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Kansas Car / Permit: 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. Sharrows are painted on a Kansas street. What do these markings indicate?
Correct answer: A recommended riding position within the lane for bicyclists
A bicycle symbol topped by two chevrons recommends where in the lane a rider should travel to move most easily with other traffic. They appear on busier streets.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 9, Bicyclists
2. How much of a traffic lane is a motorcycle rider in Kansas entitled to use?
Correct answer: The complete lane
A rider may use the whole lane, and two riders are allowed to share one. A car must never squeeze past a motorcycle inside the same lane, because the rider needs that room to react.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 9, Motorcycles, Scooters and Mopeds
3. What does the Kansas manual say about bicyclists riding side by side in one lane?
Correct answer: Riders are allowed to ride two abreast
Riding two abreast is allowed. It tightens the group so drivers can get around more efficiently and helps define the riders' space as a vehicle to everyone nearby.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 9, Bicyclists
4. A motorcycle ahead of you in Kansas has its turn signal blinking. What should you assume?
Correct answer: The signal may not have self-cancelled, so wait for the turn to begin
Do not count on the turn happening. Motorcycle signals often do not shut themselves off, so the rider may simply have left it running. Wait until the machine actually starts turning.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 9, Motorcycles, Scooters and Mopeds
5. What single driver action causes the largest share of Kansas crashes between a car and a motorcycle?
Correct answer: Turning left in front of the rider
About half of motorcycle crashes involve another vehicle, and nearly forty percent of those were caused by the other driver turning left across the rider's path.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 9, Motorcycles, Scooters and Mopeds
6. When is a Kansas driver excused from stopping for a school bus with its red lights flashing?
Correct answer: When the bus is on the opposite roadway of a divided highway
Traffic on the opposite roadway of a divided highway does not have to stop, and the same holds where a median or another physical barrier separates the two roadways.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, Rules for School Buses
7. A bus ahead of you in Kansas swings out to the left before turning right. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait until the bus completes its turn
Large vehicles often need that extra swing to clear the corner. Slipping between the bus and the curb puts you in a spot where you can be crushed, so hold back until the turn is finished.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 9, Interacting with Commercial Vehicles
8. How much following distance should a Kansas driver keep behind a motorcycle in dry conditions?
Correct answer: Three to four seconds
The manual asks for a gap of three to four seconds behind a rider, and more than that when the pavement is wet, because motorcycles can stop very quickly.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 9, Motorcycles, Scooters and Mopeds
9. What is the Dutch Reach technique the Kansas manual describes for drivers?
Correct answer: Opening the driver's door with your right hand so your body turns to look back
Open the driver's door with the far hand, the right one. That twist of the body turns your shoulders toward the rear window so you see approaching riders and vehicles before the door swings out.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 9, Bicyclists
10. A loaded truck on dry pavement with good brakes is traveling 55 mph in Kansas. What minimum distance does it need to stop?
Correct answer: At least 335 feet
Under ideal conditions that rig needs at least three hundred thirty-five feet, which is over one and a half times the distance a car requires, so never cut in front of one.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 9, Interacting with Commercial Vehicles
11. You are about to turn right in Kansas and a bicyclist is riding just ahead on your right. What should you do?
Correct answer: Slow down and let the rider clear the intersection first
Do not pass a rider right before you turn across their path. Ease off, let them clear the intersection, and then make your turn.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 9, Bicyclists
12. You are overtaking a horse-drawn wagon on a Kansas rural road. What does the manual warn against?
Correct answer: Honking or revving your engine near the animal
Never sound the horn or rev the engine near the animal, because the noise can spook the horse and touch off a crash. Pass carefully and expect the driver to turn into fields or driveways.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 9, Driving Slow Moving Vehicles
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