Flooded roads — Kansas Permit Test
Flooded roads on the Kansas permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A Kansas driver should not drive through flooded areas, and if they see a flooded roadway ahead should turn around and find another route.
The water hides what the road has become underneath. Turning round is always the cheap option.
Do not drive through flooded areas. If you see a flooded roadway ahead, turn around and find another route to get to your destination.
In Kansas 6 inches of water will reach the bottom of most passenger cars, causing loss of control or possible stalling.
Half a foot is barely a puddle to look at. It is enough to lift a car off its wheels.
6 inches of water will reach the bottom of most passenger cars, causing loss of control or possible stalling and 2 feet of rushing water can carry away most vehicles.
In Kansas 2 feet of rushing water can carry away most vehicles.
Two feet does not look like enough to move a car. It moves them routinely.
2 feet of rushing water can carry away most vehicles.
Even if Kansas water appears shallow enough to cross a driver should not attempt it, because water can hide dips and floodwaters can wash away the underlying road surface.
The road may not be there any more. You cannot tell by looking at the surface of the water.
Water can hide dips, or worse, floodwaters can damage roadways by washing away the underlying road surface.
On the test
What does Kansas say about a flooded roadway?
Do not drive through it; turn around and find another route. The water hides what the road has become underneath. Turning round is always the cheap option. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.91: “Do not drive through flooded areas. If you see a flooded roadway ahead, turn around and find another route to get to your destination.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Kansas Driving Handbook, published by the Kansas Department of Revenue, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KS.pdf (Kansas Driving Handbook, Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles, AAMVA 09 Model Test Version (Revised February 2022), retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KS.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 0, folioMarker, nonLawPages and its uncovered mixed pages, the extraction flag scored on facts, and the page-offset basis)
- https://www.ksrevenue.gov/dovforms.html (the Division of Vehicles forms page the handbook is published from)
- https://www.ksrevenue.gov/dovgdl.html (the graduated driver licensing page the manual points to for ages and requirements)