Mississippi Permit Test: Sharing the Road Practice Questions

Correct answer: At least 3 feet

Leave a safe distance of at least three feet between your vehicle and the bicycle when passing.

Source: Sharing the Road with Bicycles

Correct answer: A vehicle with the same rights and duties

A bicycle is a vehicle on public roads, and cyclists have the same rights and responsibilities as drivers.

Source: Sharing the Road with Bicycles

Correct answer: Yes, when it's safe

Drivers may pass a same-direction bicycle in a non-passing zone only when it is safe to do so.

Source: Sharing the Road with Bicycles

Correct answer: 20–25 mph

An experienced cyclist can ride 20–25 mph and may be closer than you think.

Source: Sharing the Road with Bicycles (Mississippi Driver's Manual, rev. Dec 2024, PDF p. 73: 'An experienced bicyclist can ride 20-25 miles per hour')

Correct answer: Two to four feet

Cyclists ride as far right as safely possible, generally two to four feet from the right edge.

Source: Sharing the Road with Bicycles

Correct answer: Yes, if they don't impede normal traffic

State law permits riding side by side, but two abreast shouldn't impede the normal movement of traffic.

Source: Sharing the Road with Bicycles

Correct answer: The driver can't see you

If you cannot see the side mirrors on a large truck, the driver cannot see you.

Source: Road Safety with Large Vehicles

Correct answer: About 80,000 pounds

An average tractor-trailer weighs approximately 80,000 pounds and takes longer to stop.

Source: Road Safety with Large Vehicles

Correct answer: 3 to 5 seconds longer

On a level highway it takes 3 to 5 seconds longer to pass a large vehicle than a car.

Source: Road Safety with Large Vehicles

Correct answer: When you see its front wheels on the pavement in your mirror

Move back only when you can see the truck's front wheels meeting the pavement in your rearview mirror.

Source: Road Safety with Large Vehicles

Correct answer: Dim them

Always dim your headlights; bright lights reflect off a truck's large mirrors and blind the driver.

Source: Road Safety with Large Vehicles

Correct answer: Leave extra space and keep left in your lane

Leave extra space in case it rolls back, and keep left in your lane so the driver sees you.

Source: Road Safety with Large Vehicles

Correct answer: Keep as far right as possible

Keep as far right as possible to avoid a sideswipe and reduce wind turbulence, which pushes vehicles apart.

Source: Road Safety with Large Vehicles

Correct answer: Keep to the far side of your lane and don't speed up

Help the driver by keeping to the far side of your lane; never speed up when a large vehicle passes.

Source: Road Safety with Large Vehicles

Correct answer: Immediately behind it

A blind spot exists immediately behind large tractor-trailer rigs.

Source: Lane Use – Blind Spots