Hand signals — Nevada Permit Test
Hand signals on the Nevada permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
When a car's turn signals are out of order, a left turn is signaled by extending the left arm straight out, horizontally, from the open window.
A driver behind you cannot read your mind, and a sudden turn without warning invites a rear-end crash.
Left turn — Extend left arm horizontally out of open window
The hand signal for a right turn is the left arm extended with the elbow bent upward at about a 90-degree angle.
The driver behind sees only your left arm, so a right turn has to be shown with that arm too.
Right turn — Extend left arm with elbow bent upward at about a 90-degree angle
To signal that you are slowing or stopping by hand, extend the left arm downward with the palm of the hand to the rear.
If your brake lights are dead, the car behind gets no warning that you are slowing until it hits you.
Slowing or stop — Extend left arm downward, with palm of hand to the rear
On the test
Your turn signals are broken. How do you signal a left turn by hand?
Left arm held straight out the window. A driver behind you cannot read your mind, and a sudden turn without warning invites a rear-end crash. Nevada Driver Handbook, p.45: “Left turn — Extend left arm horizontally out of open window”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Nevada Driver Handbook, published by the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV.pdf (Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV.pages.txt (plain pdftotext, the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV-exam.html (Nevada DMV, Written Knowledge Test page, https://dmv.nv.gov/wtestteens.htm, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://dmv.nv.gov/dlhandbook.htm (read 2026-10-04; links the handbook)