A disabled private car with flashing hazard lights is on the shoulder of a Louisiana highway with two lanes in your direction. You can safely change to the lane farther from it. What should you do?
Correct answer: Change to the lane not next to the disabled car.
Move away from the disabled, warning-signaled vehicle when the lane change is safe and possible. The current rule is not limited to emergency vehicles.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; 2026 Act 234, Section 1; R.S. 32:125(B) and (B)(1); PDF pages 1–2; effective August 1, 2026; final Act and enacted-law resume digest checked September 22, 2026. ↗
You approach a disabled car displaying hazard lights beside a Louisiana multilane highway. Traffic in the next lane makes moving over unsafe. What does the move-over rule require instead?
Correct answer: Slow to a reasonably safe speed for the conditions.
If a lane change is unsafe or impossible, slow and maintain a reasonably safe speed for road conditions. Do not create another collision risk by forcing the lane change.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; 2026 Act 234, Section 1; R.S. 32:125(B) and (B)(1); PDF pages 1–2; effective August 1, 2026; final Act and enacted-law resume digest checked September 22, 2026. ↗
On a Louisiana road with one lane each way, you approach a disabled car at the roadside with its hazard lights flashing. How does the move-over rule apply?
Correct answer: Slow and maintain a reasonably safe speed.
On a two-lane road, the statute calls for slowing to a reasonably safe speed and maintaining a safe speed for conditions. It does not require an unsafe move into oncoming traffic.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; 2026 Act 234, Section 1; R.S. 32:125(B) and (B)(1); PDF pages 1–2; effective August 1, 2026; final Act and enacted-law resume digest checked September 22, 2026. ↗
You are driving a private car, not on official business, behind an authorized emergency vehicle responding to an official call in Louisiana. How close may you follow?
Correct answer: No closer than 500 feet.
The minimum is 500 feet for a vehicle not on official business. Do not follow closely to take advantage of the path other drivers clear for an emergency response.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:286; current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
An unprotected fire-department hose lies across the road. You believe your car can roll over it without damage. Whose consent is required before driving over it in Louisiana?
Correct answer: The fire-department official in command.
Do not drive over an unprotected fire hose without the consent of the fire-department official in command. A driver's guess about whether the hose will be damaged is not that permission.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:287; current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
Several friends are driving separate cars together outside a Louisiana business or residential area. This is not a funeral procession. How should they space the cars?
Correct answer: Leave gaps another vehicle can enter safely.
An ordinary caravan must leave enough space for another vehicle to enter without danger. The statute states a funeral-procession exception; staying together socially is not that exception.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:81(C); current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
A pedestrian is crossing your roadway in a marked Louisiana crosswalk. There are no traffic signals and no pedestrian tunnel or overhead crossing. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop and yield to the pedestrian.
When the specified crosswalk rule applies without an operating signal, the driver must stop and yield to the pedestrian crossing that roadway. Merely reducing speed is not the required stop.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:212(A) and (D); current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
The car ahead has stopped at an unmarked crosswalk at a Louisiana intersection to let a pedestrian cross. May you overtake that car because your lane looks clear?
Correct answer: No; passing that stopped vehicle is prohibited.
The no-passing rule covers both marked crosswalks and unmarked crosswalks at intersections when a vehicle has stopped to let a pedestrian cross. An apparently clear space does not remove the rule.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:212(C); current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
A pedestrian unexpectedly appears in your path outside a marked crosswalk. You can take reasonable action to avoid a collision. What is your duty as a Louisiana driver?
Correct answer: Use due care to avoid the collision.
Drivers must exercise due care to avoid colliding with pedestrians on any roadway. A pedestrian's location or possible mistake does not cancel that duty; sound a warning when necessary.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:214; current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
A pedestrian began crossing on WALK and is still crossing when DON'T WALK appears. You are waiting to turn across that crossing. What should you expect?
Correct answer: The pedestrian may continue to the sidewalk or safety island.
