Control of vehicle — Alaska Permit Test
Control of vehicle on the Alaska permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
The driver is the greatest singular cause of traffic crashes.
Most crashes come from choices behind the wheel, so the driver is also the one who can prevent them.
The driver is the greatest singular cause of traffic crashes.
More fatal crashes occurred during daylight, on normal surfaces, in clear weather and with the vehicle in good mechanical condition than under any other condition.
Good conditions make drivers relax and speed up, so a clear day is no reason to let attention slip.
More fatal crashes occurred during daylight hours with normal surface, clear weather conditions, and the vehicle in good mechanical condition than under any other condition.
You are exercising control of your vehicle when you can direct and regulate its course and speed and can slow or stop when you wish.
A driver who cannot slow or stop at will is not in control, whatever the speed limit says.
When you are able to direct and regulate the course and speed of your vehicle and you have the ability to slow or stop when you wish to do so you are exercising control of your motor vehicle.
You must control yourself before you can control a vehicle; insufficient sleep, emotions or distractions impair your ability to safely control it.
A tired or upset driver reacts late and makes poor choices, even in a car that works perfectly.
You must control yourself before you can control a vehicle.
On the test
What is the greatest single cause of traffic crashes?
The driver. Most crashes come from choices behind the wheel, so the driver is also the one who can prevent them. Alaska Driver Manual, p.30: “The driver is the greatest singular cause of traffic crashes.”
How this works
Most practice tests hand you a bank of questions and leave the manual somewhere else. This one puts them together.
You read one law and the reason behind it, then answer a question on that law while it is still fresh. Get it right and you move on; get it wrong and you have found the gap while it is cheap to fix, not on the morning of the exam.
Learning one rule at a time, and proving it immediately, is what turns a manual you skimmed into something you actually know — and it makes studying feel like getting somewhere rather than like waiting to find out.
What it costs
- One payment, once — not a subscription. Nothing renews and there is nothing to cancel, for an exam you sit one time.
- Free to start: a 10-question test and the first section of cards. No sign-up and no account.
- Paying opens the rest of the cards, unlimited full-length practice tests, and retests built from exactly the questions you got wrong.
- Every level up to Prepared — 3 tests passed in a row.
- Do the work, fail the real exam, and we refund you.
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)