Vermont Permit Test: Lanes & Passing Practice Questions

Correct answer: 4 seconds

Use the 4-second method; allow more in poor conditions, poor visibility or at higher speeds.

Source: Chapter 7 – Four Seconds: A Safe Following Distance

Correct answer: At least four feet

Pass on the left and leave at least four feet of clearance between your vehicle and the vehicle or bicycle you pass.

Source: Chapter 7 – Passing

Correct answer: When the vehicle ahead is turning left and there is room

On roads that are not multilane, you may pass on the right of a vehicle turning left if there is room; never by driving off the pavement.

Source: Chapter 7 – Passing

Correct answer: Slow a little and keep right

When being passed, slow a little and keep right so the other driver can pass more safely.

Source: Chapter 7 – Passing

Correct answer: Blink your headlights low–high–low

At night it might be necessary to blink your headlights from low to high to low to warn the driver ahead.

Source: Chapter 7 – Passing

Correct answer: You should not pass; the other lane may

If there is a solid line in your lane but a broken line in the other lane, you should not pass, but the other lane may.

Source: Chapter 7 – Road Signs & Highway Markings

Correct answer: Move fully into it just before your turn

Two-way left-turn lanes are not travel lanes; shortly before your turn signal and move your whole vehicle into the lane.

Source: Chapter 7 – Road Signs & Highway Markings

Correct answer: Yield line: where to stop if you must yield

A yield line is a series of white triangles pointing toward approaching cars, showing where to stop if required to yield.

Source: Chapter 7 – Road Signs & Highway Markings

Correct answer: Go straight and find another route

Drivers must follow the direction indicated in their lane; it is illegal and unsafe to turn from a straight-only lane. Go around the block.

Source: Chapter 7 – Road Signs & Highway Markings

Correct answer: The right lane

Right-turning drivers must turn into the right lane; left-turning drivers must first turn into the left lane.

Source: Chapter 7 – Road Signs & Highway Markings

Correct answer: You are going the wrong way

If the line on your right is yellow on a divided highway, you are going the wrong way; it should be white.

Source: Chapter 7 – Interstate Driving

Correct answer: The right lane, unless passing

Drive in the right lane unless passing another vehicle or a sign indicates otherwise.

Source: Chapter 7 – Interstate Driving

Correct answer: Go on to the next exit

Never stop and back up or use the emergency turnaround (for emergency/maintenance vehicles only); go on to the next exit.

Source: Chapter 7 – Interstate Driving

Correct answer: You, the entering driver

The entering driver must yield to drivers already on the interstate.

Source: Chapter 7 – Interstate Driving

Correct answer: On a hill or curve

Do not pass at hills, curves, railroads, intersections, or where you see a "changed path ahead."

Source: Chapter 7 – Passing