Colorado CAR DMV Practice Test 3

If you stop along the road at night, turn on your emergency flashers and leave your low beam headlights turned on. Be sure that other road users will be able to clearly see your vehicle.

As speed increases, the chance of a fatality increases. If you are moving faster than 80 miles per hour, you have almost no chance of living through a crash. Driving more slowly than other traffic can also be dangerous because other motorists may become impatient and make dangerous moves to pass you.

Yellow centerlines are used to separate traffic moving in opposite directions. Broken lines may be crossed to pass slower-moving traffic when it is safe to do so.

Two solid yellow lines down the center of a two-way road mean that neither lane of traffic may cross the lines, unless they are turning off of the roadway. A driver can cross double yellow lines when turning into or out of a driveway or entrance to a business. No passing is allowed over a solid yellow line.

When turning left at a traffic signal, you must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and oncoming traffic.

This sign warns that the road is slippery when wet.

Alcohol dulls the parts of your brain that control inhibition, judgment, and self-control. As a result, you may feel stimulated, lively, and a bit giddy or foolish after consuming alcohol. Alcohol also impairs your reaction time, coordination, and balance. Your vision and ability to judge distance suffers after alcohol consumption, making it difficult to react to your surroundings.

You should slow down as you enter a curve and increase your speed gradually as you exit. Increasing your speed as you enter a curve will make it more difficult to control your vehicle.

Certain offenses committed while driving will count against the driver in Colorado's system of suspending driver licenses. If a driver accrues 12 points or more within a 12-month period, their license will be suspended.

Anything that causes you to take your attention away from driving, take your eyes off the road, and/or take your hands off the wheel is a distraction.

This sign is placed at the beginning of one-way streets and ramps to indicate that you must not continue driving in your current direction.

This sign prohibits U-turns. Do not make a U-turn where this sign is posted.

Yield the right-of-way to service vehicles and maintenance equipment engaged in work on roadways. Use extra caution in approaching, overtaking, or passing maintenance vehicles and snowplows. Because of their traveling speed and size, snowplows tend to create large clouds of blowing snow that conceal the plow, making it invisible.

If an individual parks illegally in a designated handicap-accessible parking spot, they will be subject to a fine of between $350 and $5,000, possible jail time, loss of driving privileges, and/or their car being impounded. Fines may be doubled for someone who illegally uses the plates or placards of another individual.

Always slow down before reaching a curve and accelerate only after passing the middle of the curve. If you drive too fast, the tires will not be able to grip the road and your vehicle will skid.

Regulation signs regulate traffic speed and movement, displaying rules which drivers must obey. This regulation sign means that left turns are prohibited.

If an approaching driver fails to dim their high beams, glance toward the right side of the road. This will keep you from being blinded by the other vehicle’s headlights and will allow you to see enough of the road to stay on course until the other vehicle has passed.

Head restraints should be adjusted so they contact the back of the head. This can help prevent injury during collisions, sudden stops, and sudden turns.

This sign warns that there is a steep hill ahead.

It is prohibited to park on the shoulder of a freeway, except in an emergency.

License plates must be fastened horizontally at least 12 inches from the ground and in a manner that prevents swinging. They must be clearly visible and kept clean and legible.

If a traffic light at an intersection is not functioning due to a power outage, yield to other drivers in the same manner as you would when approaching a four-way stop. When it is your turn, proceed through the intersection with caution.

"Reduced speed" signs inform drivers that they must reduce their speeds. If a new speed limit is posted on one of these signs, the new speed limit begins at the sign.

If you look into the headlights of an oncoming vehicle, the pupil of your eye will contract. After the oncoming vehicle has passed, there will be an interval of time during which the pupil must readjust to the less intense light. During this recovery period, you are virtually driving blind.

A regulatory sign displaying a red circle with a red slash through the middle indicates that a specific action is prohibited. Right turns are not permitted where this sign is posted.