North Dakota driver handbook guide
North Dakota driver handbook guide.
Use this guide to navigate the 10 chapters in the handbook edition behind Roadwise’s North Dakota course. Read the source, look up a rule in the study app, or work through 56 companion lessons.
- Handbook chapters
- 10
- Source PDF pages
- 56
- Companion lessons
- 56
- Licensing agency
- DOT
A way through the handbook
Start with the application and licensing material that applies to your age and license type. Then work through the driving rules, signs, and safe-driving chapters. A rule is easier to remember when you can explain what it asks you to do in a real road situation.
For a quick refresher, use the chapter list below. For a deeper study session, follow a companion lesson and its checkpoint questions. The page numbers refer to this course’s source edition and may differ from the newest agency edition.
Chapter list
- Introduction Source p. 1
- Testing Locations and Checklist Source p. 3
- Chapter 1: Your Operator's License Source p. 6
- Chapter 2: Signs, Signals, and Road Markings Source p. 13
- Chapter 3: Rules of the Road Source p. 23
- Chapter 4: Driving Skills and Emergency Situations Source p. 31
- Chapter 5: Drinking, Drugs, and Driving Source p. 39
- Chapter 6: Pedestrian Traffic and Recreational Vehicles Source p. 41
- Chapter 7: Parent/Guardian Driver Coaching Tips Source p. 44
- Chapter 8: Supervised Driving Log Source p. 49
What you will find in each chapter
Chapter 1 · source p. 1
Introduction
This chapter’s sections include:
- Driver License Manual
Chapter 2 · source p. 3
Testing Locations and Checklist
This chapter’s sections include:
- North Dakota Driver License and Testing Locations
- Driver License Offices
- General Information
- Check List For Testing
Chapter 3 · source p. 6
Chapter 1: Your Operator's License
This chapter’s sections include:
- Vehicle Inspection
- Exemptions
- People Who Cannot Get A License
- Permits must make an appointment to visit a ND
- Road Test Waiver
- Examinations
- Cooperation With the Examiner
- Organ, Tissue, And Eye Donation
- Minors Driver License
- Restrictions
- Renewals
- Duplicate Licenses/Permits
- Change Of Name Or Address
- Registering Your Motor Vehicle
- Classes Of Licenses
Chapter 4 · source p. 13
Chapter 2: Signs, Signals, and Road Markings
This chapter’s sections include:
- Signs
- Regulatory Signs
- Warning Signs
- Pedestrian Signs
- School Signs
- Channelizing Devices
- Flashing Arrow Panels
- Devices
- Flagpersons
- Work Zone Safety Tips
- Guide Signs
- Flashing Indications
- Traffic Signals
- Turn Indications
- What Drivers Should Know
- Pavement Markings
- Undivided Roadway
- Divided Roadways
- Two-Way Left Turn Lane
- Stop Intersections
- Types Of Crossings
- Railroad Crossings
Chapter 5 · source p. 23
Chapter 3: Rules of the Road
This chapter’s sections include:
- Hand Signals
- Right Of Way
- Speed Limits
- Passing
- Some Guidelines for Passing
- Lane Changes
- Distances
- Turning
- Roundabouts
- Large Vehicles
- Interstate Driving
- Interchanges
- Night Driving
- Parallel Parking
- Parking on a Hill
- Leaving a Parking Space
- Emergency Parking
- Towing
- Coasting Prohibited
Chapter 6 · source p. 31
Chapter 4: Driving Skills and Emergency Situations
This chapter’s sections include:
- Backing
- Littering
- Crash Reports
- Liability Insurance
- Situations
- Winter Driving
- Meeting Snow Removal Equipment
- Skids
- Rain
- Flooding
- Flat Tire Or Blowouts
- Running Off The Pavement
- Equipment Failure
- Reading The Road
- Distracted Driving
- Driving Posture
- Fatigue
- Sharing The Road With Trucks
- Braking
- Turning
- A Trucker’s Blind Spots (the “No-Zone”)
- Blind spots can be deadly!
- Maneuverability
- Move Over
- Motorcycles
- Special Hazards
- Sharing The Road With Bicycles
- Seat Belts
- Wear Your Belt Correctly
- Air Bags
- CHILD RESTRAINTS (Car Safety Seats)
Chapter 7 · source p. 39
Chapter 5: Drinking, Drugs, and Driving
This chapter’s sections include:
- Heatstroke
- Heatstroke Prevention Tips
- Alcohol
- Effects Of Alcohol
- Implied Consent
- Driving While Under The Influence leges?
- What happens if you’re convicted? injury or death?
Chapter 8 · source p. 41
Chapter 6: Pedestrian Traffic and Recreational Vehicles
This chapter’s sections include:
- What happens to your insurance?
- Reporting Impaired Driving
- Open Container Law
- Law
- Drugs
- Pedestrians
- Off-Highway Vehicles
- Off-Highway Vehicles Rules
- Bicycles and Motorized Bicycles
- Rules and Guidelines
- Snowmobiles
- Equipment
- Snowmobile Rules
Chapter 9 · source p. 44
Chapter 7: Parent/Guardian Driver Coaching Tips
This chapter’s sections include:
- Point System
- Withdrawal Of Parental Consent
- Know
- Tips For Supervising Teen Driving your headlights day and night!
- Agreement
- • Prohibit Riding with Someone Who Has For Your Teen
- Violating Rules/Guidelines
- Teen-Driver Training Orientation
- Top 11 Driving Errors
- Aggressive Driving
- When is it Aggressive Driving?
Chapter 10 · source p. 49
Chapter 8: Supervised Driving Log
This chapter’s sections include:
- SUPERVISED DRIVING LOG www.ndsc.org
- 10% Discount
Turn the reading into a study routine
The North Dakota course groups the source material into 11 units. Each lesson includes handbook page references, examples, and a checkpoint in the study app.
Unit 1 · 8 lessons
Your License & Permits
Permits, teen limits, documents, road test, license classes
Unit 2 · 7 lessons
Signs, Signals & Markings
Regulatory, warning, work zone and guide signs, signals, markings, railroads
Unit 3 · 4 lessons
Right-of-Way & Speed
Who yields, pedestrians, emergency vehicles, school buses, speed limits
Unit 4 · 3 lessons
Passing, Lane Changes & Following Distance
Passing rules, lane changes, and safe spacing
Unit 5 · 6 lessons
Turning, Roundabouts & Highway Driving
Turns, roundabouts, interstates, night driving, parking
Unit 6 · 7 lessons
Emergencies & Winter Driving
Crash reports, towing, winter, skids, floods, breakdowns, fatigue
Unit 7 · 4 lessons
Sharing the Road
Trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and moving over
Unit 8 · 3 lessons
Occupant Protection
Seat belts, air bags, child restraints, and heatstroke
Unit 9 · 5 lessons
Alcohol, Drugs & DUI
Impairment, legal limits, penalties and implied consent
Unit 10 · 4 lessons
Pedestrians & Recreational Vehicles
Pedestrians, bicycles, off-highway vehicles, and snowmobiles
Unit 11 · 5 lessons
Points & Teen Driving
Point system, teen risks, supervised practice, family rules, aggressive driving