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This Missouri Driver's License Safe Driving Tips For Everyday Driving practice set has 37 practice questions based on the official exam materials, each with an instant explanation. You need 80% on the real Missouri Driver's License knowledge test to pass.

Topic overview

This section covers the everyday habits that keep you and your passengers safe: seat belts and child restraints, defensive driving, safe following distance, and how to handle hazards like deer or a traffic stop. Many of these are also Missouri legal requirements. Building these habits into every trip lowers your crash risk and helps you react calmly when something goes wrong.

Always fasten your seat belt and make sure all passengers are buckled up or in child restraints, even if your vehicle has air bags. Wear the lap belt low and snug across the hips and the shoulder belt across the chest — never under the arm or behind the back. Missouri law requires the operator and front-seat occupants of passenger vehicles to wear a seat belt, and all passengers of an intermediate license holder must be properly restrained. Children under four years old, or weighing less than 40 pounds, must be in a child passenger restraint system; children four to under eight who weigh 40 to under 80 pounds and are under 4'9" must use a child restraint or booster seat.

Defensive driving means keeping your eyes moving, checking your mirrors every few seconds, and expecting other drivers to make mistakes; look left and right at intersections even when you have the right-of-way. Use the three-second rule for following distance: if you reach a fixed object before finishing the count of one-thousand-one, one-thousand-two, one-thousand-three, you are too close. Signal at least 100 feet before turning, changing lanes, merging, or parking. Watch for deer, which are most involved in crashes in January, May, and October through December, with the highest risk from sunset to midnight and around sunrise; if a crash is unavoidable, do not swerve, since swerving off the road or into oncoming traffic increases the risk of injury.

How much following distance should I keep?

Use the three-second rule: watch the vehicle ahead pass a fixed object, then count one-thousand-one, one-thousand-two, one-thousand-three. If you reach the object before finishing the count, you are following too closely. Rear-end crashes are caused by following too closely and not being able to stop in time.

What should I do if a deer is in the road?

Deer seldom travel alone, so if you see one there are likely others nearby; after dark, use high beams when there is no opposing traffic to spot their eyes. If a crash is unavoidable, do not swerve, because swerving off the road or into oncoming traffic increases the risk of injury.

What should I do when stopped by law enforcement?

Stay calm, signal, pull over safely, turn off the ignition and radio, stay in the vehicle, and keep your hands visible on the wheel. If you have a weapon in the vehicle, inform the officer upon first contact. Signing a traffic ticket is not an admission of guilt, and refusing to sign may result in your arrest.

Written from the official Missouri Driver Guide — Safe Driving Tips For Everyday Driving ↗· Last checked: 2026-07-10· Reviewed by the PassPrep editorial team· How we verify →

Sample questions

Three questions from the Safe Driving Tips For Everyday Driving bank with the correct answer and an explanation. The practice quiz above draws 30 questions at random from the same bank.

What should you do before you start driving?
- Fasten your seat belt and make sure all passengers are buckled or in child restraints — Correct answer
- Only the driver needs to buckle up
- Adjust the seat belts after you start moving
- Skip the seat belt if the trip is short
Explanation: Before you drive, always fasten your seat belt and make sure all passengers are using seat belts or child restraints.
Handbook: Safe Driving Tips For Everyday Driving — Seat Belts and Child Restraints
How should a seat belt be worn correctly?
- Lap belt low and snug across the hips, shoulder belt across the chest — Correct answer
- Shoulder belt tucked under the arm
- Shoulder belt placed behind the back
- Lap belt loose across the stomach
Explanation: Wear the lap belt low and snug across the hips and the shoulder belt across the chest; never place the shoulder belt under the arm or behind the back.
Handbook: Safe Driving Tips For Everyday Driving — Wearing Seat Belts
Why should you wear a seat belt even if your vehicle has air bags?
- Air bags do not protect you in side or rear impacts or in a rollover — Correct answer
- Air bags replace the need for seat belts entirely
- Air bags only work if the seat belt is unfastened
- Seat belts are only required in older vehicles
Explanation: Air bags do not protect you in side or rear impacts or in a rollover, so seat belts are still needed.
Handbook: Safe Driving Tips For Everyday Driving — Seat Belts and Air Bags