Texas CDL — General Knowledge: Right-of-Way Practice Test

Question 1

Traffic alongside you makes changing lanes impossible as you come up on a work zone. The correct response is to:

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Stay in your lane, reduce speed, and go by with extra care — When moving over would be unsafe, the rule does not disappear. Stay where you are, bring your speed down, and go by carefully at a pace that suits the traffic around you.

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Stop on the shoulder until the next lane opens up

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Hold your speed and lean on the horn

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Back up and look for another route

Question 2

A patrol car sits on the shoulder ahead with its lights flashing. If traffic and safety allow, you should:

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Slow down and change lanes so you are not in the lane next to it — Move-over rules ask you to slow and shift out of the lane running alongside the stopped emergency vehicle, so the officer working at the roadside is not passed at close range.

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Hold your lane and your speed so nobody is surprised

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Sound your horn as a courtesy while you pass

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Pull in behind the patrol car and wait to be waved on

Question 3

The crossbuck sign standing at a grade crossing tells a driver that:

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Trains have the right-of-way over highway traffic there — A crossbuck marks the crossing itself and carries a legal duty with it: highway traffic gives way to the train. Where no white stop line is painted, a vehicle that must stop has to halt no closer to the nearest rail than 15 feet, and no more than 50 feet away from it.

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Only buses are required to stop at that crossing

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The track is out of service and no longer used

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Rail traffic must yield to vehicles on the road

Question 4

While your commercial vehicle is passing through an intersection, you are expected to:

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Slow down and give way to pedestrians and traffic already in it — Inside the intersection you keep scanning every direction, ease off the throttle, and give way to people on foot and to vehicles already in it. Changing lanes partway through is not permitted.

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Move into the lane you will want after the intersection

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Hold your speed so that you clear it quickly

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Keep a hand free to signal the drivers around you

Question 5

A bus reaches a drawbridge that has no signal light and nobody directing traffic. The driver must:

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Stop no less than 50 feet from the draw and check that it is fully closed — With no light and no attendant, the bus stops at least 50 feet ahead of the draw. Only after looking and confirming the draw is all the way shut may the driver cross.

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Slow to 15 miles per hour and roll across

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Sound the horn and keep moving

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Stop right at the edge of the draw itself

Question 6

The red lights at a highway-rail crossing begin flashing as you approach. You are required to:

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Stop and let the train take the crossing — Flashing red lights mean a train is on its way, and you owe it the right-of-way. Bring the vehicle to a stop, and where several tracks meet the road, be certain every one of them is clear before you move.

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Hurry across before the gate comes down

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Slow to a crawl and keep rolling through

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Stop only once you can actually see the train

Question 7

When turning left at an intersection with oncoming traffic, a commercial driver must:

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Yield to oncoming traffic and allow extra time to finish the turn — You must yield to oncoming traffic when turning left, and allow for the extra time and space your large vehicle needs to complete the turn safely.

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Turn right away, since larger vehicles have priority

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Expect the oncoming drivers to stop for your truck

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Speed up to beat the oncoming vehicles

Question 8

You are stopped at a railroad crossing where the gate has come down. You may move forward only after:

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The gates have lifted and the red lights have stopped flashing — Wait out the whole sequence. The gates have to rise and the red lights have to stop flashing before you go, and even then you move only when it is genuinely safe to do so.

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The last car of the train goes past you

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Ten seconds have passed since the bell went quiet

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The vehicle in front of you begins to roll

Question 9

A bus driver is excused from making a full stop at a railroad crossing when:

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An officer or flagman is directing traffic through the crossing — The stop is not required where a police officer or flagman is directing traffic through, where a traffic signal is showing green, at streetcar crossings, or at crossings posted as exempt or abandoned.

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The bus is running behind its schedule

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The crossing has gates and they are raised

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There are no passengers riding on the bus

Question 10

A pedestrian near your truck is looking at a phone instead of at traffic. Keep in mind that such a person:

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May step into your path convinced the right-of-way belongs to them — Someone whose attention is elsewhere is a hazard. Distracted people often step out convinced the way is theirs, and even a pedestrian looking straight at you may act on that same belief.

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Is certain to hear your engine in time to react

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Has a legal duty to yield to every commercial vehicle

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Cannot become a hazard while still on the sidewalk

Texas CDL — General Knowledge: Right-of-Way practice test

Study questions with answers

1. Traffic alongside you makes changing lanes impossible as you come up on a work zone. The correct response is to:

2. A patrol car sits on the shoulder ahead with its lights flashing. If traffic and safety allow, you should:

3. The crossbuck sign standing at a grade crossing tells a driver that:

4. While your commercial vehicle is passing through an intersection, you are expected to:

5. A bus reaches a drawbridge that has no signal light and nobody directing traffic. The driver must:

6. The red lights at a highway-rail crossing begin flashing as you approach. You are required to:

7. When turning left at an intersection with oncoming traffic, a commercial driver must:

8. You are stopped at a railroad crossing where the gate has come down. You may move forward only after:

9. A bus driver is excused from making a full stop at a railroad crossing when:

10. A pedestrian near your truck is looking at a phone instead of at traffic. Keep in mind that such a person:

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