North Dakota Permit Test: Sharing the Road Practice Questions

Correct answer: Stay well back; plow drivers can’t see behind

Stay well back from snowplows; they may stop and back up, cannot see behind them, and throw sand.

Source: Winter Driving

Correct answer: At least three feet

Drivers must leave a minimum of three feet of passing space between the vehicle and a bicycle.

Source: Sharing the Road with Bicycles

Correct answer: Only to turn right, after signaling and looking

Avoid bicycle lanes except to make a right turn; signal and look before moving into the lane.

Source: Sharing the Road with Bicycles

Correct answer: At intersections

Most crashes involving a motor vehicle and a bicyclist occur at intersections.

Source: Sharing the Road with Bicycles

Correct answer: A full lane width

Allow the motorcyclist a full lane width; do not share the lane.

Source: Sharing the Road with Motorcycles

Correct answer: Turning left in front of the rider

Nearly 40 percent were caused by the other vehicle turning left in front of the motorcyclist.

Source: Sharing the Road with Motorcycles

Correct answer: Wait until you are sure it is turning

Motorcycle signals usually are not self-cancelling, so wait until you are sure the motorcycle is turning.

Source: Sharing the Road with Motorcycles

Correct answer: Three or four seconds

Allow three or four seconds when following a motorcycle so the rider can maneuver or stop.

Source: Sharing the Road with Motorcycles

Correct answer: More than 400 feet

A fully loaded tractor-trailer may take more than 400 feet on dry pavement, more than a football field, to stop.

Source: Sharing the Road with Trucks

Correct answer: Up to 200 feet

Truck no-zones extend up to 20 feet in front of the cab, along both sides, and up to 200 feet behind.

Source: Sharing the Road with Trucks

Correct answer: If you can’t see the driver in the mirror, they can’t see you

"If you can't see the truck driver in his or her side mirror, he or she can't see you."

Source: Sharing the Road with Trucks

Correct answer: Completely, without lingering, and on the left

Always pass a tractor-trailer completely and on the left; don't linger alongside.

Source: Sharing the Road with Trucks

Correct answer: Their large size makes speed hard to judge

Because of its size, a tractor-trailer often appears to be traveling slower than it is; many car-truck crashes happen at intersections.

Source: Sharing the Road with Trucks

Correct answer: Move to a lane not next to it, or slow down

Yield and move to the lane not adjacent to the stranded vehicle; if you can't, proceed with caution and reduce speed.

Source: Move Over

Correct answer: Move to the opposite lane and proceed with caution

If an emergency, law enforcement, or NDDOT maintenance vehicle is parked on a multilane highway with lights flashing, move to the opposite lane and proceed with due caution.

Source: Rules of the Road – Right of Way