What advance signaling does the handbook specify before an ordinary turn or lane change?
Correct answer: At least 100 feet in business/residential areas or five seconds on highways/freeways.
Idaho uses a distance in business or residential areas and a five-second interval on highways or freeways. Signal before moving, not as a substitute for checking the gap.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 72 — Turns — advance signaling ↗
Your mirrors show a gap beside your car. What should you do before changing lanes?
Correct answer: Signal, check over your shoulder for the blind spot, and move gradually only when safe.
The procedure includes mirrors, the advance signal, a shoulder check, a safe gradual movement and canceling the signal afterward.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 87 — Starting Out — five-step procedure ↗
From a single right-turn lane, how should you normally turn onto a road with two lanes in your direction?
Correct answer: Approach near the right curb and turn into the right-hand lane, yielding as required.
Do not swing wide. Watch for bicycles on the right, yield to pedestrians and other priority traffic, and enter the right-hand lane.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 73 — Right Turns ↗
With one left-turn lane and no contrary lane guidance, where should a left turn normally finish?
Correct answer: In the nearest lane traveling in the intended direction.
Approach in the appropriate left lane, yield and turn into the nearest lane in the desired direction without cutting the corner.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 73 — Left Turns ↗
Two marked lanes turn left together. What should you do through the turn?
Correct answer: Stay in your own turning lane until the turn is complete.
When parallel left-turn lanes are provided, each vehicle stays in its lane through the turn. Make any later lane change separately and safely.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 73 — Turns — multiple left-turn lanes ↗
You want to make a U-turn near a hillcrest where approaching traffic cannot see your car within 500 feet. Is this a permitted location?
Correct answer: No; that restricted visibility makes the U-turn prohibited.
The handbook prohibits a U-turn on or near a curve or hillcrest with visibility below the stated 500-foot requirement. The absence of a sign does not make it safe or lawful.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 73 — U-Turns ↗
On a two-lane road posted 60 mph outside a work zone, your passenger car is not towing. You safely pass a vehicle traveling below the limit. What narrow speed exception does the handbook describe?
Correct answer: Up to 15 mph above the posted limit during the pass, returning right and reducing speed as soon as practicable.
The exception is limited to specified non-towing vehicles passing a below-limit vehicle on a two-lane road posted at least 55 mph, outside work zones. It does not excuse an unsafe pass.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 77 — Passing Speed Limit Exception ↗
You are towing a small trailer behind a passenger car on a road posted 60 mph. May you use the handbook's extra-15-mph passing exception?
Correct answer: No; the exception excludes a vehicle that is towing another vehicle.
The passing-speed exception expressly requires that the passenger vehicle, pickup or motorcycle not be towing another vehicle.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 77 — Passing Speed Limit Exception — towing exclusion ↗
You are completing a lawful pass on a two-lane road. What helps establish enough clearance before returning right?
Correct answer: See the passed vehicle in the rearview mirror, signal, and return with safe clearance.
The handbook says to wait until the overtaken vehicle is visible in the rearview mirror before moving back. Do not cut closely in front of it.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 76 — Passing — returning to lane ↗
Another car begins passing you on a two-lane road. How should you respond?
Correct answer: Keep right within your lane and do not speed up.
Help the other driver pass safely by providing room and maintaining speed or slowing as appropriate. Never accelerate to block the pass.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 78 — When Being Passed ↗
A vehicle ahead signals left, but passing it on the right would require leaving the roadway. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait; the right-passing permission does not authorize driving off the roadway.
A right pass is allowed only in the described situations and only safely without going off the roadway.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 77 — Passing on the Right ↗
You are 70 feet from an intersection on a two-lane road, with no traffic-control device allowing a pass. Should you begin overtaking into the opposing lane?
Correct answer: No; passing is prohibited within 100 feet of the intersection.
The handbook lists a 100-foot intersection restriction unless traffic-control devices indicate otherwise. A clear-looking road does not remove it.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 76 — Passing — prohibited areas ↗
You are driving below the normal traffic speed on a rural two-lane road and delaying three vehicles. What should you do when a safe turnout is available?
Correct answer: Turn off safely to let the vehicles pass.
A slower vehicle delaying three or more other vehicles in a rural area or on a two-lane highway must turn off where safe.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 79 — Slow-Moving Vehicle ↗
When parallel parking on a public road, how close should the car be to the curb or roadway edge?
Correct answer: Within 18 inches, facing the direction of traffic on that side.
The handbook requires parallel parking within 18 inches and facing with traffic on that side of the road.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 80 — Parking ↗
You park on the right side beside a curb. How should the front wheels differ for uphill and downhill parking?
Correct answer: Uphill: away from the curb; downhill: toward the curb.
Turning the wheels as shown in the handbook helps keep a rolling vehicle from entering traffic: away and against the curb uphill, toward and against it downhill.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 81 — Parking on a Hill or Incline ↗
You park facing uphill at the right edge of a road with no curb. Which wheel position does the handbook specify?
Correct answer: Toward the road edge, so a roll would lead away from traffic.
Without a curb, turn the front wheels toward the road edge. The uphill-with-curb rule is different.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 81 — Parking on a Hill or Incline — no curb ↗
You find an otherwise legal space ten feet from a fire hydrant. May you park there?
Correct answer: No; parking is prohibited within 15 feet of a hydrant.
Maintain the listed 15-foot hydrant clearance; a short wait does not turn the location into a lawful parking space.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 81 — No-Parking Zones — hydrant ↗
Which minimum clearances match the handbook's parking restrictions for a crosswalk and a stop sign, yield sign or traffic signal?
Correct answer: 20 feet from a crosswalk and 30 feet from the traffic control.
The no-parking list specifies within 20 feet of a crosswalk and within 30 feet of a stop sign, yield sign or traffic signal. Other restrictions can also make a location unavailable.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 81 — No-Parking Zones — crosswalk and controls ↗
An accessible parking space is empty. You have no qualifying authorization and want to wait there briefly. What should you do?
Correct answer: Use another lawful space; the reserved space is not available for that convenience.
Reserved accessible parking is for authorized use. An empty space or a short wait does not create permission.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 82 — Handicapped Parking ↗
Before backing from a residential parking space, what should you do?
Correct answer: Check behind before entering, look directly to the rear, and back slowly.
Children and small objects may be hidden from the seat. Inspect the area, look over your shoulder and continue looking back until stopped.
Source: Idaho Driver's Handbook, July 2026; printed/PDF p. 82 — Backing ↗
