Preventing drinking and driving — Tennessee Permit Test

Preventing drinking and driving on the Tennessee permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

If you are planning a night out, decide before you start drinking that you are not going to drive.

After a drink or two your judgment is already slipping, so the choice is harder to make well. Make it while sober.

If you are planning a night on the town, decide before you start drinking that you are not going to drive.

Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.83

In the designated driver plan, friends agree ahead of time which person will remain strictly sober.

If no one picks a driver early, the least drunk person ends up driving, and the least drunk is still drunk.

One of the most successful programs in recent years has been the designated driver concept, where friends agree ahead of time which person will remain strictly sober.

Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.83

Before you start drinking, give your vehicle keys to someone who is not drinking and who will not let you drive.

Handing over the keys while you are sober takes the choice away from the drunk version of you later.

Before you start drinking, give your vehicle keys to someone who isn’t drinking and who won’t let you drive after drinking.

Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.83

On the test

When should you decide that you will not drive after a night out?

Before you start drinking. After a drink or two your judgment is already slipping, so the choice is harder to make well. Make it while sober. Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.83: “If you are planning a night on the town, decide before you start drinking that you are not going to drive.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, published by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-03.