Georgia CDL — General Knowledge practice
Georgia CDL — General Knowledge: Sharing the Road practice test
Driving safely around motorcycles, bicycles, large trucks, pedestrians, and school buses — and knowing who has the right of way.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. You are approaching a city bus that has pulled over and stopped. The main danger is that:
Correct answer: Riders may walk into the road in front of or behind it
Riders getting off a stopped bus often step into the roadway ahead of it or behind it, and the bus body hides them from you just as it hides you from them.
2. You notice the driver of a car beside you eating and looking down at a phone. Your best response is to:
Correct answer: Give that driver plenty of room and pass with extra care
Around a driver whose attention is elsewhere, open up space and hold your following distance. Take extra care if you pass, since that driver may never register your vehicle and could drift into your path.
Source: Georgia CDL Manual — Watch Out for Other Distracted Drivers
3. When driving a commercial vehicle through a highway work zone, you should:
Correct answer: Slow down, obey the flaggers and signs, and watch for workers
Slow down, obey the posted signs and any flaggers, and stay alert for workers, equipment, and sudden stops. Fines for violations in work zones are often doubled.
Source: Georgia CDL Manual — Work Zones
4. The danger zone around a school bus, where children are most likely to be struck, reaches:
Correct answer: Up to 30 feet in front of the bus and about 10 feet off the sides and rear
The zone stretches as far as 30 feet out from the front bumper, and the closest 10 feet of that is the deadliest ground of all. It also runs about 10 feet off each side and 10 feet past the rear bumper, with the left side always risky because of passing traffic.
5. You are about to overtake a bicyclist riding along the edge of the roadway. The safest assumption is that the rider:
Correct answer: Does not know your vehicle is there at all
Treat every walker or rider as if you are invisible to them, because many face away from traffic and some are wearing headphones. Where it is legal, a light tap of the horn, or a low-to-high headlight flash after dark, helps; even so, drive so that a crash is avoidable if they never notice you.
6. After one train clears a crossing that has more than one track, before you go you should:
Correct answer: Watch and listen for a second train on another track
Watch and listen for a second train that may be coming on another track, possibly hidden by the first. Only proceed when you are sure all tracks are clear and you can cross completely without stopping.
7. Which of these vehicles should you treat as an extra hazard because the driver's view is limited?
Correct answer: A rental truck whose driver is not used to its blind areas
A rental truck is a classic example: its driver is usually unaccustomed to the poor visibility to the sides and rear. Cars with the back window blocked, and any vehicle with iced or snow-covered glass, deserve the same caution.
8. When crossing railroad tracks, you should:
Correct answer: Not change gears while any part of the vehicle is on the tracks
Do not change gears while any part of your vehicle is on the tracks, because shifting risks stalling. Choose a gear that will take you all the way across and stay in it.
9. Before you start across a railroad crossing, you must be sure that:
Correct answer: There is room for your entire vehicle to clear the tracks without stopping
Never start across the tracks unless you are certain you can get all the way across without stopping. Leave enough room on the far side for your whole vehicle so you are never trapped on the tracks.
10. Some motorists feel that a large truck is keeping them from arriving on time. Drivers in that frame of mind are a hazard because they may:
Correct answer: Pass without a safe gap and cut in close in front of you
An impatient motorist may start a pass without a safe opening in oncoming traffic and then cut back in too close ahead of you. Others pull out of side roads in front of a truck simply to avoid being stuck behind it.
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