UT DMV Sharing the Road 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When driving behind a large truck traveling downhill on a steep Utah mountain grade, you should:
- Increase your following distance because the truck needs more room to stop (Correct answer)
- Pass immediately on the right shoulder
- Follow closely to draft and save fuel
- Flash your headlights until the truck speeds up
Correct answer: Increase your following distance because the truck needs more room to stop
Loaded trucks require much longer stopping distances, especially on downgrades, so extra following distance is essential.
Question 2: A school bus with flashing red lights is stopped on a two-lane road ahead of you. You must:
- Stop and remain stopped until the lights stop flashing (Correct answer)
- Slow to 20 mph and pass carefully
- Pass on the left if no children are visible
- Stop only if you are behind the bus
Correct answer: Stop and remain stopped until the lights stop flashing
Utah law requires traffic in both directions on a two-lane road to stop for a school bus with flashing red lights.
Question 3: Under Utah's move-over law, when you approach a stopped emergency vehicle with flashing lights on a multi-lane highway, you should:
- Move into a lane away from the vehicle, or slow down if you cannot (Correct answer)
- Stop completely in your lane
- Maintain your speed and lane position
- Turn on your hazard lights and continue
Correct answer: Move into a lane away from the vehicle, or slow down if you cannot
Utah's move-over law requires drivers to vacate the adjacent lane when safe, or reduce speed if changing lanes is not possible.
Question 4: Why should you check for motorcycles before changing lanes, even after using your mirrors?
- Motorcycles are small and can easily hide in blind spots (Correct answer)
- Motorcycles are not required to stay in marked lanes
- Mirrors are unreliable at highway speeds
- Motorcycles always travel faster than cars
Correct answer: Motorcycles are small and can easily hide in blind spots
A motorcycle's narrow profile lets it disappear into a mirror's blind spot, so a head check is essential before lane changes.
Question 5: You are driving near a blind pedestrian who is using a white cane at a corner. You should:
- Yield the right-of-way and avoid revving your engine or blocking the crosswalk (Correct answer)
- Honk to let them know you are there
- Wave them across the street
- Drive around them quickly
Correct answer: Yield the right-of-way and avoid revving your engine or blocking the crosswalk
Pedestrians with white canes or guide dogs always have the right-of-way, and engine noise or blocked crosswalks can disorient them.
Question 6: A bicyclist ahead of you extends their left arm straight out. What are they signaling?
- A left turn (Correct answer)
- A right turn
- A stop
- A request for you to pass
Correct answer: A left turn
A straight left arm extended horizontally is the standard hand signal for a left turn.
Question 7: When is it legal for a car to drive in a lane marked with a solid white line and a bicycle symbol (a bike lane) in Utah?
- Briefly, when preparing to turn or entering/leaving the roadway, after yielding to bicyclists (Correct answer)
- Any time traffic is heavy
- Whenever no bicyclists are visible
- Never, under any circumstances
Correct answer: Briefly, when preparing to turn or entering/leaving the roadway, after yielding to bicyclists
Drivers may cross or briefly enter a bike lane to turn or access driveways, but only after yielding to any bicyclists in the lane.
UT DMV Sharing the Road 3
When driving behind a large truck traveling downhill on a steep Utah mountain grade, you should: