Correcting skids — North Dakota Permit Test
Correcting skids on the North Dakota permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
In a rear-wheel drive car that skids, stay off the brakes and gradually ease off the accelerator.
Braking or a sudden lift of the gas shifts weight and makes the rear end slide even more.
In rear-wheel drive automobiles, you should stay off the brakes and gradually ease off the accelerator.
In a rear-wheel drive car, turn your wheels in the direction the rear end is skidding: if the rear skids right, steer right.
Steering into the slide lines the front back up with the rear so the car straightens out.
If the rear end of the vehicle skids right, steer right.
When a front-wheel drive vehicle starts to skid at moderate speeds, accelerate slightly and steer in the direction you want to go.
A little power pulls the front wheels and the car goes where you point it.
When front-wheel drive vehicles start to skid when traveling at moderate speeds, you should accelerate slightly and steer in the direction you want to go.
If a front-wheel drive vehicle skids and there is no room to accelerate, shift into neutral or push in the clutch.
Taking the engine off the wheels stops it from pushing the car further into the slide.
If there is no room to accelerate, shift into neutral or push in the clutch.
Four-wheel drive vehicles tend to give a false sense of security, so slower speeds on slippery surfaces are extremely important; at moderate speeds in a skid, accelerate and steer into the direction of the skid.
Four-wheel drive helps you get going on snow but does not help you stop or turn any better.
Four-wheel drive vehicles have a tendency of giving the driver a false sense of security.
On the test
The rear of your rear-wheel drive car starts to skid. What should you do with the pedals?
Stay off the brakes and ease off the gas. Braking or a sudden lift of the gas shifts weight and makes the rear end slide even more. North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, p.29: “In rear-wheel drive automobiles, you should stay off the brakes and gradually ease off the accelerator.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, published by the North Dakota Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ND.pdf (North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025-2027, Revised 2025, North Dakota Department of Transportation, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ND.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- https://www.dot.nd.gov/driver/noncommercial-driver-license-manual (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)
- https://www.dot.nd.gov/driver/driver-license (read 2026-10-04; states no count or mark for the Class D knowledge test)
- https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/37-03-01.pdf (N.D. Admin. Code chapter 37-03-01 and the rest of article 37-03, read 2026-10-04; states no knowledge-test figure)
- https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t39c06.pdf (NDCC chapter 39-06, read 2026-10-04; section 39-06-13 sets what the examination covers and states no figure)