Avoiding distractions — Louisiana Permit Test
Avoiding distractions on the Louisiana permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Do not try to retrieve items that fall on the floor or elsewhere in the car while driving.
Reaching down takes your eyes, hands and mind off the road at once.
Do not try to retrieve items that fall on the floor or elsewhere in the car.
If a situation arises with a child in the car, pull over to a safe location before you handle it.
Turning around to deal with a child means no one is watching the road.
If a situation should arise with a child, pull over to a safe location before you handle it.
The risk of a teen driver being killed or injured in a crash grows if a teenage passenger is in the car, and rises with each extra passenger.
Teen friends in the car pull a young driver's attention away from the road.
The risk of a teen driver being killed or injured in a motor vehicle collision becomes greater if there is a teenage passenger involved.
On the test
Your phone slides onto the floor while you drive. What should you do?
Leave it until you stop. Reaching down takes your eyes, hands and mind off the road at once. Class D & E Driver's Guide, p.111: “Do not try to retrieve items that fall on the floor or elsewhere in the car.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Class D & E Driver's Guide, published by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/LA.pdf (Class D & E Driver's Guide, DPSMV2052 (R08/25), Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/LA.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/LA-exam.html (the OMV's Permits page, https://expresslane.la.gov/omv/drivers/personal-driver-s-licenses/permits/, archived 2026-10-04; the 40-question count)
- https://expresslane.la.gov/omv/resources/driver-manuals/
- https://expresslane.la.gov/omv/drivers/personal-driver-s-licenses/new-licenses/ (read 2026-10-04; "An 80% is the minimum passing score for the knowledge test.")