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Colorado permit test: sharing the road

Trucks, buses and school buses, railroad crossings, light rail, bicyclists, motorcycles and pedestrians. 39 questions, 10 at a time, starting with ones you haven't seen.

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  1. On a two-lane road, or a four-lane road without a median, traffic in both directions must stop for a school bus with flashing red lights. (p. 23)
  2. Keep at least 20 feet between your vehicle and the front or rear of the bus. (p. 23)
  3. Stay behind the painted stop line; if there is none, stay at least 10 feet from the tracks. (p. 24)
  4. Trains look slower than they are. (p. 24)
  5. The railroad advance warning sign, which tells you a crossing is ahead, is the only round traffic sign. (p. 24)
  6. While the gates are down, the road is closed. (p. 24)
  7. Never turn in front of an approaching light rail vehicle. (p. 24)
  8. Never drive around traffic gates, even if a light rail vehicle has just passed. (p. 25)
  9. You must give at least three feet when passing bicyclists, even those in a bike lane. (p. 25)
  10. Bicyclists must ride in the same direction as traffic. (p. 27)

Taken from the explanations to checked practice questions; page numbers link to the official handbook.

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Sample sharing the road questions

  1. 1.You approach a railroad crossing with no flashing lights or gates. What should you do?

    • ACross without looking, there are no signals
    • BStop on the tracks to look both ways
    • CSlow down and stop if needed to check for trains
    • DSpeed up to cross quickly
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    ✓ C. Slow down and stop if needed to check for trains

    At a crossing without lights or gates, be ready to stop before the crossing to check for trains. A train can come at any time, day or night.

    Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337) (DR 2337), page 24

  2. 2.A light rail train just passed, but the crossing gates are still down. What should you do?

    • AWait; another train may be coming
    • BDrive around the gates
    • CBack up and use another street
    • DHonk to raise the gates
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    ✓ A. Wait; another train may be coming

    Never drive around traffic gates, even if a light rail vehicle has just passed. Another one might be coming from the other direction.

    Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337) (DR 2337), page 25

  3. 3.Your car gets a flat tire on a mountain highway right at the entrance to a runaway truck ramp. Where may you change the tire?

    • AOn the ramp, since trucks rarely use it
    • BOn the ramp, if you set out flares
    • CSomewhere off the ramp and its entrance
    • DAt the ramp entrance, with hazards on
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    ✓ C. Somewhere off the ramp and its entrance

    Runaway truck ramps exist to stop trucks or buses whose brakes have failed. Stopping, chaining up or changing a tire on the ramp or its entrance is illegal and unsafe, so move elsewhere first.

    Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337) (DR 2337), page 23

  4. 4.Which traffic sign is the only one that is round?

    • AThe yield sign at a merge
    • BThe railroad advance warning sign
    • CThe stop sign at an intersection
    • DThe school zone warning sign
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    ✓ B. The railroad advance warning sign

    The railroad advance warning sign, which tells you a crossing is ahead, is the only round traffic sign.

    Source: Colorado Driver Handbook (DR 2337) (DR 2337), page 24