New York practice test, alcohol, drugs, and penalties
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Article 31 and the points that ride on it. The offences first: ability impaired above 0.05, the 0.08 per se offence, drug driving, and the under-21 zero tolerance offence after consuming alcohol. Then the machinery: chemical test refusal, ignition interlock, and the point table as amended for violations on or after February 16, 2026, where an alcohol or drug incident now carries 11 points and permanent denial waits at four convictions or incidents, not five.
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Which of these may a driver lawfully do with a phone while driving?
✓ Correct answer: Use it hands free, mounted or through the car's system, without holding it
The line the law draws is the hand while the vehicle is in motion. Holding the phone to talk, read directions, or finish a message while moving is banned. Genuinely hands free use, mounted or through the car's system without holding it, is what's left open. (VTL sections 1225-c and 1225-d.)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1225-c and 1225-d, checked 2026-11-03
An 18 year old at 0.01 percent: inside or outside the zero tolerance offence?
✓ Correct answer: Outside the measured range; the offence is measured from about 0.02 percent
Zero tolerance is a name, not a literal zero. The measured range starts at 0.02, which is still far below every adult band. (VTL section 1192-a.)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1192-a, checked 2026-11-03
A driver under an interlock order only drives a friend's car without a device, to get around the condition. What is the position?
✓ Correct answer: That defeats the court order; the condition follows the driver, and driving a car without the required device breaches it
An interlock order is not a property rule about one car. Swapping cars is the breach, not a workaround. (VTL section 1198(9)(d).)
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1198(9)(d), read with section 1198(7)(a), checked 2026-11-03
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Facts strip
- Questions on the real test
- 20, and 4 are about road signs
- To pass
- At least 14 of 20, and at least 2 of the 4 sign questions
- Time limit
- None published by the DMV
- Retest
- No fee, no published limit or wait
- Permit and licence fee
- $64.25 to $102.50, by age and district
- Minimum age
- 16
Facts checked against New York DMV pages, 2026-11-03. Official information: New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, dmv.ny.gov.
Corrections note
No corrections yet. Last checked 2026-11-03, against the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law, 15 NYCRR Part 131, and DMV published facts.