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South Carolina Defensive Driving Practice Test

Practice 25 questions on defensive driving in South Carolina — adverse weather, sharing the road, safe following distance, and emergency situations.

What this South Carolina practice test covers

  • Defensive driving techniques and maintaining safe following distance
  • Driving safely in adverse weather including rain, fog, snow, and ice
  • Sharing the road safely with trucks, bikes, and pedestrians
  • Handling roadside emergencies and avoiding common road hazards

The actual South Carolina SCDMV knowledge test has 30 questions, and you need at least 24 correct (80%) to pass. This practice test is based on the South Carolina Driver's Manual. The test fee is $2. Tests are administered Computer-based at SCDMV branch office.

Try sample South Carolina questions

These questions come from our bank of 327+. The real South Carolina written test draws from similar material in the official driver handbook.

3 free preview of 25
1

Clues that a vehicle may pull out in front of you include:

2

Your windshield must:

3

Under South Carolina's wipers-on/lights-on rule, when do headlights NOT need to be on while wipers are in use?

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