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How can you fight highway hypnosis on a long trip?

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This Texas Driver's License Some Special Driving Situations practice set has 55 practice questions based on the official exam materials, each with an instant explanation. You need 70% on the real Texas Driver's License knowledge test to pass.

Topic overview

This chapter groups together the situations that call for extra skill beyond ordinary daytime driving: night driving and headlight use, entering and leaving a highway, and staying alert on long drives to avoid highway hypnosis. It also covers what to do when things go wrong on the road — a skid, a brake failure, a flat tire, or a vehicle breakdown.

The most tested material includes handling winter conditions (allowing more space and easing into turns and braking), the danger of driving into flooded roadways, and sharing the road safely with large trucks, motorcyclists, light rail, and bicyclists — each of which has different blind spots, stopping distances, or visibility challenges than a passenger car. Distracted driving, including texting, is treated as a serious hazard throughout the chapter.

A common mistake is panicking and slamming the brakes during a skid or a blowout — the correct response is almost always to ease off the gas and steer smoothly rather than brake hard. Another is underestimating how much space a large truck needs to stop, or lingering in a truck's blind spot where the driver genuinely cannot see you.

What's the right way to react if my car starts to skid?

Take your foot off the gas rather than hitting the brakes, and steer gently in the direction the back of the car is sliding, straightening out as you regain control.

Why is driving into a flooded road so dangerous?

Even a fairly small depth of moving water can float or sweep away a vehicle, and floodwater can also hide a washed-out section of road, so the safest choice is always to turn around rather than guess how deep it is.

Why does the handbook say to avoid a truck's blind spot?

A truck driver's mirrors can't cover the full area behind and alongside a large vehicle, so if you can't see the truck driver in their side mirror, they very likely can't see you either.

Written from the official Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7) — Some Special Driving Situations ↗· Last checked: 2026-07-10· Reviewed by the PassPrep editorial team· How we verify →

Sample questions

Three questions from the Some Special Driving Situations bank with the correct answer and an explanation. The practice quiz above draws 30 questions at random from the same bank.

Why is driving at night more dangerous, and when should you never drive?
- Many people see worse at night; never drive when tired — Correct answer
- Night driving is actually safer than daytime
- It is fine to drive tired if you go slowly
- Tiredness improves your night vision
Explanation: Driving at night is much more dangerous than driving during the day because many people do not see as well at night, and you should never drive when you are tired.
Handbook: Some Special Driving Situations — Night Driving
How fast should you drive at night relative to your headlights?
- Slow enough to stop within the distance your headlights light — Correct answer
- As fast as the daytime limit allows
- Faster to get home sooner
- Speed does not matter at night
Explanation: Slow down so that you can stop within the distance lit by your headlights.
Handbook: Some Special Driving Situations — Headlights
During what hours must you use your headlights?
- From 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise — Correct answer
- Only after midnight
- From sunset to sunrise exactly
- Only on weekends
Explanation: You must use your headlights beginning 30 minutes after sunset and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
Handbook: Some Special Driving Situations — Headlights