Nebraska permit test: school buses & emergency vehicles
Stopping for school buses, yielding to emergency vehicles and move-over laws. 7 questions.
On a multi-lane interstate, you approach a stopped tow truck with flashing lights on the shoulder, and its operator is working beside it. What does Nebraska's Move Over Law require?
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Sample school buses & emergency vehicles questions
On a multi-lane interstate, you approach a stopped tow truck with flashing lights on the shoulder, and its operator is working beside it. What does Nebraska's Move Over Law require?
- A Stop behind the tow truck until it leaves
- B Sound your horn to warn the tow operator
- C Move into a lane at least one lane away, if you can
- D Nothing, because the law covers only police cars
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C. Move into a lane at least one lane away, if you can
On a controlled-access highway such as the interstate, Nebraska's Move Over Law applies when you approach any stopped vehicle on your side of the road, unless it is empty with no one near it. Move into a lane at least one lane away from it; if you cannot, slow down and keep a safe speed. People working on the shoulder have very little protection from passing traffic.
Under the Move Over Law, what must you do if heavy traffic makes it impossible to change lanes away from a stopped emergency vehicle?
- A Stop in your lane until traffic clears
- B Drive onto the shoulder on the other side
- C Reduce speed and keep a safe speed while passing
- D Keep your speed, since you could not move over
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C. Reduce speed and keep a safe speed while passing
If you cannot move over because of traffic or other conditions, the law requires you to reduce speed and keep a safe speed past the stopped vehicles. Workers and officers on the shoulder are very exposed.
What is the maximum fine for a first violation of Nebraska's Move Over Law?
- A Up to $100
- B Up to $500
- C Up to $200
- D Up to $25
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A. Up to $100
A first Move Over Law violation can bring a fine of up to $100. Later offences can bring up to $500 and up to seven days in jail.
A fire truck is responding to an emergency with lights and siren on. How closely may you follow it?
- A No closer than 100 feet
- B No closer than 200 feet
- C No closer than 500 feet
- D No closer than 300 feet
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C. No closer than 500 feet
You may not follow a fire truck on an emergency run closer than 500 feet, or drive or park within the block where it has stopped. Firefighters need room to work and to move quickly.