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Mississippi 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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12 sample Traffic Laws & Signals questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.
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1. Which situation allows you to overtake another vehicle on its right?
Correct answer: When the vehicle ahead is making or about to make a left turn
Passing on the right is permitted when the vehicle ahead is turning or about to turn left, on an interstate with several lanes going your way, on a wide enough four-lane highway with no obstructions or parked cars, and on any one-way road of adequate width.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Passing Other Vehicles
2. At what distance must you switch to low beams for an oncoming vehicle in Mississippi?
Correct answer: Five hundred feet
Low beams are required within five hundred feet of a vehicle coming toward you, and within five hundred feet of one you are following.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Using Your Headlights
3. When does Mississippi require your headlights to be on?
Correct answer: Between sunset and sunrise, and whenever you cannot see clearly for five hundred feet
Between sunset and sunrise, and any other time you cannot see clearly for five hundred feet ahead. Parking lights alone are not enough.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Using Your Headlights
4. What does the manual say about passing on a motorcycle and posted speed limits?
Correct answer: The pass must be completed within the posted limit and only where passing is allowed
A pass has to be finished inside the posted limit and only where passing is permitted, which means knowing the signs and the markings before you commit.
Source: Motorcycle Operator Manual — Keeping Your Distance, Passing and Being Passed
5. What does Mississippi require of anyone operating or riding a motorcycle or motor scooter on public roads?
Correct answer: A crash helmet meeting federal minimum guidelines
A crash helmet must be worn, and it has to meet the minimum guidelines set by the federal highway safety agency.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Motorcycle Endorsement
6. Where must every driver stop when a train is bearing down on a crossing or the gate is coming down?
Correct answer: No closer than ten feet and no farther than fifty from the outer rail
You must come to a halt no closer than ten feet and no farther than fifty from the outer rail, and stay put until the tracks are clear, the gates are up and the lights have gone dark.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Railroad Crossings
7. A center line is made up of one solid yellow stripe and one broken yellow stripe. Who may pass?
Correct answer: Traffic on the side nearest the broken stripe
Only the traffic on the side where the broken stripe lies nearest may cross to pass, and only with the oncoming lane clear.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Passing Other Vehicles
8. What is the maximum speed for a passenger vehicle on a Mississippi interstate, and what is the minimum?
Correct answer: Seventy maximum, forty minimum
Interstates carry a seventy mile per hour maximum and a forty mile per hour minimum.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Legal Speeds
9. If your signal lights fail and you must use arm signals, how long must the signal be held?
Correct answer: For at least one hundred feet
Put the arm all the way out and hold the signal steadily through the last hundred feet before you slow, turn, stop or switch lanes.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Arm Signals
10. What does Mississippi law say about driving around a lowered crossing gate?
Correct answer: It is against the law
It is against the law, and the manual pairs that with a plain instruction never to try to beat a train.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Railroad Crossings
11. On a two-lane highway marked with a double solid yellow center line, when may you cross to pass?
Correct answer: Never — passing is barred from both directions
Never. A double yellow line bars passing from either direction, no matter how slow the vehicle ahead is moving.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Passing Other Vehicles
12. What must you do to add a motorcycle endorsement to a Mississippi driver's license?
Correct answer: Complete a computerized test on motorcycle operation and a skills test
You pass a computerized test covering motorcycle operation and a skills test; if you already hold an out-of-state license valid for motorcycles, both may be waived.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Motorcycle Endorsement
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