Health and emotions — Kansas Permit Test

Many health problems can affect Kansas driving, and even little problems like a stiff neck, a cough or a sore leg can affect your driving.

A stiff neck stops you checking a blind spot. Small complaints take away small movements you need.

Even little problems like a stiff neck, a cough or a sore leg can affect your driving.

If a Kansas driver is not feeling well and needs to go somewhere, the advice is to let someone else drive.

Being unwell is a reason to be a passenger. The trip still happens; you just are not the one steering.

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

Emotions can interfere with a Kansas driver's ability to think, create mental distractions, increase risk taking, create a lack of attention and interrupt the ability to process information.

Strong feeling makes a driver take chances they would normally refuse. The car becomes a way of expressing it.

They can interfere with your ability to think, can create mental distractions, increase risk taking, create a lack of attention, and can interrupt the ability to process information.

If a Kansas driver is angry or excited, they should give themselves time to cool off and stay off the road until they have calmed down.

Anger does not fade at 60 mph. Staying put for ten minutes is cheaper than any of the alternatives.

If you are angry or excited, give yourself time to cool off. If necessary, take a short walk or nap, but stay off the road until you have calmed down.

If a Kansas driver is impatient, they should give themselves extra time for the trip and leave a few minutes early, because having plenty of time makes speeding less likely.

Most speeding is somebody running late. Leaving early removes the reason before the trip starts.

If you are impatient, give yourself extra time for your driving trip. Leave a few minutes early.

Which minor complaint does Kansas say can affect driving?

A stiff neck, a cough or a sore leg. A stiff neck stops you checking a blind spot. Small complaints take away small movements you need. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.24: “Even little problems like a stiff neck, a cough or a sore leg can affect your driving.”