Backing on highways — Alaska Permit Test
Backing on highways on the Alaska permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
When backing, avoid opening the door and sticking your head out to see; this is dangerous.
Leaning out takes your hands and eyes off the controls and puts your head in the path of anything you pass.
Avoid opening the door and sticking your head out to see this is dangerous.
Unless directed by police, fire or construction flag personnel, it is illegal to back on a “controlled access” highway or on its entrance or exit ramps.
Traffic on a freeway or its ramps never expects a car moving backward and has no time to stop for one.
Unless directed by police, fire or construction flag personnel, it is illegal to back on a “controlled access” highway, or on its entrance or exit ramps.
On the test
What does the manual say about opening the door and sticking your head out to see while backing?
It is dangerous; avoid it. Leaning out takes your hands and eyes off the controls and puts your head in the path of anything you pass. Alaska Driver Manual, p.79: “Avoid opening the door and sticking your head out to see this is dangerous.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Alaska Driver Manual, published by the Alaska Department of Administration, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AK.pdf (Alaska Driver Manual, REV.10/2025, Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AK.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- https://dmv.alaska.gov/credential-services/drivermanual/ (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)
- https://dmv.alaska.gov/credential-services/instruction-permit/ (read 2026-10-04; states no count or mark)
- https://dmv.alaska.gov/credential-services/your-first-alaska-drivers-license/ (read 2026-10-04; states no count or mark)
- https://www.akleg.gov/basis/aac.asp?media=print&secStart=2.90.010&secEnd=2.90.990 (2 AAC 90, read 2026-10-04; 2 AAC 90.420(h)(2) sets the knowledge test's retest wait and no figure)