Flooded roads — North Dakota Permit Test
Flooded roads on the North Dakota permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Flash floods can come rapidly and unexpectedly, within a few minutes or hours of excessive rainfall.
A dip that was dry when you left can be under water by the time you drive back.
They can occur within a few minutes or hours of excessive rainfall.
Do not drive through flooded areas; if you see a flooded roadway ahead, turn around and find another route.
You cannot tell how deep or fast the water is, or whether the road under it is still there.
If you see a flooded roadway ahead, turn around and find another route to get to your destination.
Even if water appears shallow enough to cross, do not attempt to cross a flooded road; water can hide dips, or floodwaters can wash away the underlying road surface.
Drivers who trust a shallow look drive into a washed-out hole they could not see.
Water can hide dips, or worse, floodwaters can damage roadways by washing away the underlying road surface.
If there is no other route around a flooded road, proceed to higher ground and wait for the water to subside.
Waiting on high ground keeps you out of rising water until the road is safe again.
If there is no other route, proceed to higher ground and wait for the water to subside.
On the test
How soon after heavy rainfall can a flash flood occur?
Within a few minutes or hours. A dip that was dry when you left can be under water by the time you drive back. North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, p.29: “They can occur within a few minutes or hours of excessive rainfall.”
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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)