Traffic Laws

Study questions with answers

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. 1. During which dates are studded tires legal to use in Ohio?

   Correct answer: November 1 through April 15

   Studded tires are legal in Ohio from November 1 through April 15.

   Source: Section 2: Before You Drive — Studded Tires

2. 2. When a roadway has four or more lanes, which lane should a driver usually travel in?

   Correct answer: The right lane

   Where a roadway carries four or more lanes, keep to the right lane, using the one just left of it to overtake or turn left.

   Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Lane Travel

3. 3. Under Ohio's distracted driving law, how may a driver age 18 or older legally handle phone calls while driving?

   Correct answer: By using hands-free technology with a single touch or swipe

   Drivers over 18 may make and receive calls using hands-free technology and may start or stop a call with a single touch or swipe, but may not hold or manually operate the device.

   Source: Section 3: Be Alert — Distracted Driving (Drivers Age 18 and Older)

4. 4. In which of these situations should a driver NOT attempt to pass another vehicle?

   Correct answer: When your view is blocked by a hill or curve

   Do not pass when an oncoming vehicle is approaching, when your view is blocked by a curve or hill, at intersections, or before a highway-railroad crossing or bridge.

   Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Passing (Do Not Attempt to Pass When)

5. 5. Under Ohio law, headlights must be turned on in which of these situations?

   Correct answer: Any time the wipers are on because of rain or snow

   Headlights are required from sunset to sunrise, any time visibility is poor from rain, snow, or fog, and any time the windshield wipers are running because of precipitation.

   Source: Section 2: Before You Drive — Know When to Use Your Lights

6. 6. A school bus is stopped with red lights flashing on a two-lane street. What must approaching drivers do?

   Correct answer: Traffic from both directions must stop at least 10 feet away

   When the bus halts on a street of fewer than four lanes, vehicles coming from both directions have to stop no less than 10 feet away and wait until the bus moves again or its driver waves them forward.

   Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Stopping for a School Bus

7. 7. Which drivers are always required to stop at railroad crossings, even when no train is in sight?

   Correct answer: Buses, vehicles carrying passengers for hire, and those hauling flammable liquids

   Operators of vehicles carrying passengers for hire, school buses, and vehicles hauling explosives or flammable liquids must stop, look, and listen before crossing the tracks.

   Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Railroad Crossings

8. 8. When a train is approaching and you must stop at a railroad crossing, where should you stop?

   Correct answer: Between 15 and 50 feet back from the tracks

   When a train nears, halt somewhere between 15 and 50 feet away from the tracks, then let the train clear and the signals finish before you proceed.

   Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Railroad Crossings

9. 9. As a general rule, a driver must keep to the right half of the roadway except in which case?

   Correct answer: When overtaking and passing a vehicle going the same direction

   You may leave the right half of the road when overtaking and passing a vehicle going the same way, on one-way roads, on roads with three or more lanes, when an obstruction requires it, or when directed by an officer or signal.

   Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Lane Travel

10. 10. Besides sunset to sunrise and bad weather, headlights must also be used any time natural light will not let you clearly see objects at what distance ahead?

    Correct answer: 1,000 feet

    Headlights are also required any time the daylight is too dim to let you see clearly for 1,000 feet down the road.

    Source: Section 7: Special Driving Situations — When to Use Headlights

11. 11. In Ohio, a left turn on a red light is permitted only in which situation?

    Correct answer: From a one-way street's far-left lane onto another one-way street

    Turning left against a red signal is permitted in just one case: moving from a one-way roadway's leftmost lane onto another one-way roadway, provided no sign there bans it.

    Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Turning on a Red Traffic Signal (Left Turn on Red)

12. 12. Before making a right turn at a red light where it is not prohibited, a driver must first do what?

    Correct answer: Come to a full stop and yield to crossing traffic and pedestrians

    You may turn right on red unless a sign forbids it, but only after coming to a complete stop and letting all crossing traffic and pedestrians clear the intersection.

    Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Turning on a Red Traffic Signal (Right Turn on Red)