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: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 52, physical PDF page 60: 4B-10 Pedestrian crosswalks; also printed page 69, 6C ↗
You see a pedestrian carrying a white cane near a crossing. What is appropriate?
Correct answer: Stop and remain stopped until the person is clear of your roadway or path.
The manual requires a stop for the person using a white cane or guide dog until the person is clear. Do not depend on eye contact or assume they know where your car is.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 52, physical PDF page 60: 4B-11 Visually impaired pedestrians ↗
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: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 69, physical PDF page 77: 6B Safe bicycle passing ↗
A cyclist moves left in the lane to avoid parked cars and surface hazards. What should you recognize?
Correct answer: The cyclist may need that position to ride safely; leave room and pass only when safe.
The handbook describes reasons cyclists may need space away from the right edge. Do not force them toward hazards.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 69, physical PDF page 77: 6B Bicyclist road position ↗
You are turning left while an oncoming bicycle approaches through the intersection. How should you treat it?
Correct answer: Yield as you would to an oncoming motor vehicle.
Bicycles are traffic, not an exception to ordinary yielding duties. Wait for a safe opening before crossing the cyclist’s path.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 69, physical PDF page 77: 6B Left turns ↗
You have just passed a cyclist and want to turn right at the next driveway. What must you avoid?
Correct answer: Turning across the cyclist’s path without enough clearance.
Do not cut off a bicycle immediately after passing it. Check its position and yield as needed before turning across its path.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 69, physical PDF page 77: 6B Right turns ↗
A school bus on your undivided two-lane road stops with its red lights flashing and stop arm extended. When may you proceed past it?
Correct answer: After the red lights are off, the arm is retracted and the bus resumes motion, with the path safe.
Current Nebraska law specifies all three release conditions. Keep watching for children rather than treating any single change as permission to pass.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-6,175, subsection (1); current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A school bus ahead activates amber flashing lights as it prepares to stop for children. What should you do?
Correct answer: Reduce to no more than 25 mph and prepare to stop.
Flashing yellow bus lights require the stated slowdown. Stop when the bus is stopped with its stop arm extended and red lights flashing.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-6,175, subsection (1); current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A school bus stops on the opposite roadway of a divided highway. You are traveling the opposite direction, separated by the median. What does the school-bus exception allow?
Correct answer: You need not make the school-bus stop solely for that bus on the different roadway.
The exception depends on separate roadways, not merely a painted lane division. Continue watching for hazards and obey other controls.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-6,175, subsections (1) and (5); current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A large truck ahead needs the truck-apron area while moving through a roundabout. What should a car driver do?
Correct answer: Drop back and give the truck room to complete its path.
Long vehicles need extra space through the circle. Do not crowd the truck or attempt to share its turning path.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 49, physical PDF page 57: 4B-5 Truck apron; also printed page 71, 6F-1 ↗
On a multi-lane controlled-access highway, you approach a stopped emergency vehicle with flashing lights. An adjacent lane away from it is safely available. What should you do?
Correct answer: Move into the lane away from the stopped vehicle with due care.
The move-over rule provides space around the stopped vehicle. If a lane change is not possible, reduce to and maintain a safe speed rather than forcing an unsafe merge.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 51, physical PDF page 59: 4B-6 Nebraska Move Over Law ↗
On a road other than a controlled-access highway, you approach a stopped tow-service vehicle displaying flashing amber lights. You cannot safely change lanes. What is required?
Correct answer: Reduce to a reasonable speed below the posted limit and be prepared to stop.
This provision also protects specified roadside vehicles on ordinary roads. An impossible or unsafe lane change does not remove the duty to slow and use caution.
Source: Nebraska Revised Statute §60-6,378.01, paragraph (b); current official text reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗
A truck swings left to prepare for a right turn. What should you avoid?
Correct answer: Trying to squeeze between the truck and the right curb.
The truck may need a wider path, and its driver may not see a car alongside. Do not enter the space needed to finish the turn.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 72, physical PDF page 80: 6F-2 Wide Turns ↗
A truck is preparing to back and temporarily blocks part of the street. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait clear of its backing path instead of passing close behind it.
Large vehicles have substantial rear blind spots. Trying to squeeze behind a reversing truck can put your car where the driver cannot see it.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 71, physical PDF page 79: 6F-2 Backing up ↗
A motorcycle is riding in the same direction as your car. The lane seems wide enough for both. May you pass it within that same lane?
Correct answer: No; allow the rider the full lane and use a safe lawful passing movement.
A motorcycle needs lane space to maneuver around hazards. Do not treat its smaller width as an invitation to share its lane.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 68, physical PDF page 76: 6A-1 Full lane width ↗
You have parked beside a roadway used by cyclists. What should you do before opening the traffic-side door?
Correct answer: Look for approaching bicycles and wait until opening the door is safe.
An opened door can suddenly obstruct a cyclist’s path. The check is needed even after the car has stopped.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 69, physical PDF page 77: 6B Look for bicycles before opening doors ↗
A vehicle ahead has stopped for a pedestrian at a crossing, blocking your view of part of the crosswalk. Should you pass it?
Correct answer: No; the stopped vehicle may conceal the person crossing.
Do not pass a vehicle stopped for a pedestrian. Wait until the crossing is clear rather than driving into a concealed conflict.
Source: Nebraska Driver’s Manual, January 2025, printed page 69, physical PDF page 77: 6C Do not pass a vehicle stopped for a pedestrian ↗
