Health and emotions — Connecticut Permit Test

Health and emotions on the Connecticut permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Many health problems, including a bad cold, an infection or a virus, can affect your driving, and even a stiff neck, a cough or a sore leg can.

A stiff neck stops you doing a shoulder check, and a cough closes your eyes for a moment at a time.

Many health problems – a bad cold, infection or virus can affect your driving.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.28

If you are not feeling well and need to go somewhere, let someone else drive.

Being unwell is not a state you can concentrate your way out of, and the trip is rarely worth it.

If you are not feeling well and need to go somewhere, let someone else drive.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.28

Many over-the-counter and prescription medications can affect your driving, so check with your doctor about a condition that could stop you driving safely.

A pharmacy medicine is still a drug, and the label is the only warning most drivers ever get.

Many over-the-counter and prescription medications can affect your driving.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.28

You may not be able to drive well if you are overly worried, excited, afraid, angry or depressed.

Strong feeling crowds out the thinking that driving needs, and the driver is usually the last to notice.

You may not be able to drive well if you are overly worried, excited, afraid, angry or depressed.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.28

If you are angry or excited, give yourself time to cool off and stay off the road until you have calmed down.

Anger shortens the distance you leave and the patience you have, which is the exact combination that crashes.

If you are angry or excited, give yourself time to cool off.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.28

On the test

Which of these can affect a person's driving?

A bad cold or a stiff neck. A stiff neck stops you doing a shoulder check, and a cough closes your eyes for a moment at a time. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.28: “Many health problems – a bad cold, infection or virus can affect your driving.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Connecticut Driver's Manual, published by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.