Drivers Test: Steering, signals, lanes, turning, passing

Hand over hand steering

Only use at low speeds, to park, or recovering from a skid

When should you signal?

At least 100 ft before turning, before every lane change, pulling next to or away from a curve

In a mountain road, use your horn to…

Alert oncoming traffic where you cannot see

What lights are illegal to use when driving?

Parking lights

Dim your high-beam headlights to low within ___ of a vehicle coming toward you

500 ft

Dim your high-beam headlights to low within __ of a vehicle you are following

300 ft

In bad weather, when using your windshield wipers, you must turn on your ___ headlights

Low-beam

If you see a collision/hazard ahead, warn other drivers by…

Turning on emergency flashers and slowly brake

If you need to stop because of vehicle trouble…

Turn on emergency flashers, pull off the road if possible, stop where people can see your vehicle

Single solid yellow line

The center of a road with two way traffic

Double solid yellow lines

Do not pass over unless specific conditions

Only pass the double yellow lines if…

An HOV carpool lane has an entrance, instructed by construction due to blocked roads, or private road

A broken yellow line

You may pass when safe

Single solid white line

Traffic in the same direction, stay in your lane

Double solid white lines

A barrier between the regular road and a lane for other purposes (such as carpool or freeway)

Broken White Lines

Separate traffic going in the same direction, you can change lanes

Yield Line

Prepare to stop

Passing lane is the …

Far left lane

Carpool HOV lane

Only for carpools, buses (check sign)

The center left turn lane

Only for a left or U turn, can only be in this lane for 200 ft

Turnout Lane

Allows slower drivers to move aside safely

It is illegal to drive in the bicycle lane UNLESS

Parking (where permitted), entering or leaving the road, turning within 200 ft of the intersection

Types of bike lanes

Bike lane, buffered bike lane, bike route, bike boulevard, separated bikeway, shared roadway bike markings

Bike lane

Marked by a single solid white line that turns into a dash-line near an interse

Buffer bike lane

Chevron/diagonal markings to separate traffic and on-street parking

Bike boulevard

Prioritizes bike travel on streets shared with vehicles

When turning right

Signal 100 ft before turning

Right turn at a bus lane

It is illegal to drive, stop, park, or leave a vehicle in an area for buses. You may only cross a bus lane to make a right turn

Right turn with a dedicated lane

You may turn without stopping, yield to pedestrians

Left turn against a red light

only on a one-way street onto a one-way street

Never make a U turn when

At or on a railroad crossing, in front of a fire station, business districts

Who has the right of way at a T intersection?

The vehicles going through the road

When entering a highway

Be at or near the speed of traffic, merge when safe

When exiting the highway and in the proper lane, signal __ seconds before you exit

Five

Do not cross over any __ lines when exiting

solid

To safely pass, the hill or curve must be __ of the mile ahead

1/3

Do not pass if…

Within 100 ft of an intersection, bridge, tunnel, railroad crossing

At crossroads and driveways

Approaching a hill where you can’t see

You only pass on the right on an open highway when…

An open highway has 2+ lanes going in your direction, on a one-way street