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Virginia 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. A left turn against a red light is permitted in Virginia only when you are:
Correct answer: Leaving a one-way street for another one-way street
The maneuver is legal only from a one-way street into another one-way street, and only after stopping and yielding. A posted No Turn on Red sign or a red arrow cancels it.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual - Traffic Signals
2. How close may you follow an emergency vehicle whose lights are flashing?
Correct answer: No nearer than 500 feet
You must stay at least 500 feet back from it. The same figure applies to parking near fire apparatus that is answering an alarm.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual - Yielding to Vehicles with Flashing Lights
3. Virginia law makes headlights compulsory in rain, fog, snow or sleet once visibility falls to:
Correct answer: 500 feet
The legal trigger is 500 feet of visibility. Running the headlight around the clock, day included, makes any vehicle easier for others to pick out.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual - Lights
4. Which of these pieces of equipment may not lawfully be used in a vehicle in Virginia?
Correct answer: A radar detector
Radar detectors are prohibited in the Commonwealth. Electronic toll transponders, by contrast, are accepted at every toll facility in the state.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual - Speed Limits
5. With no speed limit sign posted, what is the top legal speed for a motorcycle on an unpaved Virginia road?
Correct answer: 35 MPH
Absent a posted sign the default is 25 MPH through school, business and residential areas, 35 MPH on roads that are not paved, and 55 MPH everywhere else.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual - Speed Limits
6. What is the largest fine a Virginia court may impose for speeding in a highway work zone?
Correct answer: $500
A speeding conviction in a work zone carries a fine of as much as $500. Using a hand-held communications device in one brings a separate $250 penalty.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual - Work Zones
7. Inside a city, town or business district, where are U-turns allowed in Virginia?
Correct answer: Only at intersections
In those areas the maneuver is confined to intersections, and it is never allowed on a highway. Signal left, stop, give way, then complete the turn into the right-hand lane of the opposite flow.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual - U-turns
8. As a motorcyclist in Virginia, you are subject to:
Correct answer: The same laws as other drivers, plus some special provisions
Riders follow the same laws as other motorists plus added provisions such as helmet and eye-protection rules.
Source: Virginia Motorcycle Operator Manual - Section 2: Preparing to Ride
9. Before you make a right turn on a red light in Virginia, you are required to:
Correct answer: Stop completely and give way to pedestrians and traffic
The turn is allowed only after a full stop, a look both ways, and giving way to people on foot and to other traffic. Watch especially for other riders, cyclists and moped riders.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual - Traffic Signals
10. What does Virginia law say about turning while a red arrow is showing?
Correct answer: Turning that way is barred unless a sign says otherwise
Turns in the direction the arrow points are banned. The only exception is a junction signed to allow the movement after a stop.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual - Traffic Signals
11. Virginia law tells you to do two things when you overtake someone on a bicycle. They are:
Correct answer: Slow down and allow at least three feet of space
Cut your speed and leave a minimum of three feet on their left. Where the lane is too narrow for that gap, you have to move into another lane to get past.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual - Passing
12. On speed alone, an officer may charge you with reckless driving when you are traveling:
Correct answer: 20 MPH or more over the limit, or faster than 85 MPH
Twenty MPH or more over the posted figure, or anything above 85 MPH, qualifies whatever the limit happens to be. A conviction is a criminal misdemeanour that can bring a fine, a suspension or jail.
Source: Virginia Driver's Manual - Speed Limits
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