Attitude and emotions — Alabama Permit Test
Attitude and emotions on the Alabama permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Accident records show that over 90 percent of highway crashes are caused by driver error, lack of knowledge, inattention, physical or mental condition, improper attitude or faulty judgment.
Almost every crash starts with something the driver did or failed to do, which is why the driver matters more than the car.
Accident records show that over 90 percent of the highway crashes are caused by driver error, lack of knowledge, inattention, physical or mental condition, improper attitude or faulty judgment.
If you are worried, ill, nervous, frightened, angry or depressed, let someone else drive.
Strong feelings pull your mind off the road and make you more likely to take risks.
If worried, ill, nervous, frightened, angry, or depressed, let someone else drive.
Concentration is one of the most important parts of safe driving; daydreaming, window shopping, scenic viewing and distracting conversation have no place in the driver's seat.
A moment looking away is enough to miss a car braking ahead, so driving has to be a full-time job.
Concentration is one of the most important elements of safe driving.
On the test
What causes over 90 percent of highway crashes, according to the manual?
The driver: error, inattention or poor judgment. Almost every crash starts with something the driver did or failed to do, which is why the driver matters more than the car. Alabama Driver Manual, p.31: “Accident records show that over 90 percent of the highway crashes are caused by driver error, lack of knowledge, inattention, physical or mental condition, improper attitude or faulty judgment.”
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
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Alabama Driver Manual, published by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AL.pdf (Alabama Driver Manual, November 2024, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Driver License Division, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AL.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- https://www.alea.gov/dps/driver-license/driver-license-manuals
- https://www.alea.gov/dps/driver-license/driver-license-information (read 2026-10-04; states no count or mark)
- https://www.alea.gov/dps/driver-license/license-and-id-cards/graduated-driver-license (read 2026-10-04; "Must complete the written examination and receive a passing grade.")
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alabama/Ala-Admin-Code-r-760-X-1-.13 (read 2026-10-04; requires the examination, sets no figure)