Oklahoma Phones & Distraction practice test

Practice phone rules and other distractions: 18 questions based on the Oklahoma Driver Manual, 10 of them on Oklahoma's own rules.

Key Oklahoma facts: Phones & Distraction

  • Manually composing, sending or reading a text on a hand-held device while the vehicle is moving can bring a fine of up to $100, and no points are added to the record. 47 O.S. § 11-901d(A)-(C)
  • The texting ban does not apply when the device is used only to contact an emergency operator, hospital or clinic, ambulance or fire service, or police about an imminent emergency. 47 O.S. § 11-901d(D)
  • Devices built into the vehicle, voice-operated navigation affixed to the vehicle and hands-free texting devices are not covered by the texting ban. 47 O.S. § 11-901d(F)(3)
  • While moving through a marked school zone with its reduced limit in effect, or a road construction zone, drivers may not hold or use a hand-held phone; hands-free use is allowed. 47 O.S. § 11-901e(B) and (D)
  • The law requires every driver to devote full time and attention to driving. 47 O.S. § 11-901b

Sample Phones & Distraction questions

Under Oklahoma's graduated license rules, which counts as using a hand-held device?

  • Reading a road sign
  • Playing music by hand on a phone
  • Talking with a passenger
  • Listening to the car radio
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Playing music by hand on a phone

A hand-held device is one used for calls, media or texts that needs at least one hand, and using it means engaging any of its functions.

Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 47, 47 O.S. § 6-105(J) (version of SB 2038, Laws 2024, c. 452)

An intermediate license holder uses a hand-held phone while driving, with no emergency. What can happen?

  • A one-time $5 processing fee
  • Only a written warning letter
  • Nothing, since it is legal for teens
  • The license can be suspended or canceled
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The license can be suspended or canceled

The rule covers learner permit and intermediate license holders; life-threatening emergencies are the exception.

Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 47, 47 O.S. § 6-105(F) (version of SB 2038, Laws 2024, c. 452)

Which drivers in Oklahoma may not make hand-held phone calls while driving?

  • Only drivers aged 65 and older
  • Only motorcycle and moped riders
  • Only taxi and rideshare drivers
  • Commercial and public transit drivers
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Commercial and public transit drivers

They may not text either.

Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 47, 47 O.S. § 11-901c(A)

Does a texting-while-driving conviction add points to an Oklahoma driving record?

  • Yes, 2 points are added
  • No, no points are added
  • Yes, 10 points are added
  • Yes, 4 points are added
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No, no points are added

The penalty is a fine of up to $100.

Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 47, 47 O.S. § 11-901d(A)-(C)

Which device is NOT covered by Oklahoma's texting ban?

  • A system built into the vehicle
  • A hand-held phone
  • A hand-held tablet
  • A phone held in your lap
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A system built into the vehicle

Voice-operated navigation mounted in the car and hands-free texting devices are also outside the ban.

Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 47, 47 O.S. § 11-901d(F)(3)

Your phone rings and is out of reach. What does the Oklahoma manual say not to do?

  • Unbuckle your seat belt to reach it
  • Let the call go to voicemail
  • Ask a passenger to answer
  • Pull off the road first
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Unbuckle your seat belt to reach it

Use memory or voice dialing when possible and keep calls short.

Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual, Chapter 11, Car Phone Safety, p. 61

You drive through a road construction zone in Oklahoma. May you hold your phone to talk?

  • Yes, if traffic is light
  • No, only hands-free use is allowed
  • Yes, if workers are gone
  • Yes, at the posted speed
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No, only hands-free use is allowed

The same rule applies in marked school zones while the reduced limit is in effect.

Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 47, 47 O.S. § 11-901e(B) and (D)

When may an Oklahoma driver text while the car is moving?

  • While stopped at a stop sign
  • On a quiet rural road
  • To report an imminent emergency
  • At low speed in town
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To report an imminent emergency

Contacting 911, a hospital, an ambulance or fire service, or police about an imminent emergency is the exception.

Source: Oklahoma Statutes, Title 47, 47 O.S. § 11-901d(D)

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About these questions

We wrote these practice questions from the facts in the Oklahoma Driver Manual (Back page 'Updated 11/24/25'; copyright page 2025; PDF modified 2026-07-01, 74 pages, linked from Service Oklahoma's Driver Education page (https://oklahoma.gov/service/all-pages/driver-education.html), read 2026-11-09. Page numbers cited are the printed page numbers, which equal PDF pages. PDF page 26 (traffic signals) has no extractable text and was read from a rendered image. Where the manual is silent or out of date, Oklahoma Statutes Title 47 (complete title from oklegislature.gov, file updated 2025-12-31, including 2025 session laws) and Service Oklahoma's Written Knowledge Test, Learner Permit and Intermediate License pages (read 2026-11-09) are the source. Conflicts found and how they were handled: (1) speed limits table (p. 41) lists 75 mph controlled-access, 80 turnpike, 65 undivided highway; 47 O.S. 11-801 as amended by Laws 2025, c. 197 (eff. Nov. 1, 2025) leaves highway limits to engineering studies, with 75 and 80 only as limits that may be set, so questions use only county roads 55, state parks 35, school zones outside towns 25 and the 75/80 ceilings, cited to the statute; (2) child restraint text (p. 17) is garbled ('at least four 4 years' for the youngest group), so child seat questions follow 47 O.S. 11-1112; (3) funeral processions: the manual (p. 28) says procession vehicles may follow through an intersection regardless of traffic control, while 47 O.S. 11-315 exempts signal- or police-controlled intersections from the no-cutting-in rule, so only the statute rule is tested and common-row-0022 is excluded; (4) penalties for persons under 18 (p. 67: 6 months, 1 year, 2 years or until 21) differ from 47 O.S. 6-107.1 (6 months first, 1 year subsequent), not tested; (5) learner permit age: manual Table 1 (p. 6) and the Learner Permit page say 15 with driver education, while 47 O.S. 6-105(C) (all three 2024 versions read: SB 2038 version) says 15 and a half, not tested; (6) following distance: pp. 34 and 44 give a three-second rule (four in bad weather) but the safety tip on p. 42 says you are too close if you pass the point before four seconds, so following_seconds is left open; (7) speeding penalty 'up to $654 and 30 days' (p. 40) and the impaired-driving suspension list on p. 65 do not match 47 O.S. 11-801(G) and 6-205.1 and are not tested; DUI and refusal revocation questions use 47 O.S. 753 and 6-205.1 (180 days and IDAP); (8) the manual's 15-foot stop from a blind person (p. 28) was not found in Title 47 and is not tested; (9) the $500 crash threshold for suspending an uninsured driver (p. 16) was not found in Title 47 and is not tested; (10) the manual's first insurance bullet on p. 16 repeats 'two or more persons' for $25,000; p. 72 and 47 O.S. 7-324 give $25,000 for one person, which the questions use. 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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