Accident scene safety — Montana Permit Test
Accident scene safety on the Montana permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
At a crash scene, stop at or near the site, and if your vehicle can move, get it off the road so it does not block traffic.
A wrecked car left in a lane gets hit again by the next driver who comes along.
If your vehicle can move, get it off the road so that it does not block traffic.
Turn off the ignition of wrecked vehicles and do not smoke around them, because fuel may have spilled and fire is a real danger.
One spark near spilled gas can set a whole wreck on fire with people still inside.
Turn off the ignition of wrecked vehicles.
If electrical wires are down at a crash, do not go near them.
A downed power line can kill a person who only steps close to it.
If there are electrical wires down, do not go near them.
Make sure other traffic is not drawn into the crash by using flares or other warning devices, and do not stand or walk in traffic lanes.
Drivers coming over a hill have no warning of a wreck unless something tells them.
Use flares or other warning devices to alert traffic of the accident.
On the test
After a crash, your car can still be driven. What should you do with it?
Get it off the road so it does not block traffic. A wrecked car left in a lane gets hit again by the next driver who comes along. Montana Driver Manual, p.79: “If your vehicle can move, get it off the road so that it does not block traffic.”
How this works
Most practice tests hand you a bank of questions and leave the manual somewhere else. This one puts them together.
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Montana Driver Manual, published by the Montana Department of Justice, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT.pdf (Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, Montana Department of Justice, Motor Vehicle Division, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT.pages.txt (scripts/mt-text.sh: pdftotext -layout except printed pp.24-26, which are plain; the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT-exam.html (Administrative Rules of Montana 23.3.121, Road Signs and Road Rules, as reproduced by the Legal Information Institute, read 2026-10-04; states the seven-miss pass mark; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://mvdmt.gov/forms-driver-license/ (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)