Minnesota permit test: highways & freeways
Entering, exiting and driving on limited-access roads. 5 questions.
You are merging onto a freeway from an acceleration lane. What should you do?
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Sample highways & freeways questions
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You are merging onto a freeway from an acceleration lane. What should you do?
- A Stop at the end of the ramp and wait for a big gap
- B Match the speed of traffic and yield to it
- C Merge slowly and let freeway traffic adjust
- D Expect freeway traffic to yield to you
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B. Match the speed of traffic and yield to it
Use the acceleration lane to speed up to the flow of traffic, signal, pick a gap and merge. You must yield to vehicles already on the freeway.
A freeway ramp meter turns green. How many cars may go?
- A One car
- B Two cars
- C All cars waiting in the lane
- D As many as can go before it turns red
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A. One car
Ramp meters space out cars entering the freeway. Only one car may go on each green, and running the red light is illegal.
In Minnesota, when may transit buses drive on a freeway shoulder?
- A Only to pass slow trucks
- B Only when main-line traffic is moving under 35 mph
- C Only when traffic is completely stopped
- D Any time during rush hour
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B. Only when main-line traffic is moving under 35 mph
Transit and metro mobility buses may use freeway shoulders only when main-line traffic is slower than 35 mph. They may never exceed 35 mph or go more than 15 mph faster than traffic.
Your car runs out of gas on a Minnesota interstate. What does the manual say about this?
- A It is not an emergency and you could be cited
- B You may walk along the travel lanes to a gas station
- C You may back up along the shoulder to the last exit
- D It counts as an emergency, so stopping is legal
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A. It is not an emergency and you could be cited
Stopping or parking on an interstate is illegal except in an emergency, and running out of fuel does not count. Keep your tank filled before long drives.