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Colorado Motorcycle: Traffic Laws & Signals practice test
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 · August 12, 2026
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1. Colorado law bars you from passing another vehicle when you are within 100 feet of:
Correct answer: An intersection or a railroad crossing
Passing is unlawful within 100 feet of an intersection or a railroad crossing, and also on any hill, curve or bridge where your view is blocked.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook - Passing (Do Not Pass)
2. Successfully completing the Basic Rider Course:
Correct answer: Waives the skills test for your motorcycle endorsement
Completing the Basic Rider Course waives the skills test needed for your motorcycle endorsement.
Source: Colorado Motorcycle Operator's Handbook - Make the Most of Your Ride
3. The Motorcycle Operator Safety Training (MOST) curriculums are reviewed and approved by:
Correct answer: The Colorado Departments of Transportation and Revenue
The MOST curriculums are reviewed and approved by the Colorado Departments of Transportation and Revenue.
Source: Colorado Motorcycle Operator's Handbook - Introduction (MOST Program)
4. Colorado law says that a person operating a motor vehicle may not wear which of these?
Correct answer: A headset or device that covers all or part of both ears
The ban covers any headset or device covering all or part of both ears; hearing aids, cochlear implants and a single-ear wireless earpiece are excluded.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook - Before You Drive (Hearing)
5. Colorado lets a two-wheeled motorcycle move past other vehicles inside the same lane only when those vehicles are stopped and the rider goes no faster than:
Correct answer: 15 mph
Lane filtering is permitted only past stopped vehicles, with the neighboring lanes stopped as well, when there is room to get by safely, and at a top speed of 15 mph.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook - Sharing the Road (Motorcycles)
6. Operating a motorcycle on a public Colorado highway without a license that authorizes it is:
Correct answer: Illegal
It is illegal to ride a motorcycle on a public street or highway without a license that specifically authorizes it.
Source: Colorado Motorcycle Operator's Handbook - Section 1, Motorcycle Operator Licensing
7. An electric low-power scooter is limited by a power rating no greater than:
Correct answer: 4476 watts
An electric low-power scooter is rated at 4476 watts or less with a top speed of about 40 mph.
Source: Colorado Motorcycle Operator's Handbook - Section 1, Motorcycle Operator Licensing
8. When passing another vehicle, a motorcyclist must complete the pass:
Correct answer: Within posted speed limits and only where permitted
A pass must be finished within the posted speed limits and only in locations where passing is permitted.
Source: Colorado Motorcycle Operator's Handbook - Section 6.3, Distance to the Side (Passing)
9. Under Colorado law, making a U-turn is:
Correct answer: Banned where a sign prohibits it, and elsewhere only when it endangers no one
U-turns are outlawed wherever a No U-turn sign stands, and anywhere else they are allowed only if no other motorist or passenger is put at risk.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook - Turning (U-turns)
10. Unless signs say otherwise, what speed limit applies on Colorado's narrow, winding mountain highways and blind curves?
Correct answer: 20 mph
The statutory limit for tight mountain roads and blind curves is 20 mph, well below the 40 mph that applies on open mountain highways.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook - Speed (Limits)
11. When a school bus ahead of you has its red lamps flashing, how close may you stop to it?
Correct answer: 20 feet
You must halt no less than 20 feet from the bus and stay stopped until the red lamps go dark and the stop arm folds back in.
Source: Colorado Driver Handbook - Sharing the Road (School Buses)
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