Hazardous weather — Ohio Permit Test
Hazardous weather on the Ohio permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
In fog a driver slows down and uses low beam headlights rather than high beams, keeping a consistent distance behind the vehicle ahead and scanning for hazards.
High beams light up the fog itself and hand the glare straight back to you.
Use low beam headlights (not high beam lights) and keep scanning the area for any potential hazards.
Bridges, overpasses and shaded spots on a highway ice before the rest of the road does.
They have cold air beneath them as well as above, so they lose heat from both sides.
Bridges, overpasses, and shaded spots on a highway ice first!
If a vehicle starts to skid, the driver lifts off the accelerator and steers in the direction of the skid, and never brakes while skidding.
Braking locks what little grip is left, and grip is the thing you are trying to get back.
If your vehicle starts to skid, take your foot off the accelerator and turn the steering wheel in the direction of the skid. Never apply brakes while skidding.
Hydroplaning happens when the steering tires ride up on pooled water, and it is avoided by slowing down in rain and where water has pooled; if it happens, the driver eases off the gas.
The tire stops touching the road, so nothing you do with the wheel or brake reaches the ground.
Hydroplaning occurs when the steering tires start to ride on top of pooled water, similar to the action of water skis.
A driver should not drive through large areas of standing water, and should find another route where a road is flooded.
You cannot see what the water has done to the road underneath it.
Do not drive through large bodies of standing water on a road.
On the test
Which headlights should you use in fog?
Low beams, which do not reflect back. High beams light up the fog itself and hand the glare straight back to you. Digest of Ohio Motor Vehicle Laws, p.36: “Use low beam headlights (not high beam lights) and keep scanning the area for any potential hazards.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Digest of Ohio Motor Vehicle Laws, published by the Ohio Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-14.