Flooded roads
A free practice question for the South Carolina permit test, with the answer explained.
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A road ahead is flooded. What should you do?
The rule
Never drive into a flooded road. Six inches of water reaches the underside of most cars and can stall them or cost you control; two feet of moving water can sweep away most vehicles, even SUVs and pickups.
Never drive into a flooded road. Six inches of water reaches the bottom of most cars, and two feet of flowing water can sweep away most vehicles.
From the SCDMV Driver's License Manual, page 8-4. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
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