Vehicle controls distraction — Nebraska Permit Test
Vehicle controls distraction on the Nebraska permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Adjust vehicle controls such as climate controls, mirrors, radio, and seat before you begin to drive.
Fiddling with the seat or mirrors on the move takes your eyes away just when traffic changes.
Adjust vehicle controls (climate controls, mirrors, radio, seat, etc.) before you begin to drive.
Check your e-mail, voicemail, and other portable devices before you begin driving.
Reading a message while moving pulls your eyes down for seconds, long enough to rear-end a stopped car.
Check your e-mail, voicemail, and any other portable devices you have before you begin driving.
Take advantage of normal stops to adjust controls, or ask your passengers to adjust the radio, climate control, or navigation system.
Reaching for the radio dial in moving traffic turns your head away from the road ahead.
Ask your passengers to adjust the radio, climate control, navigation system, etc., for you.
Looking hard at a crash scene, a vehicle pulled over by police, construction work, or a billboard while you drive is a distraction.
Drivers slowing to stare at a crash scene often cause a second crash right behind the first.
Looking out your window at what you are passing while you are driving can be a distraction if you are concentrating on getting a good look at:
On the test
When should you adjust your mirrors, seat, and radio?
Before you begin to drive. Fiddling with the seat or mirrors on the move takes your eyes away just when traffic changes. Nebraska Driver’s Manual, p.65: “Adjust vehicle controls (climate controls, mirrors, radio, seat, etc.) before you begin to drive.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Nebraska Driver’s Manual, published by the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NE.pdf (Nebraska Driver’s Manual, Class O Drivers Manual-English 1-2025, Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NE.pages.txt (plain pdftotext through scripts/ne-text.py, the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NE-exam.txt (Nebraska DMV, Driver Licensing Examiner manual, https://dmv.nebraska.gov/sites/dmv.nebraska.gov/files/doc/dls/DLE_ENTIRE_MANUAL_11222023.pdf, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures in Section 3; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://dmv.nebraska.gov/manuals (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)