New York Permit Test: Sharing the Road Practice Questions
Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcycles, large trucks and buses.
Question 1
On a multi-lane interstate, a police car is stopped on the shoulder with its emergency lights on. What does the Move Over Law require?
Correct answer: Slow down and move out of the adjacent lane if safe
On parkways, interstates and other controlled-access roads with multiple lanes, you must slow down and move from the adjacent lane unless traffic or hazards make it unsafe.
Source: Chapter 5: Intersections and Turns β Move Over Law
Question 2
A tow truck with amber hazard lights is stopped on the shoulder of a two-lane local road. Under New York's Move Over Law you must at least:
Correct answer: Reduce speed
Drivers must reduce speed on all roads for stopped emergency or hazard vehicles with lights on; moving over is additionally required on multi-lane controlled-access roads.
Source: Chapter 5: Intersections and Turns β Move Over Law
Question 3
Does New York's Move Over Law also cover ordinary vehicles stopped on the shoulder of a parkway or controlled-access highway?
Correct answer: Yes
The law also requires drivers to move over for motor vehicles parked, stopped or standing on the shoulder or any portion of a parkway or controlled-access highway.
Source: Chapter 5: Intersections and Turns β Move Over Law
Question 4
How is a violation of New York's Move Over Law treated?
Correct answer: As a moving violation
Violations of the Move Over Law are punishable as a moving violation.
Source: Chapter 5: Intersections and Turns β Move Over Law
Question 5
A stopped school bus is flashing its red lights. Who must stop?
Correct answer: Traffic in both directions
Traffic approaching from either direction must stop for a school bus with flashing red lights, even across a divided highway and in school parking lots.
Source: Chapter 6: How to Pass β School Buses
Question 6
How far away from a stopped school bus with flashing red lights should you stop?
Correct answer: At least 20 feet
You should stop at least 20 feet away from the bus.
Source: Chapter 6: How to Pass β School Buses
Question 7
A school bus is flashing yellow lights near its roof. What does this mean?
Correct answer: It is about to stop; prepare to stop
Flashing yellow lights warn that the bus is about to stop to load or unload; slow down and prepare to stop.
Source: Chapter 6: How to Pass β School Buses
Question 8
After stopping for a school bus with red lights flashing, when may you go again?
Correct answer: When the bus starts moving or the bus driver or a traffic officer signals you to proceed
You may not proceed until the bus moves again or the driver or a traffic officer signals you to go.
Source: Chapter 6: How to Pass β School Buses
Question 9
What happens if you are convicted of passing a stopped school bus three times within three years?
Correct answer: Your license is revoked for at least six months
Three passing-a-stopped-school-bus convictions within three years bring a license revocation of at least six months.
Source: Chapter 6: How to Pass β School Buses
Question 10
What is the minimum fine for a first conviction of passing a stopped school bus in New York?
Correct answer: $250
Fines range from a minimum of $250 for a first violation up to $1,000 for three violations in three years.
Source: Chapter 6: How to Pass β School Buses
Question 11
According to the manual, when do most school-bus-related deaths and injuries happen?
Correct answer: When children cross after leaving the bus
Most school bus deaths and injuries occur while children cross the street after being discharged, not in bus collisions.
Source: Chapter 6: How to Pass β School Buses
Question 12
A vehicle that transports people with disabilities is equipped as a school bus and stops with red lights flashing. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop, just as for any school bus
Vehicles transporting people with disabilities can be equipped as school buses, and you must stop for them as for other school buses.
Source: Chapter 6: How to Pass β School Buses
Question 13
Before backing out of a driveway when children may be near, what does the manual recommend?
Correct answer: Get out and check behind the vehicle
Don't rely only on mirrors; before backing into or out of a driveway, get out and check behind your vehicle.
Source: Chapter 11: Sharing the Road β Pedestrians
Question 14
Where there are no sidewalks, how should pedestrians walk?
Correct answer: Facing traffic, as far from it as possible
Pedestrians should use the sidewalk or, if none, face traffic as far from the nearest lane as possible.
Source: Chapter 11: Sharing the Road β Pedestrians
Question 15
According to the manual, what share of NYC pedestrian injury crashes happen when a driver is turning left?
Correct answer: More than 35%
Left turns are especially dangerous: over 35% of NYC pedestrian injury crashes occur while a driver is turning left.
Source: Chapter 11: Sharing the Road β Pedestrians