Maryland Permit Test: Speed Limits Practice Questions

Question 1

What does the posted speed limit represent?

Accepted Answer

The maximum legal speed in ideal conditions

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The average speed of traffic

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A suggested speed that you may exceed slightly when safe

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The minimum speed you must drive

Question 2

Why does the Maryland manual say it is safest to drive at about the same speed as most traffic, up to the limit?

Accepted Answer

Slower drivers get passed constantly, raising crash risk

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It saves fuel

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It lets you use cruise control

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Police only ticket the fastest cars in a line of traffic

Question 3

Which is an effect of driving over the speed limit?

Accepted Answer

It takes longer to stop your vehicle

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Crashes are less forceful

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Other drivers can judge your distance better

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It is easier to handle curves

Question 4

Which location calls for reducing your speed, according to the Maryland manual?

Accepted Answer

Toll plazas

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A freshly paved road with no traffic

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The left lane of an interstate

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An empty straight highway in clear weather

Question 5

Road conditions are bad, but you are driving exactly at the posted speed limit. Is that necessarily legal?

Accepted Answer

No, a reasonable speed may be below the limit

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Only at night

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Yes, driving at the posted limit is always legal in any weather

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Only on interstates

Question 6

What is the safe speed for driving on ice and snow?

Accepted Answer

There is no completely safe speed

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Any speed, as long as you have four-wheel drive

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The posted speed limit

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10 mph below the limit

Question 7

According to NHTSA figures in the Maryland manual, a crash on a road with a 65 mph or higher limit is how much more likely to be fatal than one on a road of 40 mph or lower?

Accepted Answer

Nearly five times

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About the same

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Twice as likely

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Ten times as likely to be fatal

Question 8

What is true about speeding fines in Maryland work zones?

Accepted Answer

They may be much higher, more so with workers present

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Work zones have no speed enforcement of any kind at all

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They apply only at night

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They are the same as anywhere else

Question 9

On an interstate, you are driving slower than the flow of traffic. Where should you drive?

Accepted Answer

In the right lane

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On the shoulder

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In the left lane

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In the middle lane only, to avoid merging traffic

Question 10

When should you begin slowing down to leave an interstate?

Accepted Answer

As soon as you enter the deceleration lane

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While still in the travel lanes, well before the exit

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Only once you reach the end of the ramp

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After you stop on the shoulder

Question 11

You are driving in fog and see taillights ahead. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Slow even more and be ready to stop

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Switch to high beams so you can see farther ahead

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Pass the vehicle

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Speed up to follow them closely

Question 12

Which factor affects your stopping distance?

Accepted Answer

Your tire treads and brakes

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The color of your vehicle

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The time of year your car was built and its color

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The radio station you are playing

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