Kentucky permit test: lanes, passing & merging
Lane choice, changing lanes, blind spots, passing rules and merging. 6 questions.
Under Kentucky law, a pass must be completed before you come within how many feet of an oncoming vehicle?
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Under Kentucky law, a pass must be completed before you come within how many feet of an oncoming vehicle?
- A 50 feet
- B 500 feet
- C 100 feet
- D 200 feet
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D. 200 feet
Kentucky law requires you to finish passing before reaching a no-passing zone and before coming within 200 feet of an oncoming vehicle. If you are still in the left lane at either point, you are breaking the law.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual, page 55
Another car is overtaking you on a two-lane road. What does Kentucky law require you to do?
- A Speed up to keep your position
- B Brake hard so the car can get by
- C Give way to the right and let the car pass
- D Move toward the center line to block the pass
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C. Give way to the right and let the car pass
Kentucky law requires a driver who is being passed to give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle. Stay in your lane, do not speed up, and ease off the accelerator if needed.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual, page 56
On a Kentucky limited access highway with two lanes in your direction, how should you use the left lane?
- A Avoid it entirely, even to pass
- B Use it for passing; staying in it is illegal
- C Use it only for vehicles over 65 mph
- D Use it as your normal cruising lane
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B. Use it for passing; staying in it is illegal
On a two-lane-each-way highway the right lane usually has the smoothest flow and the left lane is for passing. Staying in the left lane on a limited access highway is illegal in Kentucky.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual, page 54
When can you safely return to your lane after passing a vehicle?
- A As soon as your front bumper is just past the other car's front bumper
- B When the passed car's entire front shows in your rearview mirror
- C After counting two seconds alongside it
- D When the other driver flashes headlights
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B. When the passed car's entire front shows in your rearview mirror
Keep going until the complete front of the vehicle you passed is visible in your rearview mirror, then signal and move back. This leaves a safe gap in front of the other driver.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual, page 55