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Mississippi 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. You are meeting a large truck coming from the opposite direction. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stay as far right as you safely can
Hold as far right in your lane as you safely can, which reduces sideswipe risk and softens the wind blast. That turbulence shoves vehicles apart rather than pulling them together.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Road Safety with Large Vehicles
2. What simple test tells you whether a truck driver can see your car?
Correct answer: If the truck's mirrors are not visible to you, the driver cannot see you
If the truck's side mirrors are not visible to you, then you are sitting in a blind spot and the driver cannot see your vehicle.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Road Safety with Large Vehicles
3. Generally, how far from the right edge of the road does the manual expect a cyclist to ride?
Correct answer: About two to four feet from the edge
Riders keep as far right as is safely possible, which usually places them about two to four feet off the edge.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Sharing the Road with Bicycles
4. Why does the manual warn against passing a truck on the right at an intersection?
Correct answer: A truck often swings left before making a right turn
Big rigs need to swing wide to the left before turning right, so a car alongside on the right can be crushed against the curb.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Road Safety with Large Vehicles
5. Why does the manual tell you to pass farm machinery with special care?
Correct answer: The operator may not hear you approaching
The person running the equipment may never hear you coming, so you cannot count on being noticed before you pull out.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Slow-Moving Vehicles
6. About how much does an average tractor-trailer weigh, according to the manual?
Correct answer: Eighty thousand pounds
The figure given is roughly eighty thousand pounds, which explains why these vehicles need far more room to stop.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Road Safety with Large Vehicles
7. How does Mississippi law treat a bicycle ridden on a public road?
Correct answer: As a vehicle with the same rights and duties as a car
The bicycle counts as a vehicle, and its rider carries the same rights and the same duties as anyone driving a car.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Sharing the Road with Bicycles
8. You are stopped behind a tractor-trailer on an upgrade. What does the manual suggest?
Correct answer: Leave extra room for rollback and keep left in your lane
Leave extra room in case the rig rolls back slightly as it pulls away, and stay toward the left of your lane so the driver can see you.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Road Safety with Large Vehicles
9. On a level highway, how much longer does passing a large truck take compared with passing a car?
Correct answer: About three to five seconds longer
Budget roughly three to five extra seconds, because the rig is far longer than a passenger vehicle.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Road Safety with Large Vehicles
10. A tractor-trailer is overtaking you on a highway. How should you help?
Correct answer: Keep to the far side of your lane and do not accelerate
Hold your speed steady and drift toward the far side of your lane so the truck can complete the pass quickly.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Road Safety with Large Vehicles
11. You have just passed a bicyclist heading the same way and want to turn right. What does the manual require?
Correct answer: Turn only if it can be done with reasonable safety
Make the turn only if it can be completed with reasonable safety, and never cut across the path of the rider you just passed.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Sharing the Road with Bicycles
12. What is the minimum space a Mississippi driver must leave when passing a bicycle?
Correct answer: Three feet
Drivers have to leave at least three feet of clearance between the car and the bicycle while going by.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Sharing the Road with Bicycles
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