Arizona Permit Test: Sharing the Road Practice Questions

Correct answer: 3 feet

Arizona requires a minimum safe distance of 3 feet when passing a bicyclist traveling in the same direction.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Sharing the Road with a Bicyclist

Correct answer: It may startle them and cause a crash

Honking while passing may startle a bicyclist and cause a crash.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Sharing the Road with a Bicyclist

Correct answer: To avoid a hazard

Bicyclists may move left to turn left, avoid hazards, pass, or when the lane is too narrow to share safely.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Sharing the Road with a Bicyclist

Correct answer: A white headlamp visible from 500 feet and a rear reflector

At night a bicycle needs a white head lamp visible from 500 feet and a rear reflector; a flashing red rear light adds visibility.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Sharing the Road with a Bicyclist

Correct answer: No more than two

Bicyclists may not ride more than two side by side and should stay as far right as practicable.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Sharing the Road with a Bicyclist

Correct answer: It may look farther away and slower than it is

A motorcycle's small size and single light can make it seem farther away and slower than it really is.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Sharing the Road with a Motorcycle

Correct answer: A car turning in front of the motorcycle

Most car/motorcycle crashes happen when a car turns in front of a motorcycle, often because the driver didn't see it or misjudged it.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Sharing the Road with a Motorcycle

Correct answer: No, a motorcycle gets the full lane

Motorcycles are allowed the full width of a lane; never crowd into the same lane as a motorcycle.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Sharing the Road with a Motorcycle

Correct answer: 45 mph

Lane filtering is allowed past stopped vehicles only where there are at least two same-direction lanes, the posted limit is 45 mph or less, and the motorcycle goes no faster than 15 mph.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Sharing the Road with a Motorcycle

Correct answer: No faster than 15 mph

A filtering motorcycle may not travel faster than 15 mph.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Sharing the Road with a Motorcycle

Correct answer: Its signal may not cancel automatically

Motorcycle turn signals don't shut off automatically and riders may forget them; be sure what the rider is doing before moving into its path.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Sharing the Road with a Motorcycle

Correct answer: Trucks take about twice as long to stop

Trucks take twice as long to stop; cutting in and braking cuts the truck's stopping distance in half.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Sharing the Road with a Truck

Correct answer: Large blind spots around a truck

The No-Zone is the large blind-spot area around the front, back and sides of trucks and buses; don't linger there.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Sharing the Road with a Truck

Correct answer: Make a wide right turn

To make a wide turn, farm machinery operators may first pull to the left, then turn right; keep a safe following distance.

Source: Section 4: Sharing the Road with Other Vehicles – Slow Moving Vehicles

Correct answer: Stop, whichever direction you are traveling

On an undivided road, stop before reaching the bus regardless of your direction, and stay stopped until it moves or the arm and lights are off.

Source: Section 3: Roadway and Vehicle Knowledge – School Buses and School Zones