Protect yourself — Kansas Permit Test

Protect yourself on the Kansas permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

The most important thing a Kansas driver can do to lessen injuries in a crash is to use their safety belt.

Every other piece of advice assumes you stayed in the seat. The belt is what keeps you there.

The most important thing you can do is to use your safety belt.

Kansas Driving Handbook, p.74

If a Kansas vehicle is hit from the rear the driver's head and body will be thrown backwards, so they press themselves against the back of the seat, put their head against the head restraint and be ready to apply the brakes.

Being ready on the brake stops you being pushed into the car in front. That second crash is often the worse one.

Press yourself against the back of your seat and put your head against the head restraint. Be ready to apply your brakes so that you will not be pushed into another vehicle.

Kansas Driving Handbook, p.74

If a Kansas vehicle is hit from the side, frontal air bags will not help, and the lap and shoulder belts are needed to help keep the driver behind the wheel.

A front air bag does nothing for a side impact. The belt is the only thing holding you in place.

Frontal air bags will not help in this situation. Your lap and shoulder belts are needed to help keep you behind the wheel.

Kansas Driving Handbook, p.74

If a Kansas vehicle is about to be hit from the front it is important to try to have a glancing blow rather than being struck head on, so the driver should try to turn the vehicle.

A head-on takes the whole force at once. Turning even a little spreads it over a longer moment.

If your vehicle is about to be hit from the front it is important to try to have a “glancing blow” rather than being struck head on.

Kansas Driving Handbook, p.74

On the test

What does Kansas call the most important thing in a crash?

Using your safety belt. Every other piece of advice assumes you stayed in the seat. The belt is what keeps you there. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.74: “The most important thing you can do is to use your safety belt.”

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.