Defensive Driving
Hazard recognition, following distance, scanning, and crash avoidance.
Defensive Driving rules in New York follow the federal framework with state-specific limits, distances, and exceptions. The practice questions below are drawn from the New York driver handbook, so they track the state's own rules.
Defensive Driving questions, New York edition.
Each question links through to a full explanation, the rule it tests, and a citation back to the manual.
- What does alcohol do to a driver's reaction time? →
- According to the manual, alcohol affects your judgment of speed and distances in what way? →
- Do you have to look or feel intoxicated before alcohol starts to impair your driving? →
- What specific vision problem does the manual say alcohol worsens when driving at night? →
- What happens to a drinking driver's awareness of their own driving abilities? →
- The manual's STOP-sign example shows that a driver under the influence is most likely to do what? →
- The manual states that during each mile you drive, you make how many decisions? →
- According to the manual, as alcohol limits your ability to drive, what also happens to your awareness of that impairment? →
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