Roadwise States Alaska Driving lessons Required equipment Alaska driving lesson · Parking, Equipment & Maintenance
Required equipment A 3-minute lesson from the Alaska course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Read time 3 minutes
Course unit Parking, Equipment & Maintenance
Checkpoint questions 6
Source pages 80 Your vehicle must have certain equipment working and properly adjusted, and it's checked before your road test. Several items come with exact numbers.
Equipment your car must have working and in proper adjustment Lights you must have: Headlights: at least two, one on each side of the front Taillights: at least two red lights on the rear, both working Brake lights: two, working only when the foot brake is applied, both working License plate light: white, making numbers visible for at least 50 ft (if equipped) Turn signals: required on all vehicles and in working order Handbook p. 80 ↗ Other required equipment: Safety belts: all seating positions should have them Emergency/parking brake able to hold the vehicle on any grade A single rear license plate with valid month and year tabs Windshield; windshield and windows of safety glass with clear vision; tint within the law Windshield wipers and defroster All original and replacement glass must be safety glass Mirrors: left side plus inside or right; left and right if rear view is blocked, and on buses Anti-spray devices (mud flaps or fenders) that reduce wheel spray to the rear Handbook p. 80 ↗ Know the rule
Mirrors must be adjusted to give you a view to the rear of the vehicle.
Handbook p. 80 ↗ Know the rule
No horn or device may make an unusually loud sound or whistle.
Handbook p. 80 ↗ Know the rule
No light illuminated while the vehicle is on the roadway should be labeled "for off-road use only."
Handbook p. 80 ↗ Put it into practice
Before your road test you notice one brake light is out. Replace it first: both brake lights must work, and the examiner can refuse or delay the test for equipment defects.
A useful reminder 25-20-200-50: brake stops in 25 ft from 20 mph, horn heard at 200 ft, plate readable at 50 ft.
Check your understanding Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
At what speed and distance must a passenger vehicle's foot brake be able to stop it? Within 25 feet at 20 mph Within 50 feet at 20 mph Within 15 feet at 20 mph Within 25 feet at 30 mph Answer: Within 25 feet at 20 mph
The foot brake must be adequate to stop a passenger vehicle within 25 feet at 20 mph.
Handbook p. 80 ↗ From what minimum distance must a vehicle's horn be audible under normal conditions? 50 feet 200 feet 500 feet 100 feet Answer: 200 feet
A horn must be capable of being heard from at least 200 feet under normal conditions.
Handbook p. 80 ↗ How many working taillights must a vehicle have on the rear? At least one At least three At least two At least four Answer: At least two
A vehicle must have at least two working red taillights on the rear.
Handbook p. 80 ↗ From what distance must a license plate light make the plate's numbers visible, if equipped? At least 20 feet At least 100 feet At least 10 feet At least 50 feet Answer: At least 50 feet
A license plate light must make the numbers visible from at least 50 feet.
Handbook p. 80 ↗ What must all original and replacement vehicle glass be made of? Tempered plastic only Safety glass Any glass, as long as it's clean Tinted glass only Answer: Safety glass
All original and replacement glass in a vehicle must be safety glass.
Handbook p. 80 ↗ All original and replacement window glass in a vehicle must be safety glass. True False Answer: True
All original and replacement glass must be safety glass.
Handbook p. 80 ↗ Previous lesson Parallel parking, hills & pulling out Next lesson Noise, carbon monoxide, loads & litter More in Parking, Equipment & Maintenance About the source Roadwise’s Alaska course uses the driver handbook edition supplied with this study pack. This lesson cites source pages 80. The linked PDF is a third-party mirror of the handbook, rather than a government-hosted page.
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