Kentucky Car / Permit practice
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. During what period does Kentucky law require your headlights to be turned on?
Correct answer: From a half hour after sunset until a half hour before sunrise
Headlights must be lit from one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise, plus whenever visibility is poor.
2. Kentucky law requires a pass to be finished before you come within what distance of an approaching vehicle?
Correct answer: Two hundred feet
You must complete a pass before getting within 200 feet of an oncoming vehicle and before any no-passing zone begins.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual — Passing
3. How is Kentucky's seat belt requirement enforced?
Correct answer: As a primary offense, so an officer may stop you for it alone
The belt law is primary in Kentucky, so an officer can stop a driver solely for not wearing a seat belt.
4. You are on a two-lane road behind a school bus that stops with its red lights on to let children off. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop and stay stopped until all riders are clear and the bus moves again
On a two-lane road you must stop for a loading or unloading bus and remain stopped until everyone is clear and the bus is moving again.
5. With no posted sign, the limit on state highways other than interstates and parkways is what?
Correct answer: Fifty-five miles per hour
The default limit on all other state highways is 55 mph when no sign is posted.
6. On a highway with four or more lanes, when are you NOT required to stop for a stopped school bus?
Correct answer: When you are approaching it from the opposite direction
A stop is not required for a bus you meet from the opposite direction on a road of four or more lanes; on smaller roads and when following, you must stop.
7. After moving to Kentucky and establishing residence, how long do you have to obtain a Kentucky license?
Correct answer: Thirty days
New residents must get a Kentucky driver's license within 30 days of establishing residency.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual — Transferring From Another State
8. In a public off-street parking area, what is the maximum speed permitted?
Correct answer: Fifteen miles per hour
Kentucky sets a 15 mph limit in off-street parking facilities offered for public use.
9. In a business or residential district with no posted sign, drivers should not exceed what speed?
Correct answer: Thirty-five miles per hour
The unposted limit in a business or residential area is 35 mph.
10. May a driver of a motor vehicle communicate turns using arm signals instead of the vehicle's lights?
Correct answer: No — the vehicle must use its mechanical signal lights
A motor vehicle must be equipped with working mechanical turn signals; hand signals are not a substitute.
11. When no speed sign is posted, what is the limit on Kentucky interstate highways and parkways?
Correct answer: Sixty-five miles per hour
Where interstates and parkways have no posted sign, the default limit is 65 mph.
12. If your name or address changes, within how many days must you obtain a corrected duplicate license?
Correct answer: Ten days
You must get a corrected duplicate license within 10 days of a name or address change, or you may be cited.
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