Texas Permit Test: Sharing the Road Practice Questions

Correct answer: 3 to 5 seconds longer

Passing a truck on a level road takes three to five seconds longer than passing a car, so be sure you have room and don't linger alongside.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Trucks (Passing)

Correct answer: The truck may need more than 400 feet, versus about 240 feet for the car

A car at 55 mph stops in about 240 feet, but a loaded tractor-trailer may need more than 400 feet—never cut in front of one.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Trucks (Following a Truck)

Correct answer: If you can't see the driver in its side mirror, the driver can't see you

If you can't see the truck driver in the truck's side mirror, you are in a blind spot and the driver can't see you.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Trucks (Following a Truck)

Correct answer: Stay back; the truck may be making a wide right turn

Trucks make wide right turns and may leave space on the right before turning; don't pass on the right when it might turn right.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Trucks (Right Turns)

Correct answer: Leave space in case it rolls back and stay to the left in your lane

Leave room in case the truck drifts back when it starts, and keep to the left in your lane so the driver can see you.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Trucks (Following a Truck)

Correct answer: When you can see the entire front of the truck in your rearview mirror

Return in front of a truck only when you can see its entire front in your rearview mirror, then maintain your speed.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Trucks (Passing)

Correct answer: Wait until it finishes; never cross behind it

Never cross behind a truck preparing to back up—you'll be in its blind spot. Wait until it completes the maneuver.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Trucks (Backing Crashes)

Correct answer: A tractor-trailer's size makes it seem slower than it really is

A tractor-trailer's large size makes it look slower than it is, so drivers misjudge how quickly it is approaching.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Trucks

Correct answer: High beams reflect off its large mirrors and blind the driver

Your high beams reflect off a truck's large side mirrors and can blind the driver.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Trucks (Following a Truck)

Correct answer: A car turning left in front of a motorcycle at an intersection

Most car–motorcycle crashes happen at intersections when a car turns left in front of a motorcycle; always take a second look.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Motorcycles

Correct answer: At least 4 to 6 seconds

Give motorcycles at least four to six seconds of following distance so the rider has room to maneuver or stop.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Motorcycles

Correct answer: Give the motorcycle the full lane width

A motorcycle is entitled to a full lane; don't try to share the lane with it.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Motorcycles (Respect a Motorcycle)

Correct answer: Its signal may not cancel automatically; wait to be sure it turns

Motorcycle signals usually aren't self-canceling, so wait until you are sure the motorcycle is actually turning.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Motorcycles (Signal Your Intentions)

Correct answer: A full vehicle length

Stop a full vehicle length behind a motorcycle so that if you are rear-ended you won't be pushed into the rider.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Motorcycles

Correct answer: Has the same rights and duties as a vehicle driver

A bicycle is a vehicle, and its rider has the same rights and responsibilities as other drivers.

Source: Chapter 9: Some Special Driving Situations – Share the Road with Bicycles