New Mexico DMV Exam Simulator

Correct answer: There is no safe amount — even one drink can affect your driving

There is no safe amount of alcohol. Even one drink can affect your driving, and with two or more drinks in your bloodstream you are impaired and could be arrested.

Correct answer: 15 years and 6 months, after holding a permit for 6 months

The minimum age for a provisional license is 15 years and 6 months, provided you have held an instructional permit for six months.

Correct answer: Turn your wheels sharply toward the side of the road or curb

When you park on a hill, turn your wheels sharply toward the side of the road or curb. This way, if your vehicle starts to roll, it will roll away from traffic.

Correct answer: Stop, turn, or speed up

In avoiding a collision, drivers have three options: stop, turn or speed up. Many drivers panic and fail to act, so it helps to know your options in advance.

Correct answer: Only in the direction the sign tells you to drive

When the state turns a public road into a one-way road, it must post signs. You may drive on these roads only in the direction the sign indicates.

Correct answer: About twice as far

High beams let you see about twice as far as low beams. Use them whenever there are no oncoming vehicles, especially on unfamiliar roads and where people may be along the road.

Correct answer: Extra time and space to merge and use turn lanes

Provide the bicyclist with extra time and space to merge and use turn lanes like other vehicles. Some bicyclists, especially young children, may behave unexpectedly.

Correct answer: You must stop and cannot go in the direction of the arrow

A red arrow means you must stop and cannot go in the direction of the arrow. You may proceed only when the red arrow goes off and a green arrow or light comes on.

Correct answer: The three-second rule

The three-second rule is an easy way to check your following distance. Watch when the vehicle ahead passes a fixed point, then count the seconds until you reach it — if fewer than three, you are too close.

Correct answer: At least 100 feet

Signal at least 100 feet before you make your turn to give other drivers time to react.

Correct answer: Time

Your body gets rid of about one alcoholic drink per hour, and time is the only thing that will sober you up. Coffee, fresh air, exercise or cold showers will not help.

Correct answer: At least 50 hours, including at least 10 hours at night

You must complete not less than 50 hours of practice driving, including not less than 10 hours of nighttime driving. A parent or guardian must certify that you completed it.

Correct answer: So that if the vehicle rolls, it rolls away from traffic

Turning the wheels sharply toward the side of the road or curb means that if your vehicle starts to roll downhill, it will roll away from traffic instead of into it.

Correct answer: Press on the brake pedal as hard as you can and keep pressing

With ABS, press on the brake pedal as hard as you can and keep pressing. You might feel the pedal push back when the ABS is working — do not let up, because the system only works with the pedal pushed down.

Correct answer: On the right side of the island

When you drive around a traffic circle, also called a rotary traffic island, you must drive on the right side of the island.

Correct answer: Your low beams

Use low beams in fog or when it is snowing or raining hard. Light from high beams reflects back off the fog, rain or snow, causing glare that makes it harder to see ahead.

Correct answer: Stay watchful for sudden movements and lane changes

Some bicyclists, especially young children, will behave unexpectedly. Stay watchful for sudden movements and lane changes.

Correct answer: An eight-sided (octagonal) red sign with white letters

A stop sign has eight sides and is red with white letters. You must come to a full stop at the sign or stop line and wait until it is safe to proceed.

Correct answer: At any speed

The three-second rule works at any speed. Count "one-thousand-one, one-thousand-two, one-thousand-three" as you reach the point the vehicle ahead just passed.

Correct answer: Change lanes, turn, merge into traffic, or park

Use your turn signals before you change lanes, turn right or left, merge into traffic, or park. Signaling gives other drivers time to react to your moves.

Correct answer: About one drink

Your body gets rid of about one alcoholic drink per hour. There is no way to sober up quickly — only time will do it.

Correct answer: Between midnight and 5:00 a.m.

A provisional driver may not drive on public highways between midnight and 5:00 a.m., unless one of the specific exceptions (such as work, school, or a medical necessity) applies.

Correct answer: As close to the curb as you can

If you must park on a roadway, park as far away from traffic as possible. If there is a curb, park as close to it as you can.

Correct answer: Let up on the brake pedal, then press down again once the skid stops

Without ABS, apply the brakes as hard as you can without locking them. If they lock and the vehicle begins to skid, quickly let up on the pedal, and as soon as the skid stops push down again — repeat until stopped.

Correct answer: Drivers already in the circle

Drivers entering a traffic circle or rotary must yield to drivers already in the circle.