Wet brakes — Wyoming Permit Test
Wet brakes on the Wyoming permit test — 1 rule, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Always test your brakes after driving through deep water, braking gently several times until they are dry and work properly.
Wet brakes can pull the car to one side or fail to hold just when you need them.
You should always test your brakes after driving through deep water.
On the test
After driving through deep water, how should you dry your brakes?
Brake gently several times. Wet brakes can pull the car to one side or fail to hold just when you need them. Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, p.84: “You should always test your brakes after driving through deep water.”
How this works
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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)