Montana Car / Permit: Traffic Laws Practice Test

Question 1

Montana sets a minimum liability limit covering one person who is hurt or killed in a single crash. What is that figure?

Accepted Answer

$25,000 — The manual lists three figures, and the smallest of the injury limits, covering one person hurt or killed in a single crash, is twenty-five thousand dollars.

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$10,000

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$15,000

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$100,000

Question 2

On a Montana road carrying three or more lanes in your direction, which lane should you normally occupy?

Accepted Answer

The right lane, moving out of it only to pass — The manual makes the right-hand lane the default and treats the others as passing lanes, with the middle lane recommended where a lot of vehicles are entering.

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The far left lane, since it moves fastest

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Any lane you like, as long as you hold the limit

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The lane nearest the median at all times

Question 3

Is it ever acceptable in Montana to pass by leaving the pavement and using the shoulder?

Accepted Answer

No, going around on the shoulder is never allowed, paved or not — The manual rules this out completely, paved shoulder or not, because other drivers do not expect a vehicle there and may pull off without checking.

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Yes, as long as the shoulder is paved

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Yes, if the driver ahead is signaling a left turn

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Yes, on any road posted above 65 mph

Question 4

Where does the Montana manual say a driver may legally turn around on a roadway?

Accepted Answer

Where you have 500 feet of clear view both ways and nothing is approaching — The manual sets a sight-distance test of 500 feet in each direction with nothing coming, and adds that the vehicle must be in the proper lane and the move must be safe.

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Anywhere the pavement is wide enough for the vehicle

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On any hill, since oncoming drivers can see you from below

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Just past a curve, where traffic has already slowed

Question 5

In which situation does Montana allow you to overtake another vehicle on its right side?

Accepted Answer

When that driver is turning left, or the pavement holds two or more legal lanes going your way — The manual limits right-side passing to two cases: the driver ahead is preparing to turn left, or the surface is wide enough to hold two or more lawful lanes headed your way.

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Whenever the vehicle ahead is under the speed limit

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Whenever the shoulder is paved and dry

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Only between sunrise and sunset

Question 6

With no signs or lane markings to direct a turn, which lanes should a Montana driver use?

Accepted Answer

Begin in the lane nearest your intended direction and end in the lane nearest the one you left — Taking the lane nearest your intended direction and finishing in the lane nearest the one you left carries you across the smallest possible number of traffic lanes.

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Begin in the center lane regardless of direction

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Begin wherever you are and drift across as you turn

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Begin and end in the far left lane on every turn

Question 7

By how much may a driver on a Montana two-lane highway exceed the posted limit while overtaking?

Accepted Answer

By 10 mph, only long enough to complete the pass and return right — The manual carves out a narrow allowance of ten miles per hour, and only for the time it takes to get around the other vehicle and settle back into the right lane.

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There is no allowance at all

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By 5 mph

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By 20 mph

Question 8

Why does the manual warn against swinging wide to the left before making a right turn?

Accepted Answer

The driver behind may read it as a lane change or left turn and try to pass on your right — A wide setup reads to the driver behind you as a lane change or a left turn, which can tempt that driver to slip past on the very side you are about to occupy.

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It is only a problem on gravel surfaces

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It shortens the life of the front tires

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It makes the turn signal cancel too early

Question 9

A Montana driver stopped for a violation must produce which documents for the officer?

Accepted Answer

Proof of insurance together with the driver license and registration — Along with the license and the vehicle registration, state law adds proof that liability coverage is in force, and that proof has to ride in the vehicle at all times.

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The registration and a birth certificate

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A repair receipt and the driver license

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The driver license only

Question 10

You reach a turn and realize you are in the wrong lane. What does the Montana manual tell you to do?

Accepted Answer

Keep going, move into the right lane, then turn at the next intersection — Rather than cutting across lanes at the last second, the manual has you continue on, work over into the correct lane, and make the turn at the following intersection.

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Stop and wait for a gap so you can swing across

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Turn anyway and signal as you go

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Reverse into the correct lane if nobody is behind you

Question 11

How far ahead of a turn must a Montana driver begin signaling?

Accepted Answer

100 feet in town and 300 feet on rural roads — The manual splits the distance by setting: roughly a third of a city block inside town, and a considerably longer lead of 300 feet out on country roads.

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50 feet in town and 100 feet on rural roads

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The same 200 feet everywhere in the state

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Whatever distance feels comfortable at the time

Question 12

When may a Montana driver travel on the shoulder of the road?

Accepted Answer

Only when you have been directed to do so — The shoulder is not a travel lane; the manual permits driving there only when a driver has been instructed to use it.

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Any time traffic in the travel lane slows below the limit

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Whenever you need to get around a left-turning vehicle

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During daylight hours on any paved shoulder

Montana Car / Permit: Traffic Laws practice test

Study questions with answers

1. Montana sets a minimum liability limit covering one person who is hurt or killed in a single crash. What is that figure?

2. On a Montana road carrying three or more lanes in your direction, which lane should you normally occupy?

3. Is it ever acceptable in Montana to pass by leaving the pavement and using the shoulder?

4. Where does the Montana manual say a driver may legally turn around on a roadway?

5. In which situation does Montana allow you to overtake another vehicle on its right side?

6. With no signs or lane markings to direct a turn, which lanes should a Montana driver use?

7. By how much may a driver on a Montana two-lane highway exceed the posted limit while overtaking?

8. Why does the manual warn against swinging wide to the left before making a right turn?

9. A Montana driver stopped for a violation must produce which documents for the officer?

10. You reach a turn and realize you are in the wrong lane. What does the Montana manual tell you to do?

11. How far ahead of a turn must a Montana driver begin signaling?

12. When may a Montana driver travel on the shoulder of the road?

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