Phone use while driving — Alaska Permit Test
Phone use while driving on the Alaska permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Turn your phone off or switch it to silent mode before you get in the car.
A phone that rings or buzzes pulls the eyes away, and it is easiest to ignore if it never makes a sound.
Turn your phone off or switch it to silent mode before you get in the car.
If you need to make a call, pull over to a safe area first, or ask a passenger to make the call for you.
Even a short call splits your attention, and a crash takes only a second of not looking or not thinking.
If you need to make a call, pull over to a safe area first.
Texting, surfing the web or reading email while driving is dangerous and against the law in Alaska.
Reading or typing takes your eyes, hands and mind off the road all at once, which is why it is banned.
Don't ever text and drive, surf the web or read your email while driving.
All bases in Alaska do not allow phone usage while driving.
Rules can change at a base gate, so a driver must know them before entering rather than learn them from a ticket.
All bases in Alaska do not allow phone usage while driving.
On the test
When should you turn your phone off or switch it to silent?
Before you get in the car. A phone that rings or buzzes pulls the eyes away, and it is easiest to ignore if it never makes a sound. Alaska Driver Manual, p.29: “Turn your phone off or switch it to silent mode before you get in the car.”
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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)