Why should you take extra care when judging a motorcycle approaching an intersection?
Correct answer: Its speed and distance can be difficult to judge.
A motorcycle is easier to overlook than a car, and its speed and distance may be misjudged. Take time to confirm its position and a safe gap before crossing its path.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 30, printed page 28; Sharing The Road With Motorcycles. ↗
A motorcycle is using the left portion of its lane. May you squeeze your car past within the same lane?
Correct answer: No; give the motorcycle the full lane width.
Do not share a lane with a motorcycle or squeeze past it. The rider may need the full lane to maintain safety or avoid a hazard.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 30, printed page 28; Sharing The Road With Motorcycles. ↗
A motorcyclist ahead approaches a manhole cover and shifts position within the lane. What should you expect?
Correct answer: The rider may be adjusting to a road-surface hazard.
Motorcyclists may change speed or position for covers, tracks, debris or strong wind. Allow room instead of treating every position change as an invitation to pass.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 30, printed page 28; Sharing The Road With Motorcycles. ↗
You have been driving beside a tractor-trailer for a long time. What is a safer position?
Correct answer: Move out of its blind area when you can do so safely.
Avoid lingering beside a large truck. Its blind areas can hide your vehicle; adjust your position safely and lawfully to give both drivers more room.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 31, printed page 29; Sharing The Road With Large Trucks; No-Zone. ↗
You are so close behind a truck that you cannot see its driver in the side mirrors. What should you do?
Correct answer: Increase your following space and improve your view.
You may be in the truck's rear blind area. A larger safety cushion improves your view ahead and reduces the danger of following where the truck driver may not see you.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 31, printed page 29; Sharing The Road With Large Trucks; mirrors and safety cushion. ↗
After passing a truck, what visual check helps you judge whether you have left enough room to return to its lane?
Correct answer: Make sure you can see the truck cab in your rearview mirror.
The guide advises seeing the truck cab in your rearview mirror before returning. Also signal and check the lane is clear; do not cut in and then slow abruptly.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 31, printed page 29; Sharing The Road With Large Trucks; passing. ↗
A tractor-trailer ahead signals right but first moves somewhat left. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stay back rather than enter the gap on its right.
A large truck may swing left to make a right turn. Entering the space between the truck and curb can place your car in its turning path.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 31, printed page 29; Sharing The Road With Large Trucks; right turns. ↗
A distant tractor-trailer appears to be moving slowly as you prepare to cross its road. What is the important caution?
Correct answer: Its size may make you underestimate its actual speed.
Large vehicles can appear slower than they are. Do not choose a crossing gap based on that impression; make sure the truck is far enough away for a safe crossing.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 32, printed page 30; Sharing The Road With Large Trucks; size and speed. ↗
Your turn is just ahead, but reaching it would mean pulling directly in front of a moving truck and braking. What is safer?
Correct answer: Slow safely and make the turn behind the truck.
Do not use up the truck's stopping space to reach a turn. Waiting and turning behind it is safer than cutting in and slowing sharply.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 31, printed page 29; Sharing The Road With Large Trucks; cutting off a truck. ↗
You approach a large truck climbing a long steep hill. What should you anticipate?
Correct answer: It may lose speed, so plan your adjustment early.
Large or underpowered vehicles can lose speed on grades. Notice them early so you can slow or change lanes safely instead of braking at the last moment.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 40, printed page 38; Slow Moving Traffic. ↗
A vehicle ahead has stopped for a pedestrian crossing the road. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait rather than pass the stopped vehicle.
Do not pass a vehicle stopped or slowing for a pedestrian. It may hide someone crossing directly into the lane you would use to pass.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 32, printed page 30; Sharing The Road With Pedestrians; As a Driver. ↗
You are driving beside a playground with parked cars along the road. Which hazard deserves special attention?
Correct answer: A child may enter the roadway suddenly from a hidden position.
Children may run into the road without checking traffic, and parked vehicles can hide them. Adjust your speed and attention to the actual visibility and conditions.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 32, printed page 30; Sharing The Road With Pedestrians; children. ↗
A pedestrian carrying a white cane with a red tip is crossing the street. How should you respond?
Correct answer: Come to a complete stop and yield.
