Wisconsin Permit Test: Speed Limits Practice Questions

Correct answer: 25 mph

The speed limit in residential areas is 25 mph unless a different limit is posted.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed

Correct answer: 15 mph

The normal school-zone limit when children are present is 15 mph.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed

Correct answer: 35 mph

In outlying parts of cities and villages with no posted limit, the maximum is 35 mph.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed

Correct answer: No, you may never go over the limit to pass

It is illegal to go over the posted limit, including when passing other vehicles.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed

Correct answer: The far-right lane

Slower drivers should use the far-right lane of a multi-lane road.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed

Correct answer: It can back up traffic, cause a crash and get you a ticket

Going too slow can back up vehicles behind you and cause a crash, and police can ticket you for it.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed

Correct answer: Four seconds

Wisconsin teaches the four-second following distance rule, adding a second for each adverse condition.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed

Correct answer: Add a second for each adverse condition

Add a second to your following distance for every adverse condition, such as heavier traffic, rain, snow or ice.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed

Correct answer: Pick a fixed object ahead and count seconds to reach it

Pick a stationary object such as a tree or sign and count; if you reach it before 'one thousand four,' you are too close or too fast.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed

Correct answer: Slow down

Drivers need to see 10 to 15 seconds ahead; if you cannot, slow down so you keep control.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – E. Sight Distance Rule

Correct answer: Yours, the merging driver

Use the acceleration lane to match traffic speed; it is your responsibility to find a safe gap to merge legally.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed

Correct answer: In the deceleration lane (off-ramp)

Move into the deceleration lane and slow down gradually there, not in the highway lanes.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed

Correct answer: The maximum for good conditions; you may need to go slower

The limit is the maximum; poor visibility or road conditions may require a slower speed.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed

Correct answer: Parking lots, schools and neighborhoods

Slow down for curves and hills, bad weather, parking lots and downtowns, schools, playgrounds, neighborhoods and heavy traffic.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed

Correct answer: The faster you go, the longer it takes to turn or stop

The faster your car is going, the more distance it needs to turn, slow down or stop.

Source: Section 3: The Basics – B. Understanding Vehicle Speed