A pedestrian is crossing within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. Does the lack of painted lines remove your duty to yield?
Correct answer: No; yield to the pedestrian in the crosswalk.
The handbook covers both marked and unmarked crosswalks. Watch for people before turning or proceeding through the crossing.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 59: Yielding Right-of-Way to Pedestrians ↗
You see a pedestrian carrying a white cane near a crossing. What is appropriate?
Correct answer: Take extra precautions and stop when needed to let the person cross safely.
The cane may identify a visual impairment. Do not rely on eye contact or assume the pedestrian knows your vehicle’s position.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 59: Pedestrians with visual impairments ↗
A ball rolls from between parked cars into your lane. What should you anticipate?
Correct answer: A child may follow it; slow and prepare to stop.
Children may act impulsively, and parked cars can hide them. Reduce speed before the child becomes visible.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 22: While You Drive, children and parked cars ↗
On a two-lane road, an approaching school bus stops with red lights flashing and its stop arm extended. What must you do?
Correct answer: Stop at least 10 feet away, even though you are traveling in the opposite direction.
The ordinary rule applies in both directions. Children may enter the road unexpectedly, so the lack of a visible child is not permission to pass.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 58: Yielding Right-of-Way to School Buses ↗
You are traveling in the same direction as a stopped school bus on a divided four-lane highway. Its red lights are flashing. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop as required; the opposing-direction exception does not cover you.
Traffic traveling with the bus must stop. Do not apply an exception for the opposite side to a vehicle behind or beside the bus in the same direction.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 58: School buses, four-or-more-lane same-direction traffic ↗
You are traveling on the opposite roadway of a divided highway with at least two lanes in each direction. A school bus stops on the other roadway with red lights flashing. What does the handbook’s exception permit?
Correct answer: Continue on your side without the otherwise required school-bus stop, while staying alert.
The handbook provides an opposing-direction exception for the described divided multilane highway. It does not remove the duty to drive cautiously or apply to same-direction traffic.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 58: School buses, opposite direction on divided four-or-more-lane highway ↗
You have stopped for a school bus. A child has cleared your lane, but the bus’s red lights still flash and the stop arm remains extended. What should you do?
Correct answer: Remain stopped until the children are clear and the bus’s required release conditions are met.
A child clearing one lane does not authorize passing while the bus’s red lights flash and its stop arm remains extended. Keep watching for other children.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 58: School buses, remain stopped ↗
You stop behind a large truck on an uphill grade. Why should you leave extra space?
Correct answer: The truck may roll backward when it starts moving.
Large vehicles can roll back as their drivers begin moving uphill. Leave enough room rather than stopping close to the rear bumper.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 72: Sharing the road with trucks ↗
A truck swings left while preparing for a right turn. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stay back and do not squeeze between the truck and the right curb.
A large truck may need a wide setup for a right turn. The space beside the truck can close as the trailer follows.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 72: Truck turns ↗
After passing a truck, what visual check does the handbook give before returning ahead of it?
Correct answer: See the truck’s front wheels meeting the pavement in your rearview mirror and leave ample space.
Do not cut closely in front of a truck. The handbook’s mirror check helps you leave room for its much longer stopping needs.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 72: Passing trucks ↗
What is Mississippi’s minimum passing clearance for a person riding a bicycle?
Correct answer: At least three feet, with more room when conditions require it.
Leave at least three feet when passing. The minimum is not a reason to pass when traffic or road conditions make the maneuver unsafe.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 73: Sharing the road with bicycles ↗
A narrow road and oncoming traffic leave no room for a safe bicycle pass. What should you do?
Correct answer: Slow and wait behind the cyclist until you can pass with adequate clearance.
Wait for safe space rather than squeezing through. A delayed pass is better than endangering the cyclist or oncoming traffic.
Source: Mississippi Driver’s License Manual, Revised December 2024, printed and physical PDF page 73: Passing bicycles safely ↗
