Speed for road conditions — Wyoming Permit Test
Speed for road conditions on the Wyoming permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Each tire touches the road with a patch of rubber only about the size of a person's hand, so your grip depends on the road's condition.
Four small patches of rubber are all that hold the car on the road, so a bad surface takes grip away fast.
The only contact your car has with the road is through its tires, and each only has an area of rubber about the size of a person's hand on the surface of the road.
Adjust your speed before you enter a curve; going too fast can break the tires' grip on the road.
Braking hard in the middle of a curve can make the tires slide, so the slowing has to happen on the straight.
Adjust speed BEFORE entering a curve. Going too fast can break the grip that tires have on the road.
Approach a blind intersection, where trees, bushes or buildings block your view to the side, at no more than 15 mph.
You cannot see a car coming from the side until it is almost in front of you, so you need to be slow enough to stop.
Therefore approach a “blind” intersection at no more than 15 mph.
On a wet road, reduce your speed by at least 5-10 mph.
Water between the tire and the road cuts grip, so the car needs more room to stop or turn.
Reduce speed by at least 5-10 mph.
On packed snow, reduce your speed by at least half.
Packed snow gives the tires far less grip than a wet road, so it takes a much bigger cut in speed.
Packed snow Reduce speed by at least half.
On ice, reduce your speed to a crawl, and slow even more if vehicles are ahead.
Ice gives almost no grip at all, so even a gentle stop can take a very long way.
Reduce speed to a crawl. You may have to slow even more if vehicles are ahead.
On the test
About how much of each tire's rubber touches the road?
A patch about the size of a hand. Four small patches of rubber are all that hold the car on the road, so a bad surface takes grip away fast. Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, p.41: “The only contact your car has with the road is through its tires, and each only has an area of rubber about the size of a person's hand on the surface of the road.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, published by the Wyoming Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/WY.pdf (Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, August 2021, Wyoming Department of Transportation, Driver Services Program, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/WY.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/WY-exam.html (045-1 Wyo. Code R. 1-11, WYDOT Rules Chapter 1 Section 11, as reproduced by the Legal Information Institute, retrieved 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json under examSource)
- https://wyoleg.gov/arules/2012/rules/ARR24-032.pdf (the department's 2024 filing of Chapter 1; Section 11(b)(ii): "A minimum grade of 80 percent shall be required to pass the knowledge test.")
- https://www.dot.state.wy.us/home/driver_license_records/driver-license/testing.html (read 2026-10-04; describes the written test, states no count or mark)
- https://www.dot.state.wy.us/home/driver_license_records/formsapplications/driver-manuals.html (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)