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Traffic Laws
Speed limits, turning and signaling rules, headlight and seat-belt requirements, and the everyday laws every driver must follow.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · July 7, 2026
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12 sample Traffic Laws questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.
1. On a county paved road with no posted limit, the statutory speed limit is generally:
Correct answer: 45 mph
A county paved road carries a statutory 45 mph limit unless signs indicate otherwise.
2. Flashing amber lights on a school bus tell other drivers that the bus:
Correct answer: Is preparing to stop to load or unload children
Amber lights are a pre-warning that the bus is about to stop to pick up or drop off children.
3. Where no other limit is posted, the statutory speed limit on an unpaved road is:
Correct answer: 35 mph
Alabama sets a statutory 35 mph limit for unpaved roads absent a posted sign.
4. The highest statutory speed listed for driving on an interstate, where posted, is:
Correct answer: 70 mph
Interstates may be posted up to 70 mph, the top statutory figure in the manual.
5. On a divided highway of four or more lanes, a driver traveling opposite a stopped school bus across the median:
Correct answer: Is not required to stop for the bus on the other side
You are not required to stop for a bus in the opposing roadway on a divided highway with four or more lanes.
6. If a load extends four feet or more past the rear of your vehicle during the day, you must mark the end with:
Correct answer: A red flag at least 12 inches square
A load projecting four feet or more from the rear must display a red flag at least 12 inches square in the daytime.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual — Chapter 6, Loads Must Conform to Law
7. Alabama's basic speed law requires that a driver:
Correct answer: Never go faster than is safe for the conditions at the time
The basic speed law says you may never travel faster than is reasonable for the road, weather, and vehicle conditions at that moment.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual — Chapter 6, Speed Regulations
8. Under the Move Over Law on a road with four or more lanes, when you approach a stopped emergency vehicle with flashing lights you must:
Correct answer: Vacate the lane nearest to the emergency vehicle
On roads with four or more lanes you must move out of the lane next to the stopped emergency vehicle when it is safe to do so.
9. When a school bus stops with its red lights flashing and stop arm out, an approaching driver who must stop should stop at least how far from the bus?
Correct answer: 20 feet
Drivers required to stop for a loading or unloading school bus must halt at least 20 feet away from it.
10. Passing another vehicle on the right is legal in Alabama only when:
Correct answer: The road is one-way or has multiple lanes going your direction
Overtaking on the right is allowed on one-way roads and on streets marked for two or more lanes moving the same direction.
11. The Alabama Mandatory Liability Insurance Law requires minimum coverage of at least how much for death or bodily injury to one person?
Correct answer: $25,000
The law requires a minimum of $25,000 for death or bodily injury to one person.
Source: Alabama Driver Manual — Chapter 6, Mandatory Liability Insurance Law
12. Alabama's window-tint rules allow tinting on the front windshield only:
Correct answer: Along the top 6 inches of the glass
On any vehicle, only the top 6 inches of the windshield may carry transparent tint.
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