Defensive Driving
Hazard recognition, following distance, scanning, and crash avoidance.
Defensive Driving rules in Illinois follow the federal framework with state-specific limits, distances, and exceptions. The practice questions below are drawn from the Illinois driver handbook, so they track the state's own rules.
Defensive Driving questions, Illinois edition.
Each question links through to a full explanation, the rule it tests, and a citation back to the manual.
- According to the manual, what is the cause of most rear-end crashes? →
- You are using the three-second rule to check your following distance. After the vehicle ahead passes a fixed object, your vehicle should not reach that object before which count? →
- What kind of reference point does the manual say to pick when using the three-second following-distance rule? →
- The road is wet and visibility is poor. How should you adjust your three-second following distance? →
- Another driver is tailgating you. What does the manual instruct you to do? →
- Your vehicle begins to skid while hydroplaning in the rain. You cannot regain control of the wheel. What does the manual say to do? →
- You turn on your windshield wipers because rain has started. What does Illinois law require you to do at the same time? →
- You are driving in fog that has become too thick to see the road safely. What does the manual say to do? →
- You must drive through fog at night. How should you set your headlights? →
- Heavy rain has flooded a stretch of the road ahead of you. What does the manual say to do? →
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