?
Correct answer: Try pumping the pedal, downshift as appropriate, and apply the parking brake gradually while seeking a safe place to stop.
Pumping may restore pressure after a service-brake failure. Use remaining braking and engine resistance carefully; a gradual parking-brake application helps avoid wheel lock.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 58: Driving Emergencies: brake failure ↗
The accelerator sticks and the car continues gaining speed after you lift your foot. What should you do?
Correct answer: Shift to neutral, brake in a controlled way, and steer to a safe stopping place.
Neutral separates engine power from the drive wheels. Maintain steering control and bring the vehicle to a safe stop.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 58: Driving Emergencies: gas pedal sticks ↗
After passing through unavoidable shallow water, you suspect the brakes are wet. Once it is safe, what should you do?
Correct answer: Check them gently at low speed and dry them with light brake application as needed.
Water can reduce braking effectiveness. A cautious low-speed check identifies the problem without depending on full braking in a later emergency.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 58: Driving Emergencies: wet brakes ↗
Your car begins failing on a high-speed road but can still be moved safely. What should you do?
Correct answer: Signal, get as far off the traveled roadway as practical, and use hazard warning lights.
Move the disabled vehicle away from moving traffic when possible and warn approaching drivers. Avoid placing yourself in a traffic path.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 50: Parking in an Emergency ↗
A road-work area is quiet and no workers are visible. Should you assume normal full-width pavement and normal conditions have returned?
Correct answer: No; narrowed lanes, rough surfaces, equipment or other work-zone hazards may remain.
Construction hazards can remain when workers are absent. Follow current controls and adjust speed and spacing for the actual roadway.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 60: Highway Construction and Maintenance Areas ↗
Rainwater builds up on the road. What change most directly reduces the risk of the tires riding on water instead of gripping the pavement?
Correct answer: Reduce speed before reaching standing water.
Hydroplaning reduces tire contact with the road. Slowing for water and maintaining adequate space improves the margin for control.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 41: Wet Roads: hydroplaning ↗
A barricade closes a flooded road, but another driver goes around it. What should you do?
Correct answer: Respect the closure and choose another route.
A closure may protect against hidden washouts, water depth or current. Another driver's choice is not evidence that the road is safe.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 60: Flooded Roads: barricades ↗
An oncoming car is approaching in your lane. Which avoidance direction does the handbook recommend if you must leave its path?
Correct answer: Toward the right, while slowing and maintaining control.
The handbook advises moving right rather than left; the other driver may recover toward their proper lane. Slow and choose the safest available path.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 58: Driving Emergencies: approaching vehicle in your lane ↗
Both headlights fail at night. What is the safe objective?
Correct answer: Slow down, use other available lights to help warn traffic, and pull safely off the road.
Loss of headlights requires a prompt controlled response and a safe stopping location, not continued ordinary driving with inadequate visibility.
Source: Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, printed and physical PDF page 58: Driving Emergencies: headlight failure ↗
