★ Speed limit, When Passing Other Vehicles -Traffic School, Defensive Driving, Drivers Ed Test Answers

If you are being passed by a motor vehicle, what should you do?
A.) Honk your horn
B.) Speed up
C.) Flash your high beam headlights
D.) Maintain your speed

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Maintain your speed

EXPLANATION: If you are the car being passed, do not turn it into a road race, even if you resent the car who's passing you. It is not only dangerous and childish, it is illegal to speed up when someone is trying to pass you. Just maintain your speed and yield as required.

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When traveling at a safe speed on a freeway but slower than the flow of traffic, stay in the far ________ to allow others to _______________:
A.) left lane / block traffic behind you
B.) left lane / pass you faster than the speed limit
C.) right lane / pass you on the left
D.) left lane / pass you on the right

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right lane / pass you on the left

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If someone is trying to pass you on the left, which of the following actions should you NOT take?
A.) keep in your lane.
B.) increase your speed to make it difficult for the person to pass you
C.) move to the right as far as you safely can
D.) make it safe and easy as you can for the other driver to pass you

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increase your speed to make it difficult for the person to pass you

EXPLANATION: when someone is passing you: 1) do not increase your speed; 2) keep in your lane; 3) move to the right as far as you can; and 4) make it safe and easy as you can for the other driver to pass you

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To use the two-second rule, watch the vehicle ahead pass __________ and start counting “one thousand one”
A.) a fixed object such as an overpass
B.) a bicyclist.
C.) another vehicle.
D.) any of the above

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a fixed object such as an overpass

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If you are moving slower than most of the other vehicles on the highway,
A.) drive in the right-hand lane
B.) drive in the left-hand lane
C.) pick up your pace
D.) keep your high beams on
E.) drive on the shoulder

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drive in the right-hand lane

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Slow-moving vehicles (those that travel at 25 mph or less) display a sign on their back that looks like:
A.) A red octagon
B.) A yellow square
C.) An orange triangle
D.) A purple horseshoe

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An orange triangle

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Slow moving vehicles on a two-lane highway or road where passing is unsafe should safely pull to the side of the road to let the vehicles pass if followed by 3 vehicles.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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TRUE

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You can receive a traffic ticket for going too slow.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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TRUE

EXPLANATION: You shouldn’t drive so slowly that you block other vehicles moving at normal, safe speeds. If you are driving slower than the flow of traffic, always stay in the right lane so others can pass. Remember, in Florida, if the posted speed limit on an interstate is 70 mph, the minimum speed limit is 50 mph.

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If another vehicle is trying to pass your vehicle, ______________ your speed.
A.) Ignore
B.) Reduce
C.) Increase
D.) Maintain

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Reduce

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True or False: You may exceed the speed limit when passing another vehicle.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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FALSE

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Speeding is permitted when passing another vehicle
A.) if the other vehicle is going too slowly
B.) speeding is never permitted
C.) on open highways
D.) on mountain roads
E.) on a divided highway

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speeding is never permitted

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When passing other vehicles, you MAY NOT
A.) accelerate
B.) use your signal more than twice
C.) go over the speed limit
D.) eat
E.) flash your headlamps

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go over the speed limit

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A vehicle should not pass another vehicle on a grade unless the maneuver can be completed in less than ________.
A.) a mile
B.) half a mile
C.) a quarter mile
D.) a block

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a quarter mile

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When passing another vehicle, you need to be able to see _____ to have enough time to pass.
A.) 1 mile
B.) 6 car lengths
C.) 1/3 mile
D.) 10 car lengths
E.) over the hill

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1/3 mile

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Once you pass another vehicle, cut in front of it as soon as possible, even if it is not safe.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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False

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When do you make an exception to number #1?
ANS: passing

True or false: You make an exception in number #3 when you are overtaking or passing.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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TRUE

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If you encounter a driver operating a motor vehicle in an erratic manner, make sure to pass them in order to stay in front of them.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE

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FALSE

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Which of the following statements is true? Passing
A.) The closer you get to the vehicle you want to pass, the less you can see ahead; this is especially true when passing trucks, trailers, and other large vehicles.
B.) Before you pull out to pass, check your blind spots and make sure that you have plenty of time and room to pass.
C.) Do not return to the right side of the road until you can see the tires of the vehicle you passed in your rearview mirror.
D.) all of the above

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all of the above

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Passing on the roadway should be done with:
A.) abandon
B.) caution
C.) both
D.) neither

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caution

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Which of the following statements about being passed by another vehicle is true?
A.) The driver of the car being passed must not increase speed until the pass is complete.
B.) Move to the right side of your lane to give someone passing you more room and a better view of the road ahead.
C.) Help other drivers pass you safely.
D.) all of the above

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all of the above

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When passing another vehicle, you are not allowed to exceed the speed limit by...
ANSWER: 0 mph.