Louisiana DMV Exam Study Guide

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Louisiana DMV Exam Study Guide Solutions

♦Using a cell phone (talking/texting) while operating motor vehicle.♦Altering info on license.♦Unlawful use of license.♦Making false statement or concealing a fact on your driver's license.♦Failure to stop & insist when involved in a collision that involves injury or death.♦Driving while intoxicated.♦Refusal to take alcohol analysis test when arrested for DWI.♦When BAC level is 0.08% 21 years or older or 0.02% under 21 years.♦Failure to stop for school bus & unloading children.♦Manslaughter or homicide from motor vehicle.♦Any other felony committed while operating motor vehicle. 1 / 4

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♦3 convictions of reckless driving within 12 months.♦Failure to answer traffic law charge.♦Failure to pay child support.♦Failure to pay income taxes.♦Withdrawing from school prior to graduation if you are 15 but less than 18 years of age or have been determined to be habitually tardy or absent. - ANSWER✔✔-What are some ways your license can be revoked?Litter Law - ANSWER✔✔-The driver is responsible for all litter coming from the vehicle's interior or truck bed, and the driver can be cited for littering committed by the passengers in his/her vehicle. Along roadways, motorists and pedestrians are the biggest contributors to litter.Traffic Collisions - ANSWER✔✔-Have become the number one cause of teenage deaths.

• Careless, and/or Reckless Operation
• Failure to Yield
• Following Too Closely 2 / 4

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• Speeding
• Unknown/Unspecified - ANSWER✔✔-The Louisiana Department of

Public Safety and Corrections has identified the five leading

causes of motor vehicles crashes in Louisiana (2010) as:

Parish Road - ANSWER✔✔-Is a road that is regulated and maintained by a certain parish.State Highway - ANSWER✔✔-A highway that is regulated by the state.(Example - LA 1.) U.S. Highway - ANSWER✔✔-A nationally regulated highway that is a predecessor to the Interstate Highway program that was adopted in 1926.Interstate Highhways - ANSWER✔✔-These highways were created by Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 50's.These are expressways that crisscross the country that carry large volumes of traffic. (EVEN numbers go East and West. ODD numbers go North and South.) Toll Ways - ANSWER✔✔-A highway that collects tolls. 3 / 4

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Turnpikes - ANSWER✔✔-Another type of a toll way.The main difference is that these roads collect tolls using a ticket system. You get a ticket when you get on the highway and you pay the ticket when you get off.Parkway - ANSWER✔✔-A divided highway that has lots of trees and plants around, usually very beautiful and scenic highways.Divided Highways - ANSWER✔✔-Highways with lanes going in the opposite directions divided by a median or some sort of barrier between them.Partial Access Highways - ANSWER✔✔-A highway that allows access at other streets, probably at a stop light, though driveways and other forms of access are not allowed.Full Access Highways - ANSWER✔✔-Any road that is divided, has driveways and any other type of access allowed.*Know this - ANSWER✔✔-Swerving to avoid potholes, staying out of ruts and watching for shoulder drop offs are all hazards drivers face on poorly maintained roadways.

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