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1. When driving, your left hand should be at 10 o'clock and the right hand should be at ____ o'clock.
2. Drivers entering a main road from a driveway, alley, or roadside should
3. A driver may park in a space reserved for people with disabilities if the vehicle displays license plates for the disabled
4. Which lane must you be in before making a left turn from a one-way street?
5. If you approach a vehicle displaying a reflective orange triangle sign on the rear, you must
6. To avoid accidents, drivers should communicate with each other by:
7. Traffic fatalities are ____ at night compared to daytime.
8. Which of the following statements about interchanges is not true?
9. Which of the following will prevent the single biggest contributor to crashes?
10. When should you use your high beam headlights?
11. To get a drivers license without restrictions you can have vision no worse than 20/____ in either eye.
12. The best thing to do if you become tired or sleepy while driving is:
13. When waiting to make a left turn, you should give the right-of-way to vehicles coming from the opposite direction:
14. If your vehicle begins to skid, you should:
15. To make a right turn start in the right-hand lane and end in:
16. If you have had several beers before driving, the effects of alcohol will be reduced only by:
17. What should you do when you are going to enter a roadway from a private road
18. All the following need to be checked regularly for safety purposes, except:
19. If the road is slippery, you should keep a following distance that is:
20. At an intersection controlled by a stop sign, if you can't get a good view of cross-street traffic when you stop behind the white top bar painted on the pavement, you should:
To operate a motorcycle in South Dakota, you must have a motorcycle instruction permit or a motorcycle license. Licenses are issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS). You can apply for a motorcycle instruction permit at age 14 and a motorcycle license at age 16. A motorcycle permit or license allows you to operate a motorcycle, motorbike, scooter, or moped on public roads.
To receive a motorcycle instruction permit, you must apply, submit the required documentation, pass the vision screening and the motorcycle knowledge exam, and pay the fees. To receive a motorcycle license, you must apply, submit the required documentation, pay the fees, and pass the vision screening, the knowledge exam, and the motorcycle driving test.
Tests are scheduled online or through the DPS. The motorcycle knowledge test contains 25 questions about safe riding practices and road rules. You must answer 20 of the questions correctly to pass. The motorcycle driving test assesses your ability to operate your motorcycle safely. If you fail a test, you must wait one day to retake it.