Drivers ed

Green light

Go if clear

Yellow light

Almost red, stop if safe, otherwise go

Red light

Stop, after stop can turn right unless sign says otherwise

Flashing red light

Stop first, then go if safe

Flashing yellow light

Proceed with caution, does not mean it is almost red

Flashing red / stop sign

Stop, continue if clear

Yield sign

Slow down to give others right of way, don’t stop unless unsafe to go

Flashing yellow light

Yield to those with right of way, then go, proceed with caution, not about to turn red

Emergency vehicles

Pull over to right edge of road and wait for emergency vehicle to pass

Making left turn

Yield unless green arrow

When do you return to lane after passing

When you can see car headlights in your mirror

When do you not pass

hills, curves, intersections, railroad crossings

School zone speed limit

20 mph

Thickly settled area speed limit

30 mph

Outside thickly settled area speed limit

40 mph

Highway speed limit

50 mph

When should you signal your turn

100 ft before turn, 500 ft on highway

Distance between vehicles

3 cars distance between 2 cars, 4 cars distance between a car and a motorcycle/bike

What is the move over law?

If you see emergency or maintenance vehicles stopped with lights flashing, slow down and, if safe, move to another lane

Broken white line

Same direction, able to change lanes

Solid white line

Marks right edge of roadway, same direction, don’t cross without emergency

Double solid white line

Same as single but no crossing permitted

Broken yellow line

Different directions, can cross

Single yellow line and broken yellow line

Different directions, can pass if on broken side

Double solid line

No crossing unless to make a U-turn

How far away do you have to be from a trolley

8 ft

Triangle sign

Warning

Pentagon/house shape sign

School zone

Class D

passenger vehicles

CDL

classes for trucks/buses.

Are punishments/rules stricter for adults or teenage drivers?

teenage drivers

When are headlights required

30 minutes after sunset and before sunrise, when wipers are on for weather, any time you cannot see

What is zero tolerance?

Drivers under 21 can not have a BAC higher than or equal to 0.02, changes to 0.08 for drivers over 21

When do children need to wear a booster seat

When they are under 8 years old or less than 57 inches tall

What is 24 hours awake like when driving

like driving with 0.10 BAC

What happens to fines in construction zones

doubled

Speeding punishments (for under 18)

90 day suspension + 500 fine, 1 year suspension, 1 year suspension + retraining + need to apply for permit and license again

Passenger/curfew/phone punishment (under 18)

60 day suspension, 180 day suspension, 1 year suspension (100 each time)

speeding (adult)

3 violations = 30 day suspension + 100

When to use low beams?

within 500 feet of other car or 200 ft when following car, look to right edge of road if blinded

When should you never use high beams

rain/snow/fog because they can reflect the light

What to do if you skid?

Let go of gas/brake so car stops naturally, turn wheel in direction of skid

Following time?

3 second in normal weather, 4-6 second in bad weather, 4 second when behind large vehicles or smaller ones

How far behind school bus?

10 feet behind when lights on

How far behind railroad crossing?

15-50 ft behind when you hear train coming