Avoiding a crash — Arizona Permit Test

Avoiding a crash on the Arizona permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

If you are stopped and a vehicle is coming up fast from behind, pull forward if possible to give it more room to stop.

A few extra feet may be all the other driver needs to stop short of your bumper.

If possible, pull your vehicle forward in an effort to give the approaching vehicle more room to stop.

Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.69

If a rear-end crash cannot be avoided, brace yourself between the steering wheel and the seat back and release your brake an instant before impact.

A car that can roll forward soaks up some of the hit instead of passing all of it to your neck and back.

If the crash cannot be avoided, brace yourself between the steering wheel and the back of the seat and release your brake an instant before impact.

Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.69

If you are in danger of a head-on crash, reduce your speed, flash your headlights and use your horn to warn the other driver.

The other driver may be asleep or looking down. Light and sound may be the only thing that makes them look up.

Reduce your speed and flash your headlights and use your horn in an effort to warn the other driver.

Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.69

If you are in danger of a head-on crash, head for the shoulder and get off the road away from the oncoming driver.

A head-on crash is the worst kind because both speeds add together. Going off the road is almost always better.

Head for the shoulder and get off of the road away from the oncoming driver.

Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.69

Always wearing your safety belt is the best thing you can do to protect yourself from injury in a crash.

Without a belt your body keeps moving when the car stops and hits the wheel, the glass or the road.

Always wear your safety belts. This is the best thing you can do to protect yourself from injury in the event of a crash.

Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.69

On the test

Facing a possible head-on crash, which way should you steer?

Toward the shoulder and off the road. A head-on crash is the worst kind because both speeds add together. Going off the road is almost always better. Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.69: “Head for the shoulder and get off of the road away from the oncoming driver.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, published by the Arizona Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-28.