Driving posture and grip — Oklahoma Permit Test
Driving posture and grip on the Oklahoma permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Before driving, be sure there is nothing on the front seat that can fall on the floor and distract you.
A bag sliding under the pedals or onto the floor pulls your eyes and hands away at the worst moment.
Be sure there’s nothing on the front seat that can fall on the floor and distract you.
Keep at least 1/3 of the steering wheel between your hands to have a strong turning force with either hand.
Hands spread apart give you leverage to turn the wheel hard and fast if you must steer around something.
You should have at least 1/3 of the wheel between your hands to have a strong turning force with either hand.
Thinking of the steering wheel as a clock, your left hand should generally be between 9:00 and 10:30 and your right hand between 2:00 and 4:00.
Hands placed on opposite sides of the wheel keep the car balanced and let you steer smoothly in either direction.
Generally, your left hand should be between 9:00 and 10:30 and your right hand between 2:00 and 4:00.
Do not drive with your elbow out the window: you do not have full control of the steering wheel, and a side-swipe collision could take off your arm.
An arm resting on the door is not ready to steer, and it is exposed to anything that brushes past the car.
Don’t drive with your elbow out the window.
On the test
What does the manual say to check about the front seat before you drive?
Nothing on it can fall and distract you. A bag sliding under the pedals or onto the floor pulls your eyes and hands away at the worst moment. Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.59: “Be sure there’s nothing on the front seat that can fall on the floor and distract you.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Oklahoma Driver Manual, published by the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/OK.pdf (Oklahoma Driver Manual, Copyright 2025, Updated 11/24/25, Service Oklahoma, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/OK.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/OK-exam.html (Service Oklahoma, Oklahoma Written Knowledge Test, https://oklahoma.gov/service/popular-services/written-test.html, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://oklahoma.gov/service/all-pages/driver-education.html (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)
- OAC 260:135-5-41 (Service Oklahoma's knowledge-test rule, read 2026-10-04 as reproduced at https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/oklahoma/OAC-260-135-5-41; a minimum of 20 questions and 75 percent to pass, corroborating the agency page)