Licensing, Demerits & Penalties — New York

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License test	New York Car learner's permit test (Class D)
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Questions (5)

1. A driver may park in a space reserved for people with disabilities if the vehicle displays license plates for the disabled:

Regardless of who is in the vehicle
Only if the driver is disabled
And is carrying a disabled person named on the registration ✓
If someone in the driver's immediate family is disabled

Answer: C. And is carrying a disabled person named on the registration

You may park in a space reserved for people with disabilities only if the vehicle has disabled plates or a permit and is carrying the person with a disability named on the registration or permit. The manual treats reserved parking as a legal requirement that gives motorists with disabilities safe and equal access, and it limits who may use those spaces. Having disabled plates or a permit is only half of it: the person who received that plate or permit has to be inside the vehicle, and the vehicle has to be in use to transport that person. So the plates by themselves do not open up the space, and the person using it must be the one the registration or permit actually names.

Source: Official sample question (2026-10-17) · Official handbook: New York State Driver's Manual (MV-21), Chapter 7: Parallel Parking – Reserved Parking for People with Disabilities

2. Driving in a state of rage can:

Affect your ability to reason and make decisions
Increase the chance of being involved in a traffic accident
Lead to a revoked or suspended license
All of these choices ✓

Answer: D. All of these choices

Driving in a state of rage can do all of the listed things: it affects your ability to reason and make decisions, raises your chance of a traffic crash, and can lead to a revoked or suspended license. The manual says rage can affect your blood pressure plus your ability to reason and make decisions, that you will make more errors, and that the chance of being in a crash goes up. It also says aggressive driving and road rage can lead to revoked or suspended driver licenses. Since every listed effect appears in the handbook, the answer that covers all of them is the correct one.

Source: Official sample question (2026-10-17) · Official handbook: New York State Driver's Manual (MV-21), Chapter 8: Defensive Driving – Road Rage

3. You must show proof of insurance to law enforcement:

Only if you are involved in a collision.
If you are involved in a collision or stopped for a citation. ✓
Only if you are stopped and cited.

Answer: B. If you are involved in a collision or stopped for a citation.

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4. A driver may park in a space reserved for people with disabilities if the vehicle displays the proper license plates:

Regardless of who is in the vehicle.
And only if the driver is disabled.
And is carrying the disabled person named on the registration. ✓
And someone in the driver's immediate family is disabled.

Answer: C. And is carrying the disabled person named on the registration.

A vehicle may park in a disability space only with the proper plates or permit and while it is carrying the disabled person named on the registration or permit. The handbook says reserved disability spaces can be used only with disability plates or a permit, and only when the person who received them is in the vehicle. It also says the vehicle must be transporting the person with disabilities described in the registration or permit. That means having the plates is not enough by itself; the qualifying disabled person must actually be riding in the vehicle.

Official handbook: New York State Driver's Manual (MV-21), Chapter 7: Parallel Parking – Reserved Parking for People with Disabilities

5. If your car's suspension is bad, it can cause:

Vehicle control problems. ✓
Squealing brakes.
Slack in the steering.

Answer: A. Vehicle control problems.

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Updated: 2026-10-18 · 128 official sample questions · Official driver handbook