Montana permit test: sharing the road
Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, trucks, buses and slow vehicles. 6 questions.
You are passing a bicyclist on a two-lane highway with no oncoming traffic. How much space does the Montana manual recommend?
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Sample sharing the road questions
You are passing a bicyclist on a two-lane highway with no oncoming traffic. How much space does the Montana manual recommend?
- A About three feet, never crossing the center line
- B About five feet, crossing the center line if needed
- C About one car length behind them
- D About two feet, staying in your own lane
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B. About five feet, crossing the center line if needed
Treat a cyclist like any other slow-moving vehicle. If no traffic is coming, carefully cross the center line to give the cyclist about five feet; if traffic is coming, slow to the cyclist's speed and wait.
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A bicyclist is riding in a designated bike lane next to your lane, and you want to turn right across it. What must you do?
- A Sound your horn and then turn
- B Speed up to turn ahead of the cyclist
- C Turn first, since cars have priority
- D Yield the right-of-way to the bicyclist
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D. Yield the right-of-way to the bicyclist
Under Montana law, motorists must yield the right-of-way to a person riding a bicycle within a designated bicycle lane. Check for cyclists before turning across a bike lane.
You come up behind a person riding a horse along a Montana road. What is illegal?
- A Passing at a slow, reasonable speed
- B Sounding your horn when approaching or passing
- C Stopping if the rider signals you to
- D Leaving extra room when you pass
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B. Sounding your horn when approaching or passing
Horses are easily frightened by vehicles. Montana law requires due care, a reasonable speed and distance, and makes it illegal to sound your horn when approaching or passing a horse.
A slow tractor on a two-lane Montana road is holding up traffic. When must it turn off the road to let vehicles pass, if there is room?
- A Only when an officer orders it
- B When two or more vehicles are slowed behind it
- C When four or more vehicles are slowed behind it
- D When ten or more vehicles are slowed behind it
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C. When four or more vehicles are slowed behind it
Slow-moving vehicles must keep to the extreme right lane, and when four or more vehicles are slowed behind them, they must turn off the roadway wherever there is room for a safe turnout.