LTO Driver's Duties and Responsibilities 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When a driver is involved in an accident resulting in injury, what is the FIRST duty they must perform?
- Leave the scene to call police from a safe location
- Render aid to any injured persons before anything else (Correct answer)
- Move the vehicle off the road immediately
- Take photos of the damage for insurance purposes
Correct answer: Render aid to any injured persons before anything else
The law requires a driver involved in an injury accident to first render reasonable aid to injured parties before other steps.
Question 2: A driver must report an accident to the DMV when property damage exceeds:
- $500
- $750 (Correct answer)
- $1,000
- $2,500
Correct answer: $750
In many U.S. states, accidents involving property damage over $750 must be reported to the DMV within a specified timeframe.
Question 3: Which of the following is a driver's legal obligation when passing a stationary emergency vehicle with flashing lights?
- Honk to warn the emergency crew
- Move over one lane or slow down significantly (Correct answer)
- Stop completely until lights are turned off
- Flash headlights to acknowledge the vehicle
Correct answer: Move over one lane or slow down significantly
Move Over laws require drivers to change lanes away from a stationary emergency vehicle or reduce speed if changing lanes is not possible.
Question 4: A driver who knowingly allows an unlicensed person to operate their vehicle may be held:
- Only criminally liable
- Only financially liable
- Both criminally and financially liable (Correct answer)
- Not liable since they were not driving
Correct answer: Both criminally and financially liable
Allowing an unlicensed driver to use your vehicle can result in both criminal penalties and civil liability for any resulting damages.
Question 5: When must a driver dim their high-beam headlights when approaching an oncoming vehicle?
- Within 1,000 feet
- Within 500 feet (Correct answer)
- Within 300 feet
- Within 100 feet
Correct answer: Within 500 feet
Drivers are required to dim high beams to low beams when within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle to avoid blinding the other driver.
Question 6: Which action is a driver required to take when a school bus has stopped with red lights flashing on a two-lane road?
- Slow to 15 mph and pass cautiously
- Stop regardless of which direction you are traveling (Correct answer)
- Stop only if traveling in the same direction as the bus
- Yield and proceed only if the bus driver signals you forward
Correct answer: Stop regardless of which direction you are traveling
On a two-lane undivided road, all traffic in both directions must stop when a school bus displays flashing red lights.
Question 7: A driver's duty of care to pedestrians at a crosswalk requires them to:
- Honk to alert pedestrians before proceeding
- Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians already in the crosswalk (Correct answer)
- Proceed if the pedestrian is more than halfway across
- Stop only at marked crosswalks, not unmarked ones
Correct answer: Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians already in the crosswalk
Drivers must yield to pedestrians who are already in a crosswalk, whether it is marked or unmarked, at any intersection.
LTO Driver's Duties and Responsibilities 2
When a driver is involved in an accident resulting in injury, what is the FIRST duty they must perform?