Alabama Permit Test: Sharing the Road Practice Questions

Correct answer: Three feet

Alabama law requires at least three feet between your vehicle and a person on a bicycle when passing.

Source: Chapter 3: The Driving Task – Sharing the Road with Bicycles

Correct answer: Riders under 16

People on bicycles under age 16 must wear a securely fastened protective helmet on public roadways.

Source: Chapter 3: The Driving Task – Sharing the Road with Bicycles

Correct answer: No

In Alabama, it is illegal for people on bicycles to ride on the sidewalk.

Source: Chapter 3: The Driving Task – Sharing the Road with Bicycles

Correct answer: Two abreast at all times

People on bicycles may ride two abreast at all times.

Source: Chapter 3: The Driving Task – Sharing the Road with Bicycles

Correct answer: To park, enter or leave the road, or turn

Motorists may not drive in a bike lane except to park where allowed, to enter or leave the highway, or to prepare for a turn.

Source: Chapter 3: The Driving Task – Sharing the Road with Bicycles

Correct answer: 2 seconds, like any vehicle

Following distance behind a motorcycle should be the same 2 seconds given any other vehicle, more in bad conditions.

Source: Chapter 3: The Driving Task – Sharing the Road with Motorcycles

Correct answer: No, it is illegal and hazardous

Motorcycles are entitled to a full lane; never move into the same lane alongside one, even if it is wide.

Source: Chapter 3: The Driving Task – Sharing the Road with Motorcycles

Correct answer: About two feet vs. five to six feet

Motorcycles are about two feet wide compared with the five-to-six-foot width of a car, making them hard to see.

Source: Chapter 3: The Driving Task – Sharing the Road with Motorcycles

Correct answer: 430 feet

At 55 mph a passenger car needs 193 feet to stop, while a loaded truck needs 430 feet.

Source: Chapter 3: The Driving Task – Sharing the Road with Large Vehicles

Correct answer: 200 feet

Trucks and buses have huge No-Zones directly behind them that may extend as far as 200 feet.

Source: Chapter 3: The Driving Task – Sharing the Road with Large Vehicles

Correct answer: On the left, quickly

When passing a truck or bus, always try to pass on the left and do it as quickly as possible.

Source: Chapter 3: The Driving Task – Sharing the Road with Large Vehicles

Correct answer: Dim them

Always dim your headlights behind a large vehicle at night; bright lights reflect off its mirrors and blind the driver.

Source: Chapter 3: The Driving Task – Sharing the Road with Large Vehicles

Correct answer: 15 to 50 feet

When stopping for a railroad crossing, you must stop within 15 to 50 feet of the tracks.

Source: Chapter 4: The Driver – Railroad Crossings

Correct answer: School, church and passenger buses

School buses, church buses, passenger buses and trucks carrying hazardous materials must stop at every railroad crossing.

Source: Chapter 4: The Driver – Railroad Crossings

Correct answer: A mile or more

A freight train at 55 mph takes a mile or more to stop, the length of 18 football fields.

Source: Chapter 4: The Driver – Railroad Crossings