Adverse Conditions
Driving in rain, snow, fog, ice, night, and reduced visibility.
Adverse Conditions rules in Texas follow the federal framework with state-specific limits, distances, and exceptions. The practice questions below are drawn from the Texas driver handbook, so they track the state's own rules.
Adverse Conditions questions, Texas edition.
Each question links through to a full explanation, the rule it tests, and a citation back to the manual.
- When does Texas require you to turn on your headlights during a normal day-to-night transition? →
- You are driving with high beams on and see an oncoming vehicle in the distance. At what distance from that vehicle does the manual require you to switch to low beams? →
- You are gaining on the vehicle ahead of you on a rural highway at night. At what following distance must you switch to low beams? →
- The manual lists heavy rain, fog, sleet, snow, and dust as conditions calling for what headlight setting? →
- Your rear tires break loose and the car begins to skid. Which way does the manual tell you to turn the steering wheel? →
- As soon as your car begins to skid, what does the manual tell you to do with the brakes? →
- You're driving 55 mph and the road is wet from steady rain. What does the manual say to do with the 4-second following interval it lists for good road conditions? →
- According to the manual, two feet of rushing water is enough to carry away which types of vehicles? →
- You have to park on an unlighted highway at night. What does the manual tell you to leave on? →
- The manual names which of the following as the most effective on roads where ice and snow remain? →
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