Free practice questions based on the Connecticut Driver's Manual. No sign-up: answer the questions, get your score, and see why each answer is right.
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Stop; people are crossing
Solid red means pedestrians are in the crosswalk.
Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 5, Know the Road, HAWK Signals, p. 45
A school zone or crossing
Some have an arrow plaque below that shows where the crosswalk is.
Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 5, Know the Road, Traffic Signs, Shapes, p. 46
It can make you drowsy
Check the label for warnings, and ask a doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3, Driving Behaviors, Drugs and Driving, p. 33
Use flashers and stop driving the car
Turn on signals or fog lights too if you have them, but do not operate the vehicle.
Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 4, Road Safety, Equipment Failure, Headlight Failure, p. 40
A five-point harness seat or a booster
Children 5 to 8 years old, or 40 to 60 pounds, ride in a harnessed seat or a booster seat.
Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 2, Before You Get Behind the Wheel, Child Safety Requirements, p. 12; Connecticut General Statutes § 14-100a, Subsection (d)(1)(C) (revised to January 1, 2025)
Their parents or legal guardian
Permit holders aged 16 and 17 may not carry other passengers, but parents or a legal guardian may come along with the trainer.
Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 1, Obtaining a Connecticut Driver's License, Learner's Permit Passenger Restrictions for 16- and 17-Year-Olds, pp. 5-6; Connecticut General Statutes § 14-36, Subsection (c), youth instruction permit passengers (2026 Supplement)
Sign a compliance deal, show proof, pay
The owner must also keep coverage in place for as long as the vehicle stays registered.
Turn away
In most cases turning is quicker than stopping, so consider steering away.
Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 4, Road Safety, Avoiding Collisions, Turning Quickly, p. 40
On the left side of a two-lane road
It stands at the start of the no-passing zone, where no-passing markings are also painted.
Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 5, Know the Road, Traffic Signs, Shapes, p. 46
Slow or stop and let them cross
In Connecticut this gesture shows the person intends to cross, and drivers must grant the right-of-way.
Source: Connecticut Driver's Manual, Chapter 3, Driving Behaviors, Pedestrians, p. 16; Connecticut General Statutes § 14-300, Subsection (c) (2026 Supplement)
We wrote these practice questions from the facts in the Connecticut Driver's Manual (Revised March 2023 (manual p. 1; the DMV's manuals page, https://portal.ct.gov/dmv/licenses-permits-ids/ct-drivers-manuals, lists the English PDF as 'Revised 3/2023'), read 2026-11-09. Page numbers cited are the manual's printed numbers (PDF page = printed page + 2). The manual says (p. 1) it is not a precise statement of the Connecticut General Statutes, so every rule of law used here was checked against the General Statutes on cga.ct.gov (revision of January 1, 2025, and the 2026 Supplement with the 2025 session's changes, read 2026-11-09). Where the manual is silent, the statutes and two DMV pages ('Take the knowledge and vision tests' and 'Teen driver's license information', read 2026-11-09) are the source. Manual passages that current law no longer matches are not used; questions follow the statute: parking near a stop sign (25 feet, p. 37) is 30 feet under § 14-251(b)(3) as amended effective October 1, 2025, which also bars parking within 30 feet of an intersection or marked crosswalk approach unless a curb extension (20 feet) or a marked space allows it; bicycle helmets 'under 16' (p. 17) are required through age 17 by § 14-286d(b); work zone fines 'of up to $1,000' (p. 15) do not match § 14-212a (fines doubled) and § 14-212d (endangerment of a highway worker: up to $500, or $1,000 with injury); the seat belt fine of $75 (p. 12) is $50 for occupants 18 or older and $75 under 18 under § 14-100a(c)(5), and the duty to belt passengers 'between 7 and 16' (p. 13) is 8 to under 16 in § 14-100a(c)(1)(B) (neither used in a question); the Move Over passage (p. 16: slow down and move over for any vehicle pulled over) is narrower in § 14-283b, which requires slowing below the limit and moving over for emergency, maintenance and tow vehicles with flashing lights and only moving over for other stopped vehicles, on highways with two or more lanes in one direction; operator retraining that drivers 'must complete' (p. 35) is one the DMV 'may require' under § 14-111g(a), which also makes it mandatory after a conviction for driving over 75 mph. The DMV knowledge test page adds the Work Zone Safety Course required for permit applicants from January 1, 2026 (also § 14-36(d)), which the 2023 manual predates. The suspension table for 16- and 17-year-olds (p. 34) is ambiguous in the extracted text and is used only where § 14-111(b)(2) (2026 Supplement) states the periods: phone violations 30 days, 90 days and six months; driving more than 20 mph over a limit below 65 mph 60 days, 90 days and six months. The manual's sentence above the table says the DMV suspends a teen for 'any' speeding conviction, but § 14-111(b)(2) covers only speeding more than 20 mph over the limit (§ 14-219(a)(4)); questions follow the statute. edition) and from official sources on road signs. Every answer links to its source, so you can check it and read more.
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