Connecticut Permit Test: Lanes & Passing Practice Questions

Correct answer: The right lane, except to pass

When your direction has fewer than three lanes, Connecticut law requires you to drive in the right lane except when passing.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Passing

Correct answer: About 10 seconds

At 55 mph you need about 10 seconds to pass, which means a 10-second opening in oncoming traffic.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Passing

Correct answer: Over 1,600 feet (about a third of a mile)

You travel over 800 feet in 10 seconds, and so does an oncoming car, so you need over 1,600 feet—about a third of a mile.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Passing

Correct answer: When both headlights of the passed car show in your mirror

When you can see both headlights of the vehicle you just passed in your rear-view mirror, it is safe to return.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Passing

Correct answer: No, never

Never pass on the shoulder, paved or not; other drivers won't expect you there.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Passing

Correct answer: Yes, if you can see far enough to pass safely

State law permits passing slow traffic, pedestrians, bicycles, animals and similar in no-passing zones, crossing a double yellow line, if it is safe.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Slow Moving Vehicles

Correct answer: One lane at a time

If you want to change several lanes, take them one at a time.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Changing Lanes

Correct answer: Someone there may be moving into the same lane

Check the far lane, since someone there may be planning to move into the lane you want to enter.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Changing Lanes

Correct answer: Use the ramp to reach traffic speed

Use the ramp to reach the speed of traffic; don't drive to the end of the ramp and stop.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Space to Enter

Correct answer: On the exit ramp

Keep up with traffic while on the main road; do not slow down until you move onto the exit ramp.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Space to Leave

Correct answer: When there is a lot of entering or exiting traffic

With three or more lanes in your direction, use the center travel lane if there is a lot of entering or exiting traffic.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Other Hints

Correct answer: Don't block it; yield right to faster vehicles

Don't block the passing lane: stay out of the far left lane and yield to the right for any vehicle that wants to pass.

Source: Chapter 3: Driving Behaviors – Behaviors That Can Cause Trouble