A person who partially crossed on WALK is directed to finish to a sidewalk or safety island while DON'T WALK shows. Do not treat the changed signal as permission to turn into that person's path.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:233(2); current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
When your car overtakes a bicycle traveling in the same direction on a Louisiana roadway, what minimum clearance must you leave until safely past?
Correct answer: At least three feet.
Leave a safe clearance of no less than three feet and maintain it until safely past. The minimum does not remove the duty to use due care or wait when passing cannot be done safely.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:76.1(B); current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
You want to pass a bicycle traveling in your direction in a Louisiana no-passing zone. What does the bicycle-passing statute allow?
Correct answer: Passing the bicycle if it can be done safely.
The law makes a specific safe-passing exception for a bicycle in a no-passing zone. Due care and the minimum three-foot clearance still apply; this is not a general exception for passing a slow car.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:76.1(B); current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
A bicyclist moves away from the right-hand edge of a Louisiana roadway to avoid a dangerous pothole. Must the bicyclist stay beside the curb despite the hazard?
Correct answer: No; moving away to avoid the hazard can be lawful.
A bicyclist may leave the right edge when reasonably necessary to avoid a surface hazard or another listed unsafe condition. The rule also recognizes lanes too narrow for a car and bicycle to share safely side by side.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:197(A)(3); current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
On a Louisiana one-way road with at least two marked lanes, a bicyclist moves near the left curb to prepare for a left turn. Is that position necessarily a violation?
Correct answer: No; the law allows that left-turn preparation.
On the specified multilane one-way roadway, a bicyclist preparing a left turn may ride near the left curb or shoulder. Do not assume that every lawful bicyclist position is beside the right curb.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:197(A)(2) and (E); current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
With no emergency or other exception, how far from a Louisiana intersection may a motorist enter the bicycle lane to prepare for a turn?
Correct answer: Within 200 feet of the intersection.
The turn-preparation exception is limited to within 200 feet. It is not permission to drive along the bicycle lane to pass a traffic queue.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:203(A)(1); current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
You are entering a driveway through a Louisiana bicycle lane. A bicyclist is approaching in that lane. Who must yield?
Correct answer: You must yield to the bicyclist in the lane.
The driveway exception permits crossing the bicycle lane, but it does not give the motorist priority. A motor vehicle using the lane under the listed exceptions must yield to bicycles and electric mobility aids there.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:203(A)(2) and (B); current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
A Louisiana driver shifts into neutral to coast down a hill. Is that permitted by the coasting statute?
Correct answer: No; downhill coasting in neutral is prohibited.
The law prohibits coasting down a grade with the gears in neutral or the clutch disengaged. Keeping the engine running does not turn neutral coasting into an exception.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:285; current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
You miss an exit on a Louisiana controlled-access highway. No crash or breakdown has occurred. May you reverse along the shoulder to reach the exit?
Correct answer: No; a missed exit is not the emergency exception.
Backing is prohibited on the roadway or shoulder of a controlled-access highway except as a result of an emergency caused by an accident or vehicle breakdown. A missed exit does not meet that exception.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:281(B); current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
In bright, clear daytime when lamps are not required, lumber extends four feet beyond your vehicle's rear bed or body. What marker does Louisiana require at the load's extreme rear?
Correct answer: A visible red flag or cloth at least 12 inches square.
A load extending four feet or more needs the specified marker at its extreme rear. In these daytime conditions, display a red flag or cloth at least 12 inches square with the full area visible from behind. The law specifies lighting for the required-lighting periods.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:313, daytime flag provision; current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
An ordinary private-car driver in Louisiana wears music earbuds in both ears. They are not hearing aids, and no duty-related exception applies. Does keeping the volume low make this legal?
Correct answer: No; the rule prohibits that two-ear listening setup.
The definition includes listening devices covering or inserted into both ears, but excludes hearing aids or instruments that improve defective hearing. The statute permits a one-ear device; that does not authorize otherwise unlawful phone use.
Source: Louisiana Legislature; R.S. 32:295.2(A); current statutory text read September 22, 2026. ↗