The Missouri guide requires a complete stop for a crossing pedestrian using a guide dog or a white cane, including a white cane with a red tip. Allow the person to cross safely.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 33, printed page 31; Sharing The Road With Pedestrians; blind pedestrians. ↗
Before turning right from a driveway onto a road, why should you look right as well as left?
Correct answer: A bicyclist may approach from the right on the road or sidewalk.
Looking left for motor traffic is not enough. A bicyclist can approach from the right, including someone riding against traffic; you still need to avoid a collision.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 33, printed page 31; Sharing the Road with Mopeds and Bicycles; right turns. ↗
You are following a bicyclist and want to turn right just ahead. What should you do?
Correct answer: Remain behind until you can turn without crossing the cyclist's path.
Do not overtake a bicyclist merely to turn right across their path. Slow and stay behind until the turn can be made safely.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 33, printed page 31; Sharing the Road with Mopeds and Bicycles; following a bicyclist. ↗
You want to pass a bicycle on a narrow road, but an oncoming car is approaching. Which plan provides more space?
Correct answer: Wait for the oncoming car to pass before passing the bicycle.
Handle the hazards one at a time. Waiting for oncoming traffic to clear lets you give the bicyclist more space during a safe and lawful pass.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 60, printed page 58; Space To The Side. ↗
Before opening your car door beside a bicycle lane, what should you check?
Correct answer: Look for a bicyclist approaching alongside the parked cars.
A passing cyclist can be struck by an opening door. Check carefully before opening and do not place the door in the cyclist's path.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 33, printed page 31; Sharing the Road with Mopeds and Bicycles; opening doors. ↗
A bicyclist moves toward the middle of a narrow lane to avoid debris at the edge. What should a following driver understand?
Correct answer: The cyclist may need that position to avoid a hazard.
A bicyclist may move away from the road edge to avoid hazards or when the lane is too narrow to share. Give space and wait for a safe passing opportunity.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 34, printed page 32; Where to Ride Mopeds and Bicycles. ↗
You need to cross a bicycle lane to enter a driveway. What must you do?
Correct answer: Check for and yield to bicyclists before crossing.
You may cross a bicycle lane for a turn or entry, but must yield to bicyclists using it. Make the crossing only when it is safe.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 33, printed page 31; Sharing the Road with Mopeds and Bicycles; bicycle lanes. ↗
You are an ordinary driver, not directed otherwise by an officer. May you drive between moving vehicles in an organized funeral procession displaying flashing emergency lights?
Correct answer: No; do not cut between the procession vehicles.
Ordinary traffic must not cut between these moving procession vehicles. The statute separately provides exceptions for an officer's direction and certain emergency-vehicle movements.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 194.509, subsection 1(1). ↗
The lead vehicle of an organized funeral procession lawfully enters an intersection, then the light changes. What may the following procession vehicles do?
Correct answer: Follow through with the highest degree of care.
Once the lead vehicle lawfully enters, the following procession vehicles may follow through despite the signal change. Each driver still owes the highest degree of care to other road users.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 194.503, subsection 2. ↗
An emergency vehicle approaches an organized funeral procession with the warning signals that require yielding. Which rule applies?
Correct answer: The procession must yield to the emergency vehicle.
Funeral-procession priority does not override the duty to yield to an approaching emergency vehicle. Drivers must also follow law-enforcement directions.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 194.503, subsection 3. ↗
You are not part of a funeral procession but want to join it to get through traffic. Is that allowed?
Correct answer: No; you may not join to obtain its right-of-way.
Missouri prohibits joining a funeral procession for the purpose of obtaining its special right-of-way. Emergency flashers do not make that maneuver lawful.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes, section 194.509, subsection 1(2). ↗
Another driver makes threats and tries to provoke you. What is the safer response?
Correct answer: Stay calm, avoid retaliation and report the incident when safe.
Do not respond with similar aggressive behavior. Keep yourself out of danger and, when safe, report useful details such as the location and vehicle description to authorities.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 36, printed page 34; Road Rage. ↗
You safely observe a car weaving dangerously and suspect the driver is impaired. What information would help police?
Correct answer: The vehicle description, location and license plate if safely observed.
Report the location and identifying details you can observe safely. Do not pursue, confront or attempt to stop the driver to gather more information.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, August 2026; PDF page 36, printed page 34; Drunk Drivers. ↗
