Free Utah Permit Practice Test 3 (2026)
Real questions from the official Utah driver handbook, each with a plain-English explanation. Free, unlimited retakes, no signup.
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What this test covers
This draw of 20 questions breaks down like this:
- Traffic Signs & Signals — 5
- Emergencies & Crashes — 3
- Adverse Conditions — 2
- Right-of-Way & Intersections — 2
- Sharing the Road — 2
- Traffic Lanes, Passing & Turning — 2
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 1
- Signaling & Communication — 1
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 1
- Vehicle Equipment — 1
Heaviest on Traffic Signs & Signals (5 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
Every question here applies nationwide.
Each test on this site draws a different set, so Test 1, 2 and 3 never repeat a question.
Questions on this test
1. What does this blue sign with a white 'H' indicate?
- A hospital nearby
- A highway exit
- A hotel
- A help phone
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Answer: A hospital nearby
A blue 'H' sign points to a hospital.
2. A white sign reading 'TRUCKS USE RIGHT LANE' means:
- Trucks must stay in the right lane
- No trucks at night
- Trucks are banned
- Cars use right lane
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Answer: Trucks must stay in the right lane
This regulatory sign requires trucks to keep to the right lane.
3. If your brakes feel spongy or go to the floor, you should first:
- Accelerate
- Steer off a cliff
- Turn off the key
- Pump the pedal to try to build pressure
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Answer: Pump the pedal to try to build pressure
Pump the pedal to try to restore pressure, then use the parking brake and downshift.
4. A 'NO PARKING' sign with an arrow means no parking:
- For trucks only
- Everywhere
- In the direction the arrow points
- Only at night
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Answer: In the direction the arrow points
The arrow shows the direction in which parking is prohibited.
5. You are driving and see this red sign facing you. It means:
- Yield
- Continue
- Speed up
- You are going the wrong way — do not proceed; turn around
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Answer: You are going the wrong way — do not proceed; turn around
A red 'Wrong Way' sign means you're headed against traffic — stop and turn around safely.
6. In a school zone with children present, you should:
- Use your horn
- Slow to the posted school-zone limit and watch closely for children
- Maintain your speed
- Only slow if a child is in the road
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Answer: Slow to the posted school-zone limit and watch closely for children
Slow to the school-zone limit, obey any crossing guard, and watch carefully for children.
7. Oncoming headlights are blinding you. You should:
- Turn on high beams
- Stare at them
- Speed up
- Look toward the right edge of your lane until they pass
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Answer: Look toward the right edge of your lane until they pass
Glance to the right edge line to keep your lane while avoiding the glare.
8. A shared-lane marking (a bicycle with two chevrons above it) means:
- Bicycles and cars share that lane — watch for cyclists
- No bikes
- A bike lane ends
- Bikes only
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Answer: Bicycles and cars share that lane — watch for cyclists
A 'sharrow' shows that bikes and cars share the lane; watch for and share with cyclists.
9. May you drive onto the shoulder or off the pavement to pass?
- Only to pass a bicycle
- No — never pass by driving off the paved roadway
- Yes, if it is wide
- Yes, on the right only
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Answer: No — never pass by driving off the paved roadway
Never leave the paved road surface to pass — it is illegal and dangerous.
10. Immediately after a crash you are involved in, you must:
- Drive to a police station later
- Leave to avoid trouble
- Stop, help the injured, and exchange information
- Only take photos
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Answer: Stop, help the injured, and exchange information
Always stop, render aid, and exchange information; call 911 for injuries.
11. Driving in the center two-way left-turn lane to travel straight is:
- Allowed for a short distance
- Not allowed — it is only for turning left
- Required
- Allowed to pass
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Answer: Not allowed — it is only for turning left
Never drive straight through in a center turn lane; use it only to turn left.
12. Even one or two drinks can:
- Only affect vision
- Slow reaction time and impair judgment
- Improve driving
- Have zero effect
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Answer: Slow reaction time and impair judgment
Impairment starts with the first drink — reaction and judgment suffer before you feel drunk.
13. When a traffic signal is not working (dark), the safest rule is:
- First car always goes
- Everyone stops forever
- Highest speed goes
- Treat it as a four-way stop
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Answer: Treat it as a four-way stop
A dark signal = four-way stop; take turns in the order you arrive.
14. When merging onto an interstate from an on-ramp, you should:
- Yield to traffic on the highway, match its speed, and merge into a gap
- Stop at the end of the ramp and wait
- Merge slowly well below highway speed
- Force your way in — you have the right-of-way
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Answer: Yield to traffic on the highway, match its speed, and merge into a gap
Traffic on the highway has the right-of-way. Use the ramp to reach highway speed and merge into a gap.
15. Escaping a car sinking in water, you should try to exit through the:
- Trunk
- Sunroof after it fills
- Window, before the car fully sinks
- Engine bay
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Answer: Window, before the car fully sinks
Open or break a window and get out early; doors are hard to open against water.
16. If one headlight is burned out, you should:
- Keep driving indefinitely
- Repair it promptly — both headlights are required
- Use high beams only
- Cover the other one
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Answer: Repair it promptly — both headlights are required
Both headlights are required; fix a burned-out light promptly.
17. Bicyclists on public roads:
- Must ride on the sidewalk
- Have the legal right to use the road
- Must yield to all cars always
- May only ride in parks
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Answer: Have the legal right to use the road
Bicycles are vehicles too and have the right to use the road; share it safely.
18. If your car goes into a skid, you should:
- Turn the wheel opposite
- Accelerate hard
- Slam on the brakes
- Ease off the gas and steer in the direction you want the front of the car to go
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Answer: Ease off the gas and steer in the direction you want the front of the car to go
Take your foot off the gas and steer where you want to go; avoid slamming the brakes.
19. Are you 'allowed' to drive up to 10 MPH over the posted limit?
- No — the speeding 'buffer' is a myth; obey the posted limit
- Yes, 10 over is fine
- Yes, with traffic
- Yes, on highways
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Answer: No — the speeding 'buffer' is a myth; obey the posted limit
There is no legal buffer. Obey the posted speed limit.
20. Tapping your brakes lightly before slowing can:
- Turn off cruise control only
- Confuse drivers
- Save fuel
- Warn following drivers early that you're about to slow
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Answer: Warn following drivers early that you're about to slow
A light tap flashes your brake lights to warn drivers behind you early.
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