Ohio permit test: lanes, passing & merging
Lane choice, changing lanes, blind spots, passing rules and merging. 5 questions.
When passing, when is it safe to signal and return to your original lane?
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Sample lanes, passing & merging questions
When passing, when is it safe to signal and return to your original lane?
- A As soon as your front bumper clears the other car
- B When you can see the other driver beside you
- C After counting two seconds from starting the pass
- D When both headlights of the passed vehicle are visible in your rear-view mirror
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D. When both headlights of the passed vehicle are visible in your rear-view mirror
Keep going until you can see both headlights of the passed vehicle in your rear-view mirror. Then signal and steer smoothly back into the lane.
Source: Ohio Driver Manual - Digest of Ohio Motor Vehicle Laws, section 5
Where does the Ohio digest say you should NOT try to pass?
- A On a straight road with a broken yellow line
- B On a multi-lane road using the left lane
- C When the oncoming lane is clear
- D Before a highway-railroad crossing or bridge
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D. Before a highway-railroad crossing or bridge
Do not pass when an oncoming vehicle is approaching, when a curve or hill blocks your view, at intersections, or before a railroad crossing or bridge. These are places where you cannot see or escape conflicts.
Source: Ohio Driver Manual - Digest of Ohio Motor Vehicle Laws, section 5
A car ahead is turning left and there is a paved shoulder on the right. May you pass on the shoulder?
- A No; never pass on the shoulder, paved or not
- B Yes, if the shoulder is paved
- C Yes, if you go slowly
- D Yes, if you signal first
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A. No; never pass on the shoulder, paved or not
Never pass on the shoulder, whether it is paved or not. Shoulders are for emergencies, and people or stopped vehicles may be there.
Source: Ohio Driver Manual - Digest of Ohio Motor Vehicle Laws, section 5
Under Ohio law, when may you cross a solid yellow line to pass a slow-moving vehicle?
- A Whenever it is going under the speed limit
- B When it's going under half the speed limit, you stay at or under the limit, and there's clear space
- C Only if you can pass at 10 mph over the limit
- D Only after following it for one mile
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B. When it's going under half the speed limit, you stay at or under the limit, and there's clear space
Ohio permits crossing a solid yellow line to pass a slow-moving vehicle only if it is going less than half the posted speed limit, you do not exceed the limit while passing, and there is enough clear space in the oncoming lane.
Source: Ohio Driver Manual - Digest of Ohio Motor Vehicle Laws, section 9