Minnesota DMV Cheat Sheet

Correct answer: 40 percent alcohol

"Proof" is equal to twice the percentage of alcohol a drink contains, so 80-proof whiskey is 40 percent alcohol.

Correct answer: 0.02 percent

You must blow into an ignition interlock device to start the vehicle. If it detects an alcohol concentration at or above 0.02 percent, it prevents the vehicle from starting.

Correct answer: A 10-year period

A fourth DWI in a 10-year period can be charged as a felony, as can a case where you have a prior felony DWI or a conviction for criminal vehicular homicide while impaired.

Correct answer: 72 hours

If asked, give the name and address of your insurance carrier and agent to the investigating officer. If you do not have it with you, you must provide it within 72 hours.

Correct answer: A felony punishable by up to three years and one day in prison

Fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle is a felony. You may be sentenced to up to three years and one day in prison, fined up to $5,000, or both — and the penalties are far greater if someone is hurt or killed.

Correct answer: $275

If you are convicted of two or more violations of using a wireless device to compose, read, or send messages while driving, you must pay a $275 fine in addition to the court-specified fine.

Correct answer: At least 50 hours, including 15 nighttime hours

If a parent takes the Minnesota-approved parent class, the log must show at least 40 hours (including 15 at night). If the parent does not take the class, the teen must log at least 50 hours, including 15 nighttime hours.

Correct answer: Only one

In the first six months you may have only one passenger under 20; in the second six months, no more than three passengers under 20 — unless a parent or guardian is with you. Immediate family members under 20 are exempt.

Correct answer: Within 30 days

If you change your name or address before your license expires, you must apply for a duplicate license within 30 days.

Correct answer: Prohibited (subject to city and local ordinances)

The manual lists parking in front of mailboxes among the prohibited areas, subject to city and local ordinances, because it blocks mail delivery.

Correct answer: One white or amber front light and one red taillight, both visible from 500 feet

When parked on a highway at night or any time lights are needed, you must have at least one white or amber front light and one red taillight lit, both visible from at least 500 feet. Use parking or hazard lights to alert other drivers.

Correct answer: When it is separated from your lane by a physical barrier such as a median or wall

You do not need to stop if the emergency vehicle is separated from your lane of traffic by a physical barrier such as a fence, wall or median strip.

Correct answer: Yield to the entire procession

When a funeral procession identifies itself with headlights or hazard warning lights, you must yield to the entire procession.

Correct answer: A divided highway, when you are traveling in the opposite direction

The only exception to stopping for a school bus with red lights flashing is on a divided highway when you are traveling in the opposite direction, separated by the divider.

Correct answer: White, yellow, and blue lights

Watch for the flashing white, yellow, and blue lights of snowplows when roads are covered with snow or ice. Blowing snow can hide the plow and the road ahead.

Correct answer: 35 mph

At about 35 mph or higher in heavy rain, water can lift a standard car’s tires off the road — this is hydroplaning. Keep your tires in good condition and slow down on wet roads.

Correct answer: Leave the vehicle immediately and move away from the tracks

If your vehicle stalls on the tracks with a train coming, leave it immediately. Walk quickly at a 45-degree angle away from the tracks, toward the direction the train is coming from, to avoid flying debris.

Correct answer: At least 25 percent

Driver distraction is a leading factor in crashes, accounting for at least 25 percent of all crashes in Minnesota each year. Give the task of driving your full attention at all times.

Correct answer: Pedestrian and bicycle crossings and school areas

Yellow-green warns and controls in pedestrian and bicycle crossings and school areas. Pedestrian, bicycle and school-zone signs may be yellow or fluorescent yellow-green.

Correct answer: A slow-moving vehicle that travels at 30 mph or less

The slow-moving vehicle emblem must be displayed on vehicles that travel at 30 mph or less, such as farm implements or animal-drawn vehicles. Adjust your speed or prepare to change lanes when you see it.

Correct answer: Merge into left-lane traffic and yield

A "Lane Ends" sign warns that two lanes will become one. Vehicles in the ending lane must merge into the continuing lane, and the merging (right-lane) vehicles must yield.

Correct answer: You must not pass, regardless of which side you are driving on

Double solid yellow lines mean no passing is allowed in either direction. You must not cross them to pass.

Correct answer: Left turns only, shared by traffic from both directions

A center turn lane marked by parallel solid and dashed yellow lines is reserved for left turns only. Vehicles traveling in either direction may use it to turn left onto another road or driveway.

Correct answer: 25 mph

Lane splitting is allowed when two or more lanes travel the same direction and traffic is moving, at no more than 25 mph and no more than 15 mph over the speed of traffic. Car drivers must not impede a rider doing this legally.

Correct answer: Illegal

It is illegal to pass any vehicle within 100 feet of a railroad crossing. Some vehicles, such as buses and large trucks, must stop at all tracks — do not pass them.