Truck no zone — Alaska Permit Test
Truck no zone on the Alaska permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
The No-Zone is the blind spots around the front, back and sides of trucks and buses, where crashes are more likely.
A truck driver sits high and cannot see a car tucked close in front, behind or beside the cab.
The No-Zone represents the blind spots around the front, back, and sides of trucks and buses where crashes are more likely to occur because truck drivers have limited visibility.
If you can't see the truck or bus driver in their side mirrors, they can't see you.
The mirror works both ways: no face in it means you are in a blind spot and should move out of it.
Remember, if you can't see the truck or bus driver in their side mirrors, they can't see you.
Facing a possible front-end crash, a truck driver may turn into your lane not knowing you are there, so don't hang out in the No-Zone.
A truck dodging a crash ahead swerves fast, and a car hidden beside it is what gets hit.
If faced with a potential front-end crash, the truck driver may turn into your lane not knowing you are there.
On the test
What is the No-Zone around a large truck or bus?
Its blind spots at the front, back and sides. A truck driver sits high and cannot see a car tucked close in front, behind or beside the cab. Alaska Driver Manual, p.82: “The No-Zone represents the blind spots around the front, back, and sides of trucks and buses where crashes are more likely to occur because truck drivers have limited visibility.”
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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)