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Colorado Permit Test: Sharing the Road Practice Questions
Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcycles, large trucks and buses.
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Question 1
What does a reflective orange triangle on the back of a vehicle mean?
It is an emergency vehicle on a call
It is carrying hazardous materials and must stop at every railroad crossing
It is designed to travel slower than 25 mph
It is a student driver
Correct answer: It is designed to travel slower than 25 mph
A reflective orange triangle marks a vehicle designed to travel at speeds slower than 25 mph.
Source: Traffic Signs
Question 2
What does green paint on a Colorado roadway indicate?
A lane for electric vehicles
A spot where U-turns are allowed for all vehicles
A loading zone
A lane or area designated for bicyclists
Correct answer: A lane or area designated for bicyclists
Green paint marks a lane or area designated for bicyclists and increases their visibility.
Source: Pavement Markings
Question 3
You come up behind a car stopped at a crosswalk on a multi-lane road. What must you do?
Honk and go around
Pass carefully in the next lane
Slow to 10 mph and pass
Not pass; stop behind the vehicle or behind the crosswalk in your lane
Correct answer: Not pass; stop behind the vehicle or behind the crosswalk in your lane
You must not pass and must stop behind the vehicle, or behind the crosswalk in the adjacent lane on a multi-lane road.
Source: Pavement Markings
Question 4
What are "conflict zones" marked by broken lines in a bike or bus lane?
Areas where parking is allowed
Places where buses may pass cars on the right at any speed
Places where the lane ends
Areas where drivers and bicyclists will cross each other's path
Correct answer: Areas where drivers and bicyclists will cross each other's path
Conflict zones are broken lines alerting drivers and bicyclists that they will be crossing each other's path.
Source: Pavement Markings
Question 5
Does a bike lane continue through an intersection where no paint connects it?
Only if a sign says so and the light is green
Yes
No, it ends at the intersection
Only during the day
Correct answer: Yes
A bike lane extends through an intersection regardless of whether paint connects it on either side.
Source: Lane Controls
Question 6
When is it illegal to pass a snow plow in Colorado?
Whenever its yellow lights are on, even alone and parked
Never
Only at night
When plows are working in a staggered diagonal formation
Correct answer: When plows are working in a staggered diagonal formation
It is illegal to pass an authorized snow plow working in a formation where the plows are staggered diagonally.
Source: Right-of-Way
Question 7
How far from a stopped school bus with flashing red lights must you stop in Colorado?
At least 10 feet
At least 5 feet
At least 50 feet, or 100 feet on highways
At least 20 feet
Correct answer: At least 20 feet
Stop at least 20 feet before reaching a school bus with its red lights flashing.
Source: Right-of-Way
Question 8
On a four-lane road with no median, a school bus ahead has its red lights flashing. Who must stop?
No one
Only the lane next to the bus door
Traffic in both directions
Only traffic behind the bus
Correct answer: Traffic in both directions
On a two-lane road or a four-lane road without a median, traffic in both directions must stop.
Source: Right-of-Way
Question 9
On a highway with five or more lanes and a shared center turn lane, who must stop for a school bus with red lights?
All traffic in every lane, including the opposite direction
Only vehicles in the center turn lane
No one
Only vehicles in the lanes behind the bus
Correct answer: Only vehicles in the lanes behind the bus
With five or more lanes and a shared center turn lane, only vehicles in the lanes behind the bus must stop.
Source: Right-of-Way
Question 10
A transit bus is signaling to pull back into traffic and its rear yield sign is lit. What must you do?
Yield to the bus
Pass it quickly
Nothing special
Honk so the driver waits
Correct answer: Yield to the bus
You must yield to a transit bus signaling to enter a traffic lane with its rear yield sign illuminated.
Source: Right-of-Way
Question 11
When passing a bicyclist in Colorado, the 3-foot minimum is measured from:
The center of your lane
The outermost part of your vehicle, including mirrors or trailers
The lane line
Your front bumper, wherever the mirrors happen to stick out
Correct answer: The outermost part of your vehicle, including mirrors or trailers
Keep at least three feet between the outermost part of your vehicle, including mirrors or trailers, and the bicyclist.
Source: Changing Lanes and Passing
Question 12
What lights do snow plows and sanding trucks use as a warning in Colorado?
Steady green lights with a siren
Flashing red lights
Flashing yellow and blue lights
No lights
Correct answer: Flashing yellow and blue lights
Snow plows and sanding trucks use flashing yellow and blue lights as a warning to use extreme caution.
Source: Weather, Snow and Ice
Question 13
What is "lane filtering" by motorcycles in Colorado?
Passing stopped vehicles in the same lane at no more than 15 mph
Riding on the shoulder in traffic jams at any speed
Weaving at highway speed
Two motorcycles sharing one lane
Correct answer: Passing stopped vehicles in the same lane at no more than 15 mph
A two-wheeled motorcycle may pass vehicles in the same lane when they and adjacent traffic are stopped, at no more than 15 mph.
Source: Sharing the Road
Question 14
Why should you stay behind the white stop bars at stop signs and lights?
It is only a suggestion with no real purpose behind it
To leave room for parking
Many are measured to give trucks the room they need to turn
It makes the light change faster
Correct answer: Many are measured to give trucks the room they need to turn
Stay behind white stop bars because many are carefully measured to give trucks room for turns.
Source: Sharing the Road
Question 15
After passing a truck or bus, when may you pull in front of it?
When the truck driver flashes the lights at you
When your rear bumper clears its front bumper
Immediately
When you can see both of its headlights in your rearview mirror
Correct answer: When you can see both of its headlights in your rearview mirror
Do not pull in front of a truck or bus until you can see both its headlights in your rearview mirror.
Source: Sharing the Road
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