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Arizona Test 3: Lanes and passing

Arizona: Lanes and passing

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  1. 1. You want to move into the next lane. What must you establish before moving?
  2. 2. You signal a lane change, but a car remains alongside you. What should you do?
  3. 3. You are driving below the normal traffic speed and are not passing or preparing a left turn. Where should you normally travel?
  4. 4. You have overtaken a car on the left. When may you return to the right?
  5. 5. Another vehicle is overtaking you on the left. How should you handle your speed?
  6. 6. A car ahead is turning left. When may you pass it on the right?
  7. 7. Traffic is slow. May you drive off the pavement to pass a vehicle on the right?
  8. 8. Before passing across the center of a two-way road, what must be true?
  9. 9. While passing across a two-way road's center, you must return right before coming within what distance of an oncoming vehicle?
  10. 10. What minimum lateral clearance must a motorist leave while safely passing a bicycle traveling the same direction?
  11. 11. What is an authorized use of a marked two-way left-turn lane?
  12. 12. A marked two-way left-turn lane serves your left turn. From which lane must you make that turn?
  13. 13. Near a hillcrest, drivers approaching in either direction cannot see your vehicle within 500 feet. May you turn around there?
  14. 14. Your vehicle's load would hide a hand signal from traffic behind you. How must you signal?
  15. 15. A vehicle follows you and you have time to signal before sharply slowing. What is required?
  16. 16. A car driver's left hand and arm point upward outside the window. What movement is being signaled?
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  1. You want to move into the next lane. What must you establish before moving?

    Correct answer: That the lane change can be made safely.

    Keep within your lane as nearly as practicable and first determine that a movement out of it is safe.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-729, 1. ↗

  2. You signal a lane change, but a car remains alongside you. What should you do?

    Correct answer: Wait until you can move with reasonable safety.

    A signal communicates intent; it does not replace the requirement that the movement be reasonably safe.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-754, A. ↗

  3. You are driving below the normal traffic speed and are not passing or preparing a left turn. Where should you normally travel?

    Correct answer: In the available right-hand lane.

    Slower traffic generally uses the right lane or stays as close as practicable to the right edge, subject to the stated exceptions.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-721, B. ↗

  4. You have overtaken a car on the left. When may you return to the right?

    Correct answer: When safely clear of the car you passed.

    Do not move back right until the passed vehicle has safe clearance.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-723, 1. ↗

  5. Another vehicle is overtaking you on the left. How should you handle your speed?

    Correct answer: Do not increase speed until it has completely passed.

    An overtaken driver must not increase speed until completely passed.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-723, 2. ↗

  6. A car ahead is turning left. When may you pass it on the right?

    Correct answer: When safe without leaving the pavement or main traveled roadway.

    Passing on the right of a left-turning vehicle is conditional on safety and staying on the pavement or main traveled portion.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-724, A(1), B. ↗

  7. Traffic is slow. May you drive off the pavement to pass a vehicle on the right?

    Correct answer: No; passing on the right cannot use that route.

    Arizona prohibits making a right-side pass by driving off the pavement or main traveled portion of the roadway.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-724, B. ↗

  8. Before passing across the center of a two-way road, what must be true?

    Correct answer: The opposing side is visible and clear far enough to finish safely.

    A pass across the center requires sufficient visibility and distance to finish without interfering with oncoming or overtaken vehicles.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-725, First sentence. ↗

  9. While passing across a two-way road's center, you must return right before coming within what distance of an oncoming vehicle?

    Correct answer: 100 feet.

    Arizona specifies a return to the right before the passing vehicle comes within 100 feet of an approaching vehicle.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-725, Second sentence. ↗

  10. What minimum lateral clearance must a motorist leave while safely passing a bicycle traveling the same direction?

    Correct answer: At least 3 feet.

    Leave a safe distance of no less than three feet until safely past the bicycle; greater room may be needed for safety.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-735, A. ↗

  11. What is an authorized use of a marked two-way left-turn lane?

    Correct answer: Preparing for or making a left turn.

    The lane is for left-turn movements and preparation, or an otherwise legal U-turn, not ordinary through travel or passing.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-751, 4(b). ↗

  12. A marked two-way left-turn lane serves your left turn. From which lane must you make that turn?

    Correct answer: The designated left-turn lane.

    Where a special two-way left-turn lane is provided, do not make the left turn from another lane.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-751, 4(a). ↗

  13. Near a hillcrest, drivers approaching in either direction cannot see your vehicle within 500 feet. May you turn around there?

    Correct answer: No; choose a location with adequate visibility.

    A U-turn on a curve or near a crest is prohibited when the vehicle cannot be seen from either direction within 500 feet.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-752, Entire section. ↗

  14. Your vehicle's load would hide a hand signal from traffic behind you. How must you signal?

    Correct answer: Use signal lamps or a signaling device.

    If construction or a load prevents a hand signal being visible both front and rear, use a lamp or signaling device.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-755, Entire section. ↗

  15. A vehicle follows you and you have time to signal before sharply slowing. What is required?

    Correct answer: Give an appropriate signal before slowing.

    When there is opportunity, signal an intended stop or sudden decrease in speed to the driver immediately behind.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-754, C. ↗

  16. A car driver's left hand and arm point upward outside the window. What movement is being signaled?

    Correct answer: A right turn.

    For a driver signaling from the left side, an upward hand and arm indicate a right turn.

    Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 28-756, A(2). ↗

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